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westcoastmarek
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Location: Brentwood Bay, BC
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 Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:55 pm Post subject: 115 miles to go, how close are you? |
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I think this will be 200k...
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Desertbusman
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A while ago my sister bumped into some long lost gal that said wow, I remember your brother. She said that she and a couple others were in my little hot rod '51 Chevy (in 1960) heading down the road and all of a sudden I started yelling. They had distracted me and when I looked down the odometer was at 00,001.
When you get close to the big turnover make sure you're not in heavy traffic or whatever that will distract you 
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busdaddy
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Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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I missed 2 of my last 3 (different vehicles), I knew they were coming any day but got distracted and looked down to see anywhere from 3 to 30 miles had passed. The one I witnessed freaked out the kids when I suddenly got all wound up and for no apparent reason  Look, LOOK!
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westcoastmarek
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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well so far I have missed 97k, 98k and 99k so i don't have high hopes...
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EZ Gruv
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Location: Las Vegas
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I watched my bus roll over to 200,000 (original engine) on December 7, 2007:
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1977 Deluxe Westfalia - 2.0L FI Type IV, Completely Original
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aopisa
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Location: Vermont
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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I was driving today and looked at my odometer to see 22,22...3. I think I may have just missed 222,222.2.
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ccpalmer
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Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
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I was lucky - my last Bus was at 96,000 miles (296,000) when I bought it. Now I have to wait another 60,000 miles!!!
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babysnakes
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| Just flipped the zeros last week. Missed them by 29 miles. |
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MrBreeze
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Location: Lawn Guyland, Noo Yawk
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 7:22 am Post subject: |
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I'm about 250 or so away from 400k (Bus, definitely not the engine)
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westcoastmarek
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Location: Brentwood Bay, BC
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:47 am Post subject: |
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| I was lucky - my last Bus was at 96,000 miles (296,000) when I bought it. Now I have to wait another 60,000 miles!!! |
Yup, I didn't have to work hard to get it to this point. Bought mine at 94k. Looking forward to the next time I roll it over...
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1979 VW bus, 2L FI, now with a rivi top
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rwhigg
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Missed the zero mark, but here it celebrates its vintage:
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westcoastmarek
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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Missed the zero mark, but here it celebrates its vintage:
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Nice, I'll try to get mine too
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1979 VW bus, 2L FI, now with a rivi top
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