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Old 03-16-09, 04:46 PM
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I was reading the February 23, 2009 issue of Autoweek today when I stumbled upon a familiar face. Sorry for the camera phone pic.




The article is pretty much talks about some of the highest mileage production cars around. The '66 Volvo on the cover has clocked over 2,676,045 miles All of the cars discussed are old classics except for a manual 1993 SC300 located in Malabar, Fla. This SC, owned by Michael Morrison, has a respectable 464,000 miles on the clock. The article states that "Shortly after he bought it, Morrison put Eibach progressive springs and a big Greddy dual exhaust on it". Gotta love that it's modded too. The funniest part is that the last item of the 'major repair list' for this SC is the blackened cluster display. Most of us know about that While most of us know about the longevity of a well kept SC, I thought I'd share proof that the automotive world recognizes it too.
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YEAH!!!! that's what I like to see
Old 03-16-09, 05:23 PM
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yea i got the same issue. i was goin to post it but im too lazy at this point.
Old 03-16-09, 06:06 PM
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Very interesting article. I've got to take a look at that. I have a subscription of this magazine at work.
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still the champ. car died at this mileage and the cluster was pulled. dunno the owner, but i have the cluster.


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Originally Posted by O. L. T.
still the champ. car died at this mileage and the cluster was pulled. dunno the owner, but i have the cluster.


I bet that thing could have gotten a few thousand more miles squeezed out of it.
Old 03-16-09, 06:42 PM
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holy poop dude! 600,000 miles! i thought my es300 with 245,000 was gettin up there.
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Ho-ly Shyza... I wanna see that car haha.
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woah that's a lot of miles. I have a lot left then.
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That means I have 500,000 more miles to go.
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I just did the math... I average around 11,000 miles per year and it would take me roughly 46 years to match up to the 621,000 on that other one. 46 YEARS! Who else loves this car?
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based on my driving in the past year...it would take me 421 years
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wow, this sent a tear rolling down my cheek...
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Just goes to show you what good engineering and routine maintenance can do
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621,382 ??? holy molly that's a whole lot of miles doode!
that's gotta be the highest i have seen in the sc.


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