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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 07:37 AM
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On my drive to TN this past weekend, my '97 finally rolled over to 140,000 miles. Proof they can be a daily driver, and not melt in the rain.



And knock on wood, no serious issues (aside from the unfixable pull key, wait 10 seconds, and no AC).
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 08:19 AM
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Impressive. Congrats.
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 08:22 AM
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Great cars indeed.
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I think you should have taken the picture going 140 mph instead of 76. You know, kind of to celebrate.
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 09:15 AM
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I think you should have taken the picture going 140 mph instead of 76. You know, kind of to celebrate.
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 09:46 AM
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That is awesome and good luck to the next 140k
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 10:09 AM
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wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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and no AC).:
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Old Jul 7, 2008 | 11:21 AM
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yeah - no air is a blast in Georgia in the summer
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Built to run,,built to last,,life is good!! congrats and keep on going(but I would get the AC fixed )
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Congrats and keep on driving it. Take care of it and it will take care of you!
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It's great to hear that our cars can keep on going... and going.

BTW: I love those bezels
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Everything I have read or seen tells me they will go 250,000 to 300,000
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I LOVE these threads!!!!

Congrats on 140K, and heres a big to the next 140K of smiles!!



Chevrolet Corvette-built to kick your cars ***.....and last forever along the way.


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Congrats on hitting 140k, and here's to another 140k
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