Oh yeah. 10 miles to go get groceries was a major trip. 30 miles to go to The Big City (Lansing, MI) was a 2 or 3 times a YEAR extravaganza. Now I drive 20 miles a day to work, and think nothing of "running into town" (25 miles away) to pick up a part.
When I got my driver's license in 1965, Dad let me drive our "second car" which was a 1956 Chevy. 9 years old, practically an antique. Don't know how many miles it had on it, but at a guess between 50 and 75K and it was worn slap out. Burned oil, body barely hanging together, clutch slipped, etc. (Remember vacuum wipers?)
My last truck lasted me nearly 20 years and is still on the road as far as I know. A 20 year old car still on the road in 1965 was something you saw in a parade.
I see no reason my '07 GMC won't last 15-20 years, and by then (assuming I'm still on this side of the grass) I won't be needing another full-size truck.
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Today's Featured Article - Madison's County - by Anthony West. Philip Madison has been a good friend of mine for quite some time. He has patiently suffered my incessant chit chat on the subject of tractors for longer than I care to remember, and on many occasions he has put himself out, dropped what ever it was he was doing, to come and lend a hand cranking handles, or loading a find onto a trailer. Although he himself has never actually owned or restored a tractor, he was always enthusiastic and always around helping with other peoples projects.
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