My car is travelling back in time

[DeeBye]

Wow, that is really in nice shape for an '87.  It must never have been anywhere near salty roads or air.  Please, please tell me that is your real license plate and not a doctored picture.  That would be perfect.

I am sorry to say that I did indeed doctor the license plate :(

Even though I live in southern Ontario (where salty roads are aplenty in the winter), my car is in better shape than any '87 I've ever seen. As of right now, it has just a tick over 108,000 kilometers on it. That's about 67,000 miles for you backwards-thinking Imperial people. For a 17-year old car, that's quite amazing. And yes, it's all original mileage.

I've heard that the average car gains about 20,000 kilometers (12,000 miles) per year. My car would have about 340,000 kilometers (211,000 miles) if it was "average".

I bought the car about a year ago from my grandfather (aged 92 at the time). He decided he didn't need to drive anymore. There was a bit of a frenzy when he made that declaration, as I have a very large family and it seemed like everyone wanted to buy his car. I was lucky enough to "win" the sweepstakes. More on that if you're interested.

The car had less than 100,000 km (62,000 miles) when I took ownership of it. It was also immaculate. My grandfather took amazing care of his car. There is not a spot of rust anywhere, and the engine is so clean you could eat off of it.