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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I owned a car once for one day……… Does that qualify??<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bmcu-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:bmcu-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ralph Sawyer<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 09, 2012 3:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> richornot@comcast.net; bmcu@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bmcu] FW: DROVE THE SAME CAR FOR 82 YEARS!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I second that with my 35 years with my 71 TR-6. At 57, I too have years to go, although Rolls Royces should inherently last longer!! And I assure you, his RR has not been driven as hard as my TR-6. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ralph Sawyer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:rts_pc@yahoo.com">rts_pc@yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:bmcu-bounces@autox.team.net">bmcu-bounces@autox.team.net</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:bmcu-bounces@autox.team.net]">[mailto:bmcu-bounces@autox.team.net]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:richornot@comcast.net">richornot@comcast.net</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 09, 2012 12:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bmcu@autox.team.net">bmcu@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bmcu] FW: DROVE THE SAME CAR FOR 82 YEARS!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>That sure beets my short 27 years with my Tr250 but then again im only 58 and not dead yet <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:14.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>f<b>rom: </b>"Rudy Vanderniet" <<a href="mailto:rvrudedog@hotmail.com">rvrudedog@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:bmcu@autox.team.net">bmcu@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, January 9, 2012 10:25:08 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Bmcu] FW: DROVE THE SAME CAR FOR 82 YEARS!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Another British Car award!</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="99%" style='width:99.74%;margin-left:1.5pt'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><div><div id=ecxIncrediOriginalFontSize><div><div><div><div id="ecxAOLMsgPart_2_53bb2cd4-40ac-44e7-86e7-4a62b69791fc"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style='margin-left:7.5pt;margin-right:7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=ecxmsonormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Man Owned & Drove Same Car for 82 YEARS.</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br>Can you imagine having the same car for 82 years!?.<br>I guess it was no longer under warranty.<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"How Long Have You Owned a Car?" <br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=607 height=393 id="ecx_x005f_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCCEEB.61FD5310" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CCCEE2.C4F43050"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mr. Allen Swift ( Springfield , MA.) received this 1928 Rolls-Royce Picadilly P1 Roadster from his father, brand new - as a graduation gift in 1928. <br></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b>He drove it up until his death last year... at the age of 102!!!</b> <br><br><b>He was the oldest living owner of a car from new. </b></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><div><div><div><div><p class=ecxmsonormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Just thought you'd like to see it. <br></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b>He donated it to a Springfield museum after his death. <br></b><br><b>It has 1,070,000 miles on it, still runs like a Swiss watch, dead silent at any speed and is</b> <b>in perfect cosmetic condition. (82 years) <br></b><br><b>That's approximately 13,048 miles per year (1087 per month)...</b></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=ecxmsonormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What a beautiful car!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=ecxmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><div><p class=ecxmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></td><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=ecxmsonormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div><div><div><div><p class=ecxmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'>Rudy Vanderniet</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'>5162 Alvera Dr.</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'>Holladay, UT 84117</span> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt' id=ecxINCREDIFOOTER><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></span></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="98%" style='width:98.46%;margin-left:6.3pt;margin-right:6.3pt'><tr><td width="99%" style='width:99.9%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=ecxmsonormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:8.55pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' id=ecxINCREDISOUND><p class=ecxmsonormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:8.55pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:Bmcu@autox.team.net">Bmcu@autox.team.net</a><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/bmcu/richornot@comcast.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/bmcu/richornot@comcast.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>