It's not a Fairmont, of course, but this is the image that comes to my mind when I think of a half-million mile car that's still on the road.
This 1965 Mustang convertible belongs to a friend of my mother's. The woman who owns it received it as a gift from her husband in 1965. She is the original owner, and this car has been her daily driver since it left the showroom in early 1965. The car has been restored twice, and it has 500,000 miles on it. Last month, with snow on the ground (and salt on the roads), the owner drove this Mustang to my Mom's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, because its the only car she has. She owns a small gift shop and she drives this car to work six days a week. This is the car I think of when I hear of a car with half a million miles on it. My 1967 Dodge Coronet convertible has been restored twice, and it only has 300,000 miles on it (most from previous owners). Welcome aboard. Looking forward t seeing more of the 500,000 mile Fairmont.
From this month's RockAuto newsletter: "I want to thank you for helping to keep my 2011 candy apple red Ford Fiesta alive and running great! I'm an independent courier and drive six days a week. I almost live in this car! Being that it's only three years old, it can be difficult to find parts. That is with the exception of RockAuto. You always seem to have what I need (belts, brakes, bulbs, oxygen sensors, spark plugs, struts and more) in stock.* Did I mention that on 3/26/2014 the car hit 500,000 miles? Yup, that's half a million miles in three years and four months!" Michael in New Mexico
And the latest arguement continues. Three very good examples yet not gonna stand up 100% to me. The first two are fine examples of collectible cars and have been restored twice each. The third driven by an independent courier who admits almost living in it. The Fairmont wagon is a more common everyday driver with most likely original enterior and paint. I suppose it doesn't actually matter but I have doubts in over 180,000 miles on it. And I repeat, very easy well cared for miles. If it looks as nice up close I'd beleive 80,000 miles before I believed more.
Keep humoring us Crashie. The Easter Bunny didn't stop here this year and I'm bored. By those recent photos I'm even more sure that wagon does not have nearly half million miles on it. Which is a good thing.
More evidence that it has nothing like 480,000 miles. No wear on the brake pedal, and any car with that many miles would have had its brake pedal stepped on many times. No wear on the front seat, to go along with the photo provided earlier, of the back seat.
This is a Mustang, and an original era one at that. That's a far different situation than a '78 Fairmont. People will spend what it takes to restore a Mustang. They won't necessarily for a Fairmont.
So what? Everybody can point to a story where a car has gone many miles. I've never said (or at least didn't mean to say) that the Fairmont absolutely does not have a half-million miles on it. What I've said is that it's unlikely to have that many miles. From what she has said, the OP really has no idea, so all we have as evidence is a most-likely-has-an-error-on-it paperwork (and we can also all point to situations where the DMV has made errors on car titles), and the car itself gives every indication that it has nothing like that many miles. I'm going by what we know and what we see.
