<VV> "low mileage" Corvairs and any vehicle old enough to

[airvair]

Au contrare! First off, who says that an old car (even a Corvair) can't
go 200,000 miles or better? Heck, my '84 Impala has over a quarter
million miles, and all the fancier it has is a "computer" carb. Compare
those with my '03 Cavalier, which barfed its engine at a mere 77,000
miles. So much for old-car vs new-car comparisons.

Second, ANY car with almost 70,000 miles on it is STILL high-milage, in
my book. Dividing milage by age mostly becomes a meaningless
intellectual curiosity after about 10 or 15 years. Besides, you said it
yourself. Even AGE takes its toll, so what "wear" the car doesn't get on
the road, it gets sitting.

So I'd still have to ridicule the idea that that car was "low miles".
Not with me it isn't. That's my viewpoint and I'm sticking with it.

-Mark, STILL LMAO!

Padgett wrote:
> 
> >there's an '88 with 69,900 on it, described as "low milage". I 'bout
> >fell off my chair laughing!
> 
> Dunno about anyone else but I would consider a 20 year old car with 69k to
> be "low milage", that figures to 3.5k per year and modern computer cars are
> generally good for 200k miles. Frankly I would be more concerned about less
> mileage since would have to figure on major seal replacement - three
> factors lead to deterioration: miles, exposure (sun), and age. Different
> elements are affected by each.
> 
> Padgett
>