for modern man, a car can be used continuously for 10 years has been very satisfactory. But the United States a 93-year-old grandmother, Rachel Popovich did not think so. According to U.S. media reported on April 3, Rachel finally decided to open 48 years old Mercury brand cars officially retired.

the Zheliang Mercury brand the Comet Caliente Rachel spend $ 3,289 to buy in 1964 and has already traveled 576,000 miles (about 926,000 km). Rachel cherished for their own car, always care for me in the past few decades. She will keep the good condition of the credit due to the careful maintenance of maintenance, she even joked that the care of the car also careful to take care of her husband.

Lyndon Johnson as president when I bought this car so far, my car has been replaced 3 sets of 18 of the damping system, battery and 8 muffler, but the condition is still very accompany I went through three marriages, just like an old friend, so I got the idea it than anything else. “Rachel said.

Although this car Mercury car until today is still “healthy and strong,” but Rachel because of eyes suffering from macular degeneration gradually decreased vision. In March this year, Rachel diseases of the eye leading to blurred vision, a red light in traffic on the road. So she decided to quit driving, beating baby car “officially retired” with their own “healthy aging”. In an interview with reporters, said Rachel, their families may not approve, but if you encounter a people of the same car, she was very willing this car to give each other. She said: “I do not intend to as a legacy to their children and grandchildren, because they may not like me, so take good care of it, so give it to a car may be a better choice.”

However, Rachel’s this car Mercury car is not traveling the world, a few kilometers up to the private car. According to the statistics of an automobile blog site, the owners Elvin Gordon has a 1966 Volvo P1800 car will be accumulated driving three million miles (about 4.82 million km). He has maintained since 1998 Guinness World Record for the project.

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