# Rachel Veitch and her 1964 Comet

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/rachel-veitch-and-her-1964-comet/71772>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 5, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rachel-veitch-and-her-1964-comet/71772 "2012-04-05T06:51:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Mayday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Mayday](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mayday)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rachel-veitch-and-her-1964-comet/71772/1 "2012-04-05T06:51:55Z")

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I just saw that Rachel Veitch- whom you may remember for her 1964 Mercury Comet with 576,000 one-owner miles- has to give it up due to blindness.  
At one time there were links to videos about her and her car on the Car Talk website.  
Congratulations, Rachel on 93 years and 48 with one car.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rachel-veitch-and-her-1964-comet/71772/2 "2012-04-05T17:27:22Z")

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I saw that article on [MSN.com](http://MSN.com). It looked it pretty good shape too. 48 years to get to 576k miles…It takes me about 8 to reach 300k miles. At 48 years with the same car it would have over 1.5 million miles.

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**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rachel-veitch-and-her-1964-comet/71772/3 "2012-04-05T21:17:26Z")

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It might be interesting to see the repair and maintenance history on that car.

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**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rachel-veitch-and-her-1964-comet/71772/4 "2012-04-05T22:07:33Z")

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Maintenance history is a great thing to look at. I bought an 82 Accord once and the papers, if dropped, would make your front yard look like a disaster area. 242,000 miles can generate a lot of paper.

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**Author:** ![irlandes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5e925/32.png) [@irlandes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/irlandes)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rachel-veitch-and-her-1964-comet/71772/5 "2012-04-06T00:25:35Z")

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she said she maintained if flawlessly.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rachel-veitch-and-her-1964-comet/71772/6 "2012-04-06T01:14:28Z")

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I guess we can safely assume that this woman did not subscribe to the “never change your oil” philosophy.

**;-))**

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rachel-veitch-and-her-1964-comet/71772/7 "2012-04-06T01:45:55Z")

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She was interviewed some time ago and said she went by the book, only bought top rated parts with a “Lifetime Warranty” and was proactive on everything. I’m sure the car went through at least 5 or 6 sets of shocks. I do not recall she saying she had done any internal engine work.