She’s 90; Her Car’s 45; Both Are Still On The Road – 557,000 Miles and Counting

For most, keeping a car for about a decade is probably right in the realm of being common. If you find someone who has kept the car around for 20 years, it might be a story worth hearing but this time, we check out someone who has had her car for much, much longer than that.

At 90 years old, we meet a woman who has had her 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente for over 45 years. Having purchased the car for just $3289, She’s managed to hang onto it and drive the wheels off of it, accruing a total of 557,000 miles. We’d be inclined to say that some major bang for your buck!

When you consider the fact that this granny on a mission, who also happens to be packing heat when she drives her car, has cashed in on her lifetime battery warranty with 17 new batteries over the life of the car, I think that you could say that she has definitely got her money’s worth out of this one, a trait that we find pretty common in people from the great depression era.

Check out the video below that shows off this upbeat 90-year-old and her true love. It isn’t every day that you can come across someone who has been able to develop a bond like this with a car over so many years. Do you think that you will own your current ride for that long?