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Originally Posted by Alfa02
Now Ed, I believe I know you well enough to know you would never ever let anything get that kind of treatment. I may have to call BS  ... Cheers Tom. |
I actually did, Tom. I know it sounds incredible. Back in those days I typically drove about 40K miles per year just for business. At the time, I calculated the cost of the recommended
oil changes and the cost of rebuilding the engine (if I did it).
It was cheaper to rebuild the engine than do the
oil changes — especially true at Lincoln Delaer prices. So I rolled the dice essentially on a lark to see what would happen. As luck would have it, I eventually sold the car with the original engine still in it!
I don't drive those distances any longer (especially at current CA gas prices). Moreover, I suspect modern aluminum engines would not fare as well as a cast iron 460 under those conditions.
Postscript
Actually that may not be true ...
The follow-on vehicle was a 528i BMW that went just about as far (378,000 miles), but I did do
oil changes because I did not want to tackle a BMW engine rebuild.