I'm Going to Drive my Old Volvo to California

"Justin is driven" (justinisdriven)
06/10/2014 at 14:29 • Filed to: moving, volvo, road trip, California, Michigan

Recently I tried to sell my old !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . I've decided to not do that, and instead drive it around 2300 miles from Ypsilanti, Michigan to Simi Valley California. Why, you ask? Because it's better than renting a car and because I'm moving back to California after 3 years in this unbelievable shithole Michigan.

To answer your next question, I moved here to go to college. That's always the first thing anybody asks whenever they hear that I moved here from California: "What the hell are you doing here?" As much as the midwest likes to pretend it hates the coasts, literally everyone I've ever met in Michigan has asked that question with a mixture of shock and horror. They ask it like a beggar asking why you would throw away that perfectly good hoagie, or a Lamborghini owner wondering why you would wash your car with tap water.

In preparation for this epic road trip, I'm having a fuel pump replaced, doing an oil change, and making sure the alignment is up to snuff. The alternator belt is due for a replacement, too. The car is in the shop right now getting this stuff done.

I've made this trip once before. On the way here we towed my car on a U-haul dolly behind my girlfriend's '98 Durango. Both vehicles were full of our stuff, and the Durango's tranny got a rebuild a few months after we arrived in Michigan. Lesson learned, then.

This time it's just me, the girlfriend, our rabbit and as few of our possessions as we can stand to bring.

I am so god damn excited.

DISCUSSION (100)

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 14:32

I get the same reaction when I tell people I moved here (Illinois) from Arizona. lol

pfftballer > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 14:36

Good for you. Volvo turbo wagon roadtrips are the best roadtrips. You might pick up a spare crank position sensor if yours hasn't been replaced lately. During my turbo redblock phase of life I replaced as many of those as I did fuel pumps. Good luck and have a safe trip!

Diesel > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
06/10/2014 at 14:37

Arizona isn't that great. Way too hot, don't give me this dry heat bullshit. And, the gorgeous sunrises. Who would have thought a sunrise could piss you off.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Diesel
06/10/2014 at 14:41

Oh, I won't argue against the dry heat. 118 is 118, humid or not you're miserable. But after awhile you're pretty used to it, and you can always escape up north to one of the awesome camping spots. You're also 6 hours from Cali, without the super high living costs and stupid laws, 4 hours from Vegas, without having to actually live in Vegas, 6-8 hours from Colorado and some of the best snowboarding in the country, without having to live in the snow all the time. Plus some of the absolute best camping, backpacking, rock climbing areas you can find. Amazing climate for cars, and a fairly good automotive scene. Arizona is a wonderful state, you just have to be someone who is active and enjoys the outdoors. It's by no means a place to live if you want to live the city style life.

BlythBros. > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 14:42

If you're taking the car to the shop for a fuel pump, oil change, and alt belt, you should have no trouble crossing the country!...

Bird > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 14:42

Good luck! I've done the cross country road trip a couple times, but never that route. It's always fun.

Diesel > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
06/10/2014 at 14:44

I went from Arizona to Seoul. That was a rough transition. Used to peace and quiet and then boom, one of the worlds largest cities.

Justin is driven > BlythBros.
06/10/2014 at 14:45

Yeah, I would have done it myself, but you know... work. Also, no garage and 80 degree rain.

mcseanerson > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 14:46

I get hating Michigan, I do live in Ohio after all, but the amount of people in the midwest who question why you'd rather live here than California or anywhere that doesn't get snow always shocks me a little.

I moved here from Florida and that was after growing up in the Carolinas and I can easily say Ohio is my favorite place I've ever lived. I get 4 seasons with changes in the weather and scenery, I get lovely driving roads, I don't have to put up with BS emissions and gun laws. I get wanting to get out of Michigan and I get wanting to get back home but you don't need to write off the entire midwest.

mcseanerson > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 14:49

If loving the midwest is wrong, and Peter Egan is wrong, than I don't wanna be right.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Diesel
06/10/2014 at 14:49

Yeah, I bet that would be an interesting transition haha. Military? I'd definitely be down to move just about anywhere though. I like Arizona, but 25 years in any one place is too long. There's too much to see, do, and experience in the world to just stay in one place.

Diesel > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
06/10/2014 at 14:51

Yep, I was at Ft. Huachuca for two years. Learning secret squirrel stuff. I did really enjoy the public transportation system.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Diesel
06/10/2014 at 14:53

I've had a lot of National Guard friends who were stationed at Huachuca.

Big Bubba Ray > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 14:54

Man, this is giving me the itch for a long road trip. Good luck! Let us know how it goes and how the Volvo holds up!

calebcondie > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 14:59

I get the same question up here in East Lansing when people learn I'm from Wyoming. After almost 5 years, I'm so sick of telling the story.

"Because COLLEGE, OKAY?!"

SlabSheetrock > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 14:59

I moved from Massachusetts to Iowa. I get the EXACT same question all the time. (answer: married someone from Iowa.)

Justin is driven > SlabSheetrock
06/10/2014 at 15:01

My girlfriend and I just call it "The question".

Justin is driven > calebcondie
06/10/2014 at 15:02

Totally my answer now too. "School."

Justin is driven > mcseanerson
06/10/2014 at 15:04

It's a joke. :) The midwest is not as bad as the people here seem to think it is, and it's definitely not as bad as most of the people from the coasts think it is. I'm just glad to be leaving - the summers here are brutal and the winters can be worse.

yamahog > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:04

Good luck, I've made that drive both ways now, and to each their own... I'm from NY, went to college in Michigan, lived in CA for a year, hated it and and moved. Much happier back in Michigan, and everyone else thinks I'm crazy.

FailWheelDrive > mcseanerson
06/10/2014 at 15:05

Agreed. I moved to Detroit from Southern California last year, and it was the best move I could have imagined. Most people are shocked that I moved here, but when I tell them how crappy California is in comparison, they get it. Not to mention, I make way more here than I ever did in California, but whatevs. Also, Ypsi sucks. Detroit doesn't. Along with the northern parts and upper peninsula. Explore before you hate on the entire state.

On another note, I had no idea this was for sale. I would have bought it if I had. Enjoy the road trip, it's an epic one!

mcseanerson > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:05

I'll agree with you there. They are brutal but they make me LOVE fall more and more every year. But spring? Fuck that bullshit. Nothing but rain and allergies.

chucchinchilla > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:05

I get the same reaction when I tell people I moved here (Dallas, Pittsburgh, Boston, Connecticut) from San Francisco.

strokeofgenius > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:06

When I get back to Michigan I want to do this in my old Merkur Scorpio but a round trip. May not make it without some kind of issue but it would still be fun.

Good luck with the trip and i look forward to reading your adventures!

Steve Zissou > mcseanerson
06/10/2014 at 15:06

Born and raised in Ohio, now live in Michigan. On neither side of the Ohio/Michigan alliance...but why is Ohio better than Michigan for general living that you would write off one but praise the other? Or is it just the football thing?

Andrew P. Collins > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:06

You'll have a great time... bring tools (duct tape).

Poovey Farms Racing > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:06

The title of this post would make a great folk song.

Andrew Daisuke > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:06

Announce your trip on Tbricks, in case you need some assistance along the way!

Steve Zissou > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:07

Is your current girlfriend the same one that moved with you from CA 3 years ago? If so, she's a patient lady.

mcseanerson > FailWheelDrive
06/10/2014 at 15:08

I've never heard nice things about Detroit. I always assumed it was Michigan's Cleveland and should be viewed as such.

Cronus > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:08

Michigan's not a shithole, Ypsilanti is a shithole. It's like a little Detroit.

BrianMadigan > Diesel
06/10/2014 at 15:08

Sounds like someone hates morning. When hiking in the desert in AZ (stupid idea), I found that a 45f rated sleeping bag is insufficient for desert night temperatures. When the sun finally came up, I was glad to see it. After an hour of hiking though, not so glad.

ThePigeon > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:09

I've lost quite a few friends from the midwest to California. I don't think they're ever coming back. That said, there are great places to live in SE Michigan. Unfortunately, Ypsilanti isn't one of them, and good on you for leaving that miserable place.

Eric Sundell > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:09

Why would you ever sell a 245 turbo regardless of where you live? If for some reason you do sell, contact me? Will buy!

D > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:10

Kinja'd!!!

don't think I didn't notice!

loyal to the game

Diesel > BrianMadigan
06/10/2014 at 15:12

I enjoyed the night time storms the most. You could see forever and it was just a peaceful time.

Dest > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
06/10/2014 at 15:14

So what you're saying is Arizona is surrounded by good things, but has none of them itself. :D

real127 > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:15

Kinja'd!!!

I have been searching and searching for a 240 wagon with quad headlights. Yours is beautiful.

Humpty-D > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:17

I'm being completely honest - that volvo is a sexy beast. Something about those old wagons is downright beautiful.

LS swap it and live like the glorious sonofabitch that you are.

mcseanerson > Steve Zissou
06/10/2014 at 15:17

I'm just kidding. You guys have all the rallies so I'm envious of that. I am surrounded by buckeyes and hear the whole death to Michigan nonsense all the time. That and I'm in southern Ohio and a lot of people around here hate anything north of I-70.

real127 > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:17

Kinja'd!!!

But it's RWD.... So shouldn't you not tow it like that?

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Dest
06/10/2014 at 15:17

What I'm saying is that it has very easy access to lots of good things without any of the downsides of living in those places permanently. As long as you don't mind driving, something I'm guessing isn't an issue for anyone on here, it's actually situated in an excellent place.

FailWheelDrive > mcseanerson
06/10/2014 at 15:19

It only gets a bad rap for people that have never been here. I actually purchased a house and live and work in the city. It's an awesome place unlike anywhere I've ever been.

http://detroit.jalopnik.com/ Aaron does a great job summing up life in the city.

BrianMadigan > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:19

I can't decide which would be worse, a Volvo wagon or a Durango. I've been let down by Volvo engineering once. A 240 wagon that we were driving from IL to PA stopped mid-Ohio. It had a wiring harness connector under the passenger side floor mat that I managed to disconnect while stretching/yawning. Be careful of that pax side wiring harness connector. Took a day and a half for the local Pontiac/Volvo dealership to figure out why the engine wouldn't run.

The Durango is almost certain to have a mechanical failure at some point during a cross country trip. I'm betting the weak transmission can't handle towing a giant turbo brick at speed (did you disconnect the driveshaft on the Volvo?). I'm surprised the Durango didn't suffer one of its many faults at a less convenient time.

boxrocket > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:21

ased on your destination, I doubt you'd be coming through Saint Louis, but if you do, I'd be happy to buy you a drink and talk old Turbo Bricks.

55_mercury > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
06/10/2014 at 15:22

Try moving from Tennessee, to Boston, to California. Tennessee has somewhat miserable winters, just cold enough to be nasty and then incredibly hot, humid summers. Then I moved to Boston and Boston's weather was about 200% worse than TN. Made me wonder had the Pilgrims not settled along that area would they have bothered. Then I moved to Cali.

I LOVE it here. Been here for 14 years and yeah, its expensive as hell but I like being able to be outside in shorts and a T shirt in January.

formerlydickmove > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:23

I was born and raised in Southern California and moved to Ohio when I was 26. I have never looked back. People still ask me that question all the time.

Even my sister jumped on the bandwagon, hinting that all Ohioans were redneck hillbillies. I said, "Really? You live in Palmdale, not Malibu. It's not all sophistication and grace here in the desert. In fact, when was the last time you went to the beach?"

She didn't have an answer for that.

w0bble > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:23

the aftermarket headlights on your durango look awful. now that i think of it, so do to the rims on your volvo

mcseanerson > FailWheelDrive
06/10/2014 at 15:24

I'm sure it is and Cleveland had it's nicer parts too, like a grilled cheese bar, but unfortunately for me I lived in the shithole that is East Cleveland not nicer parts.

boxrocket > mcseanerson
06/10/2014 at 15:24

I quite agree. I've been all over the country, and several places outside the U.S., and the Midwest, especially Saint Louis, feels like home.

BrianMadigan > Diesel
06/10/2014 at 15:27

I had never experienced seeing forever until I went to AZ. I test long range rifles and optics setups out there. It's like another planet compared to the Midwest.

boxrocket > real127
06/10/2014 at 15:27

Except for the broken side marker, lol. Easy fix though. Live the clear lenses.

venivelovici > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:27

Great roads for driving, and trails for mountain biking around Simi. Happy travels!

Kaufmania: Mark Webber's Stunt Double > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:29

"...and because I'm moving back to California after 3 years in this unbelievable shithole Michigan."

Don't let Jalopnik Detroit see this!!!

Jay Senna > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:30

When was your timing belt replaced last? Due every 50k. Won't damage you engine if it lets loose but will damage your day. Good luck!

Ike B > Diesel
06/10/2014 at 15:31

Eh whenever I go to California 100 degrees feels cold on my skin compared to Florida at 90 degrees. I'm not kidding.

And the desert gets this crazy thing that happens that doesn't happen in Florida from June through October: Getting cool outside at night, every night, the whole time you're complaining about how hot it is there. Try living in a place where it feels hot outside 24 hours a day, even at 6 a.m., every single day for nearly 150 days in a row.

LJ909 > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:32

"To answer your next question, I moved here to go to college. That's always the first thing anybody asks whenever they hear that I moved here from California: "What the hell are you doing here?"

Thats exactly what I was going to ask, why the hell you would move from Simi valley to Michigan. Dont sell the Volvo tho. And welcome home lol.

Titanius Anglesmith > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
06/10/2014 at 15:33

I was going to make a comment about how the living costs aren't that bad in Orange County, CA. Then I remembered I'm from New Jersey and I have no idea what the hell I'm talking about.

Edit for clarity: I was born and raised in Central NJ, now live in Orange County.

justaguymasturbating > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:33

Trevanian once claimed that while a Volvo never runs well, it always runs. Unfortunately, Forever.

deezler > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:34

Good riddance to you. Take your sorry attitude and GTFO, please. I don't know anyone here who would envy the congestion, pompous attitude, and inflated cost of living in the polluted wasteland that is most of southern CA.

I live in Depot Town, Ypsilanti and fucking love it. Festivals all summer long (mostly automobile-centric!), bikes every tuesday night, car show every thursday. Automotive heritage museum. Close to amenities of Detroit and Ann Arbor, and DTW airport. Little issues of traffic. Shitty roads, sure, but that's becoming universal. Two minutes up the road to thousands of acres of preserved natural wilderness. Anyway, I don't know why I am defending this awesome area of the country to your snooty ass. Peace out, forever, k?

Diesel > BrianMadigan
06/10/2014 at 15:35

That sounds like a cool job. Have you had a chance to shoot a CheyTac Intervention?

deezler > FailWheelDrive
06/10/2014 at 15:36

Ypsi is a mini, better version of the D. It sure doesn't suck, unless you only see the low-income half, and don't sample and of it's special goodness. But anyway, I like it uncrowded, so nevermind, your're right, stay away.

CaptPlanetarium > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:36

Rabbits stink...

They're like anxiety plagued micro-horses... they eat, they poop, but you can't ride them around.

Diesel > Ike B
06/10/2014 at 15:36

I live in Houston, used to live in New Orleans.... I'm pretty familiar with it by now.

Voice of C. Montgomery Burns > Ike B
06/10/2014 at 15:37

Shit bro, I live on Venus. Hot as fuck, and shitty WiFi.

deezler > ThePigeon
06/10/2014 at 15:37

Wow, Ypsi has a horrible rep, I guess? I don't get it, I live in Depot town and fuckin love it. Great festivals all summer long, good people (none of that arrogant shite from Ann Arbor), convienient travel to everything, without traffic... good food, what am I missing?

jayed_coins > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:38

If you moved to Ypsilanti, that's part of the problem. Unless you're from Stockton or something.

deezler > Kaufmania: Mark Webber's Stunt Double
06/10/2014 at 15:39

Oh, we saw it. He can feel however he wants, while sucking down smog in the polluted traffic jam without seasons that he calls home.

Benson > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:41

You should definitely take the southern route through Albuquerque and sell me your Volvo. I can give it the life it deserves!

deezler > Cronus
06/10/2014 at 15:41

Exactly, a little D. Lots of character, 200 years of history, great food, close to everything, without traffic. About 50% of it is, well, not so good. The other half rocks, but I sure don't mind if it doesn't get crowded.

GP > Diesel
06/10/2014 at 15:43

Exactly and when someone one says its a dry heat, my reply, so is an oven!

cougarpanther > deezler
06/10/2014 at 15:43

And you have Deja Vu.

GP > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:45

For its faults Michigan does have water and no fire season so there's that.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > 55_mercury
06/10/2014 at 15:50

Yeah, I mean I still really want to move to San Diego. I just think Arizona doesn't get the credit it deserves. But it still doesn't have an ocean, nor does it have perfect weather ALL year long. So SD wins over AZ in my book for the time being. haha

PeteRR > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:51

80 to 70 to 15 is a nice trip. I've done it more than once.

real127 > boxrocket
06/10/2014 at 15:52

My 240 had the same side marker broken in the exact same spot. Because I messed up a drift and went into a snowbank.

maximum_sarge > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 15:54

You left CA for EMU? Bad choice. As a Michigan native, U-M A2 alum, and habitant of SoCal and NorCal for ~15 years, I can't see going from AnyCal to Ypsi and being pleased at all...

55_mercury > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
06/10/2014 at 15:54

My take on AZ after living in Cali is that it seems like its the knee-jerk place for retirees from Ohio and Michigan to move to because they've dealt with crappy, cold, bitter weather for years and so why not move to someplace that is hot as a furnace to compensate?

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > 55_mercury
06/10/2014 at 15:59

There's definitely a lot of that. My mom moved there after living in Illinois/Michigan. seems like just about everyone I met in the dorms at ASU was from MI, OH, or NY. haha

55_mercury > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
06/10/2014 at 16:02

There's a lot of that where my parents live too. Lots of people from NY, MA, etc etc who move down thinking they will escape the winter hell they are from only to find that uh oh... they get nasty weather in TN too. That and they like the low cost of living.

FailWheelDrive > deezler
06/10/2014 at 16:02

You make me want to visit the not crappy part of Ypsi. I had no idea there was such a place. I shouldn't have been so quick to judge (says the guy who lives in an awesome area of Detroit).

AlwaRightAllTheTime > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 16:17

I've been to Californikation many times - there is NO FUCKING WAY I would ever move there.

The congestion, moronic state legislature, taxes, smog, stupidly high real estate prices, (did I mention congestion?) is just not worth it.

I live in Michigan and have a house in the country on a lake within @ 30 minutes from my office.

See turkeys and deer most every day on the way home, plus we have toys for both the winter and summer and like to cross country ski a LOT.

I basically have what I consider a dream home for less than some POS hellhole in Kali.

Andypot > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 16:17

How about the timing belt? Also, carry an extra 25 amp fuse for the fuel relay and have a couple extra of the normal fuses with you.

GuadalupeAGutierrez > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 16:18

Start working at home with Google! It's by-far the best job I've had. Last Wednesday I got a brand new BMW since getting a check for $6474 this - 4 weeks past. I began this 8-months ago and immediately was bringing home at least $77 per hour. I work through this link, go to tech tab for work detail

http://keptmoney.com

cardriverx > mcseanerson
06/10/2014 at 16:21

Dude... Ohio might be the worst state I have been in. I lived in Pittsburgh, went to Ohio and MI a bunch. It's so boring, cops are strict as hell, and all the towns/cities I have been to had nothing exciting. And don't get me started about Akron... Honestly though between Ohio and MI I am not sure which is worse.

Ad_absurdum_per_aspera > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
06/10/2014 at 16:22

Of course Arizona itself is also an excellent place in a lot of highly varied ways (though you have to be willing to drive quite a distance). Unfortunately the money is in metrosprawlitan Phoenix, and the parts that I find easier to love, out in the boonies, often have a rather thin economy.

You can come in with outside money, of course, if you're so fortunate as to have that — but if enough people do so, you get the infamous " Poverty with a View " problem.

The state is also widely if over-reductively viewed as having a two-party political system — Republican and Tea. Some find the right-wingedness righteous, some can put up with it, and to some it is repellent, but nobody can really ignore it...

James May is my spirit animal > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 16:22

Kinja'd!!!

I've never seen that TURBO grille badge before!

James May is my spirit animal > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
06/10/2014 at 16:23

I would like to hear some of your party stories while at ASU ~_~ #stereotyping

Josh Welton > Diesel
06/10/2014 at 16:23

Depends on where in Arizona. Southeastern Az is beautiful, Sierra Vista/Bisbee has a very comfortable year round climate.

Diesel > Josh Welton
06/10/2014 at 16:24

I was in Sierra Vista.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > James May is my spirit animal
06/10/2014 at 16:25

The stereotype has some basis to it. lol I came away with a few good stories to go along with my B.S. in BS (aka Poli Sci). ;)

Josh Welton > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 16:25

I moved to SoCal from Michigan, lived there just over a year, and moved back to Michigan. I miss it from time to time, and several times we've come close to moving back, but Michigan has a lot to offer too. People who say "Michigan sucks" have typically never traveled north of Cadillac.

Josh Welton > Diesel
06/10/2014 at 16:27

You're complaining about Ft. Huachuca being to hot? I LOVE that area. Worked out there on a few assignments the last few years (General Dynamics) and really like it.

Josh Welton > Diesel
06/10/2014 at 16:28

I just caught that. Guess we have different definitions of hot.

mcseanerson > cardriverx
06/10/2014 at 16:29

I don't get where Pittsburgh get's off hating on Ohio and Michigan. Pittsburgh is basically Pennsylvania's Detroit/Cleveland. As for cops I've never had an issue with Ohio cops, I actually find them quite pleasant and agreeable. Florida cops are way worse.

For excitement I get out and drive, if you just go to cities you're not going to have a good time.

Diesel > Josh Welton
06/10/2014 at 16:30

Well, I really want to blame the black wool beret I wore always when I was outside.

Jim is one of KFCs secret ingredients > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 16:30

Simi Valley? I grew up there.

Josh Welton > Diesel
06/10/2014 at 16:32

Ha! That'll do it. I had no such requirements.

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 16:32

Kinja'd!!!

Isn't that Volvo RWD? Shouldn't it be towed the other way about?!

cmudie > Justin is driven
06/10/2014 at 16:37

I just drove from Orange County, CA to VA. ~2400 miles. I did it in my 1985 BMW 528e. Not a single breakdown or mechanical problem and she has 227,000 miles on her. You can do itttttttt!