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> "Logic316" <Logic316@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:a%oBe.14378$js.6841@fe10.lga...
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> Not sure why you'd doubt that; it's pretty easy to do,
> especially for a cattle dealer. He drove everywhere
> and drove fast and hard. I only personally the
> speedometer on one of his traded cars once, and it was
> at 52,xxx miles. I asked to see it because the dealer
> said it was the highest mileage he'd evern seen on a 14
> month old (I think that was it) car. I just happened
> to be buying a car at the time. Obviously, 50k has a
> +/-, but his cars were srot of a legend around here.
> He'd drive from here to Chicago and then down to Texas
> and back without even thinking about it. This is far
> upstate NY, on the St. Lawrence River.
> Guess I do have to admit that the mileage is only
> that of the drive wheels; they're often a different
> mileage than the other two <g>. I swear, he must have
> put ten miles on it once, just driving me the mile it
> took out across a freshly combined oat field to get to
> his workmen. It's amazing how smooth a caddy is in an
> oat field at 60 mph when it gets less hilly, know that?
> <g>. Oh! And you should have seen it anytime he buried
> it in the mud or snow! He was an expert at rocking an
> automatic transmission in the mud at what sounded like
> almost full throttle!
> The dealer brought HIM the cars; he never went to the
> dealer's to look at them. He claimed the only thing he
> insisted on was the "best tires in town" once. I was
> just a kid at the time (he was an old man, now passed
> away) and he's still the most interesting (weirdest and
> most fun) person I ever worked for!
>
> Sorry if you wanna be a ball buster; I thought it was
> interesting. Flame away - if you wish - no skin off my
> nose. Personally I enjoyed the trip down memory lane.
>
> Pop