93-year-old Florida woman retires her ’64 Mercury after 576,000 miles on the road: These days, most people consider themselves lucky if the new car takes 5 to 10 years. 100,000 miles to get to the car and the car company can advertise for you. That was 93 years old Rachel Veitch exception. Veitch resigned his 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente, after more than 576,000 miles on the road.
"I am blind, so I can not control my beautiful truck," says Veitch FoxNews.com. "They do not remove it, I would not dream of driving the car again." The car itself is good, but Veitch has macular degeneration in both eyes, making her blind. After running a red light in March, she decided to voluntarily withdraw from the car she was riding with Lyndon Johnson took the White House.
"I took it easy," she said. "I do not have cancer, I do not have Lou Gehrig's disease. I was lucky."
Nevertheless, for all she put the car a mile, it does not approach the world record. The whole truth about the blog says that cars Irv Gordon, Volvo P1800 in 1966 is expected to reach three million miles this year. Gordon held a record in the Guinness Book of Records for the most miles for non-commercial vehicles since 1998.
Even without the world record, Vietch would like to mention that the car went through three marriages. Mechanically, he was wearing three sets of shocks, 18 batteries and eight silent. Veitch bought a car in February 1964 for $ 3289.
It explains the longevity of "in possession" for the maintenance of the car. "I was never a destructive person, and I just take care of everything, except my husband," she told FoxNews.
Veitch, who came with the vehicle on August 1, 2010 episode of "The Tonight Show", said that he would be glad to sell the car will be Jay Leno, a car fan knows. She is not sure that Lena would be interesting, but his four children, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, not online.
"It would not matter if they did, they are not going to get it. They could not care for it as I did," she told Fox News.
"I am blind, so I can not control my beautiful truck," says Veitch FoxNews.com. "They do not remove it, I would not dream of driving the car again." The car itself is good, but Veitch has macular degeneration in both eyes, making her blind. After running a red light in March, she decided to voluntarily withdraw from the car she was riding with Lyndon Johnson took the White House.
"I took it easy," she said. "I do not have cancer, I do not have Lou Gehrig's disease. I was lucky."
Nevertheless, for all she put the car a mile, it does not approach the world record. The whole truth about the blog says that cars Irv Gordon, Volvo P1800 in 1966 is expected to reach three million miles this year. Gordon held a record in the Guinness Book of Records for the most miles for non-commercial vehicles since 1998.
Even without the world record, Vietch would like to mention that the car went through three marriages. Mechanically, he was wearing three sets of shocks, 18 batteries and eight silent. Veitch bought a car in February 1964 for $ 3289.
It explains the longevity of "in possession" for the maintenance of the car. "I was never a destructive person, and I just take care of everything, except my husband," she told FoxNews.
Veitch, who came with the vehicle on August 1, 2010 episode of "The Tonight Show", said that he would be glad to sell the car will be Jay Leno, a car fan knows. She is not sure that Lena would be interesting, but his four children, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, not online.
"It would not matter if they did, they are not going to get it. They could not care for it as I did," she told Fox News.
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