Date:         Tue, 19 Sep 1995 15:49:04 -0400 (EDT)
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From:         "Robert J. Schreiner" <rs6l+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject:      Re: Diesels

> 
>>I own a 81
>>Jetta Diesel with close to 400,000 miles on it and it still gets 45
>>m.p.g.'s Can't afford to get rid of it. 
> 
>Damn!  I thought we had the record with 263,000 on our '81 Jetta diesel.
><Sigh...>  Time for a few (dozen) cross-country trips....
> 


My Rabbit lost its head around 310,000 :(  But my work beater- 1983 Ford
F-250 4x4 (6.9L IH) is still going at 359,000! it burns no oil and gets
20mpg consistantly, not bad for a 3/4ton with 3:55 gears!, IH did
something right with this engine... OR was my oil changes every 3,000???

RJ.

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