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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I once bought a Mazda with a wankel rotary engine that blew up after 450 miles. The second engine lasted 200 miles. The third blew up at 25 miles. The fourth engine was a charm and It was marking near 50,000 miles when the wife drove it over a cliff. (She’s invulnerable and suffered only a broken hairdo.) At that time it was said the wankel would easily go 500,000 miles.

It still had resale value, though, and a collector bought the wreck for $2,000.

Quietest, most dependable car I ever owned, except for the engine replacement every 200 miles at the beginning.


93 posted on 09/01/2007 5:35:04 AM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: sergeantdave
Quietest, most dependable car I ever owned, except for the engine replacement every 200 miles at the beginning.

LOL! Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the theatre?

I have 150K on a 2000 Nissan Frontier 4 cyl., next to no repairs, and gets 33 mpg average.

98 posted on 09/01/2007 5:56:37 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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"Quietest, most dependable car I ever owned, except for the engine replacement every 200 miles at the beginning."

Sorry..........but this literally made me laugh out loud!!! :)

143 posted on 09/01/2007 7:24:51 AM PDT by RightOnline
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