sad computer bloke.... maybe?

[Stick Insect]

this was the sign off comment I have copied from a computer foruem I visited today.


1990 BMW 325i, 5spd, 3.73LSD, 238K (SOLD)
83 Mercedes Benz 300D, 282K (SOLD)
86 Mercedes Benz 300SDL, 346K (SOLD)
81 VW Caddy, 1.6 Diesel, 590K (my imortal clatterbox)
78 Lincoln Continental, 460-4v, 214K(farewell my true heart)
Current Projects:...
83 Volvo 240 DL, 159K+
86 SAAB 9000 Turbo, 109K
A bunch of others.. I miss them all.

Have a look at the mileages on the cars he lists!

must like travelling or buying high mileage cars!

David

[dan_b]

Nuts!

[Ski]

590k ? thats the highest ive ever seen.

[dan_b]

Even if it's KM as opposed to Miles, it's still a blooming long way!

[quattronutter]

my 86 mk2 golf turbo diesel is still going strong at 289k miles

[Jas11n]

Taken from the clubs "Audi monthly newsletter" dated last feburary (2005);

One million miles. That's the lofty goal Brian Burechails has for his 1986 Audi 4000 CS — and he has just 75,000 miles to go.

"When I get closer to the mark, I'll carry a video camera in the car," the 19-year-old Ontario native told us. "I want to record the odometer turning and the exact spot where I reach one million miles."

The Audi had over 800,000 miles, and was "up on blocks," when Brian bought it in 2001. Since then, he's refurbished the classic inside and out. "At the time, all I knew about Audi was that it had quattro, so I bought it as a winter car. But the minute I drove it, I knew this was the car I wanted to drive all the time."

Before he was an Audi aficionado, Brian was a speed enthusiast who loved working on cars. He'd tuned his previous car, a Camaro IROC, to over 400 hp, and once built a 65-mph lawn mower as a shop project. "I bolted a snowmobile engine onto a rider mower," he explained, "and tested it on a back road. It would have gone faster, but it was shaking so much I thought I'd better slow down."

Brian has turned his twin passions into a vocation: he's an Apprentice Service Technician at Crosby Audi in Kitchener, and has his eyes set on becoming a Master Technician.

And after the 4000 CS reaches its million-mile goal? "I drove the new A4 1.8 T quattro. That's my next Audi!" "

I'll see if I can find out if he's got there yet.