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30K per year---how long can we keep this up?
Posted by OKSaabs (more from OKSaabs) on Mon, 12 Sep 2005 05:20:02
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My wife puts about 30,000 miles a year on her car. About 12,000 of that is trips to her elderly parents; the rest comes from her work, and most of that is on narrow, rural two lane roads which often don't even have shoulders or cell phone towers. Those miles are about 90% highway, and the car rarely sees a traffic jam.
So how long can we keep up that kind of load without escalating the break-down curve? Because of the kinds of road she drives, break downs can be a major inconvenience, not to mention possibly quite dangerous. Her current car, an '02 9-5 Linear which we bought new, is still reliable and still comfortable at 90K, but is it reasonable to think it can continue this load for another year? Two? Three? What do you all think? (We have, by the way, done all the major services, and oil changes at 7,500 miles/90 days, switching from Saab-blend to Mobil-1 at about 40,000.)
Thanks for your thoughts.
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Posts in this Thread:
- 30K per year---how long can we keep this up?, OKSaabs, Mon, 12 Sep 2005 05:20:02 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: 30K per year---how long can we keep this up?, Saab good car, Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:24:59
- 186,000 miles, Ian Glenday
, Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:27:01 - indefinitely, michael
, Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:56:55 - definitely - a little risk management helps a lot, turbosaab
, Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:38:42 - Re: 30K per year---how long can we keep this up?, SWEDECAR
, Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:02:29 - yes you can keep it up, Canadian_Saab, Mon, 12 Sep 2005 06:56:00
- Re: 30K per year---how long can we keep this up?, jp, Mon, 12 Sep 2005 06:30:08
- Re: 30K per year---how long can we keep this up?, rob , Mon, 12 Sep 2005 05:33:52
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