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Old 02-24-2006, 10:18 PM
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My gf'* dad found this while reading the paper:

Check it out:

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Cool, huh? Goes to show there'* others out there just as nuts about our 'Villes as we are.
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Old 02-24-2006, 10:28 PM
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There was a 1990 buick le sabre that made i to 500k on the orginal drivetrain I saw a couple years ago before I started to drive these cars.
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Should email him and tell him about our club....
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How in the world has that trans beaten 300,000miles. I would expect at least one trans failure in there...
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How in the world has that trans beaten 300,000miles. I would expect at least one trans failure in there...
These trannies are actually quite reliable. The only reason you hear about them failing around here is most of us drigve hard. I'm willing to bet this guy never laid a patch of rubber with that car ever.
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that is pretty cool....we need to get him on here
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We do need to get ahold of that guy.
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Should email him and tell him about our club....
and don't forget the business cards!!!
thats why we have them
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