They grow up so fast!

"Firewrx234" (firewrx234) 08/10/2013 at 15:06 • Filed to: Checkpoint

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My 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP just reached a very big point in her life where she will decide whether she will grow up to be a nice reliable car that I will reference for years to come, or whether she will begin to degrade and fade into history as just another car I owned.

dogisbadob > Firewrx234 08/10/2013 at 15:08

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Wow, an American car with the gear indicator on the dash. Usually they're too cheap to do that! Especially GM!!!

Firewrx234 > dogisbadob 08/10/2013 at 15:10

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She's got everything, even a HUD!

Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT > Firewrx234 08/10/2013 at 15:12

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Firewrx234 > Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT 08/10/2013 at 15:14

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How have I never seen that?! Now I'll never look at airbags the same way.

. . > Firewrx234 08/10/2013 at 15:16

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Does it have an electronic limiter or something? That speedo ends remarkably early.

Nick, Drives a Cobalt LT > Firewrx234 08/10/2013 at 15:18

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I've always looked at airbags as so srs. They don't fuck around.

Blue 2000 > Firewrx234 08/10/2013 at 15:24

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Congrats on your car making this far. Mine just went past 222,222 a few months back.

Firewrx234 > Blue 2000 08/10/2013 at 15:42

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Congrats! My 89 Camry died at exactly 222,222 miles. Very weird the way that happened.

Firewrx234 > . . 08/10/2013 at 15:43

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I figured it's just that this was GM in the late 90s, realizing that you'd have to be crazy to attempt further than that.

Blue 2000 > Firewrx234 08/10/2013 at 15:55

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Yeah, I was hoping to get the trip to read 222.2, but forgot to reset it in time. What happened to the Camry?

Firewrx234 > Blue 2000 08/10/2013 at 16:13

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Frozen spark plug became unfrozen and led to a very sad clunky fire.

fhrblig > Firewrx234 08/10/2013 at 16:53

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Oh, I'd be willing to bet it'll make it to 300k. You just won't know, because the speedometer will have failed long before then.

GeorgeyBoy > Firewrx234 08/10/2013 at 18:25

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Judging by an old Bonneville I used to have, probably degrade. Not in a mechanical sense but everything seemed to deteriorate. Sooo much rust. Interior sublimation. That 3800 and that transmission seemed to want to last forever. I sold it at 170k miles. Last I heard it blew a rod a year later. I'm assuming the new owner didn't touch the oil at all.

Firewrx234 > GeorgeyBoy 08/11/2013 at 00:40

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That's a shame because the engines are nearly indestructible.

matthewklein220 > Firewrx234 08/11/2013 at 05:17

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Nice! My Firebird just ticked over to 175,000.