The 24 years referred to Scot's claim on his dad's truck; our van is
only an 86; 10 years younger! And maintenance costs have not been that
bad as long as we stay away from a Ford dealer. The biggest cost this
year was making the fuel gauge read; as you know, Charlie, that's a very
important feature for a 460 V8! Gotta have it.
--Pat K
Smokerbros@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 8/12/00 10:13:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> lollipop@ricochet.net writes:
>
> << Ugly is only in the eyes of the beholder. We think our 87 Econoline 350
> is downright handsome--it gets us there and back, what more can you ask?
> If it's a Chevy maybe it's only 10 years; if it's a Ford, we now have
> testimony to 24 years. >>
>
> I could keep a Chevy longer, I just don't want to have the maintenance costs
> that you've had in your 24 years with the van... I may feel differently when
> I don't have a payment on it... My luck is that every time something will
> fail I'll be in the middle of Arizona or something, on my way to Topeka...
>
> CHD
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