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Just traded in an '02 for a '05. The '02 had 31K miles. Drove it on a spring hill country trip each year and to a car rally in Wisconsin or to the International T-Bird meeting each August. Other than that it was a garage queen. Almost all miles were highway miles. Never had any mechanical issues with the car.
The new '05 was in a dealer for almost two years and now has 575 miles on it since last September. So drive about 6K miles a year all for fun.
i took the poll with our 02 quite awhile ago but it's now up to 70,000.
however, we put 20,000 on our 05 in just 6 months this past year so it's now at 22,000. hope it stays there for awhile. we're looking for a road car to use on some our long road trips now to keep the mileage down on the birds when we can.
WOW my 2005 Cashmere Bird must be the BIGGEST GARAGE QUEEN in the club. She will be 2 years old April 7 and only has 2,768 miles on her. MMMMM Lets see that's about 115 miles a month, she should be around a looooooong time.
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Marty
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55-75-86-05 T-Birds KEEPING THE LEGEND ALIVE
My 2005 just turned over 1250 miles this month after owning it for 18 months. It may be the ultimate "garage queen" unless some one has less miles than that for a non dealer car. The car still smells new when I get in it and start it up.
2002 Ford Thunderbird Premium Torch Red partial interior (sold June 2013)
2015 Acura MDX SH-AWD Entertainment & Technology Pkgs Graphite Luster Grey Metallic
2023 Toyota RAV4 Prime XSE Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) Wind Chill Pearl White Tri-Color/Black
I've put 6,900 miles on my 5 y.o. granddaughters 2002. That's an average of 4.6 miles per day... . .
Harry, now that you are retired that number has got to go up! We can't save ours for "a" granddaughter since we have 7 of them. That doesn't include the 5 grandsons. Guess they'll just have to get their own.
21 years, 174K miles, 48 States X 2 & DC, 9 Canadian provinces, 8 European countries, 3 Caribbean Islands, 3 Hawaiian Islands, 100+ National Park locations, 150+ T-bird events, 190+ retrobird diecasts/models, 13 TOTM pics & some very special friends...THANKS TBN !
Dang, don't you people ever drive these things?? Maybe I make too many trips to the beach (240 mi one way). 2003 with 37K miles! No problems so far...
"May The Force Be With You!"
...and may it be with me to forget the people I never liked, to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference..!
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