On June 19th, this little cutie hit 175,000
miles! Let me tell you, this car is a champ.
Her name: Bianca. She
has reliably transported me to and from work every day, made a trek to
Gatlinburg, TN, Niagara Falls, Beverly, WV and many other road trips in
between. She even survived a suicidal
deer attack back in July 2012 and had a bit of “plastic surgery” to fix her up.
I bought her in August of 2006 (even though she is considered a 2007) brand new
when Yaris first came to the United States for less than $12,000. It should be noted that before Bianca, I
never owned a vehicle for more than 3 ½ years (a sad statistic, but true). Bianca will be turning 7 years old August
6th.
This car has needed nothing but general maintenance. It should be noted that she still has her
original clutch! (I finally broke it in after 6 years!) I would love to see Bianca hit 250,000 miles,
and at this rate, that will be in the next 3 years. We still drive her on long trips because she
gets great gas mileage at 42-45MPG. The
two of us fit fine in the car with plenty of room for the 72 lb pup in the back
seat and luggage in the trunk.
I would really like to witness a car hit 500,000 miles, and
if any car could do that, it would be Bianca (in another 10+ years). Until then, we will keep maintaining and
admiring this cute little car of ours.
What is the most
miles you’ve had on your vehicle?
Please share the
year/make/model too!
To read about when Bianca hit 150,000 miles, you can click
here
Congrats! Go for the record!!
ReplyDeleteLol. We are trying. Of course, after I wrote this, we had horrible floods and I may have gone through some high water at 40MPH thus taking off the heat shield under my car. Thankfully, hubby was able to put it back into place and it's been fine ever since. :-)
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