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    #16
    I'm now at about 127,700 (almost) trouble-free miles. Since I bought the car with 114k, here's what I have replaced:

    -Fuel level sending unit
    -Four new tires
    -Front brake pads and rotors
    -Both front wheel bearings
    -Both rear air shocks

    I had to replace the shocks when one of them seized on me while going over a bump. I didn't know that could happen, and the right rear corner of the suspension was stuck in the compressed position.

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    Normally the suspension would hang down as the car is jacked up, but the one side wouldn't drop since the weight of the suspension on that side was being held by the seized shock. A pair of new shocks and two hours of my time fixed that.

    1989 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series | 249k miles, current project car
    2018 BMW 430i xDrive M-Sport | 50k miles
    2018 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport | 97k miles

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      #17
      They are good cars. My wife drives a 1989 Bonneville that is still in good condition, running and shifting strong with 198xxx miles on her, ice cold air, hot heat. The various 3800 cars were so good!
      Back in the saddle again!

      2004 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor in Unimaginative Bureaucratic Brown
      Bone stock... for now.

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