On the road again - Ms. Rachel Veitch
Meet Ms. Rachel Veitch of Orlando, Florida. She knows how to take care of an automobile.
From the
Detroit News:
557,000 miles on her Chariot
Sweet old Rachel Veitch of Orlando, Fla., could be the ruination of the automobile industry. But at least she's cute.
When GrowingBolder.com first interviewed her, she was 89 years old and had 540,000 miles on her 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente. Now she's 90, still packing a sharp tongue and a stubby pistol, and the odometer has clicked past 557,000.
Unlike her three husbands, Veitch says, the Mercury has "never lied to me, never cheated on me, and I can always depend on her."
Veitch is on her seventh Midas muffler, and thank you, gentlemen, for the lifetime warranty. She's had three sets of Sears shock absorbers, also through a lifetime warranty. And though the number seems high, she claims to have had 16 free batteries, courtesy of J.C. Penney and Firestone.
"She's demonstrating the perfect way to take care of a car," says Mike Hardie, director of global quality and productivity for Ford Motor Co., and that's what makes her a menace.
"If everyone did that," he says, "we'd never sell another one, so don't spread it around too far."
Hat tip to Miss Celania writing at
Neatorama for the link to this great story.
Posted by DaveH at July 3, 2009 7:04 PM