HAPPY
HAPPY IN
HAPPY IN LOUISVILLE? YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE.4@ THEY ARE PART OF A UNIQUE CLUB
OF CAR
OWNERS WHO HAVE AN EXTREMELY
NUMBER OF
MILES WITH VIRTUALLY NO HASSLE!
HOW
HOW
HOW COULD
HOW COULD THAT BE? WHEN I STARTED LOOKING INTO
THIS, I
FOUND...THEY HAVE ONE THING IN
COMMON.4@4@
COMMON.4@4@
4@
4@ ONE
4@ ONE STABLE AT A TIME, THEY ARE
CELEBRATING EVERY TRIP THEY MAKE
IN THIS
IN THIS
IN THIS WELL WORN TRUCK. PAUL EASTRIDGE 720-
DP: SO SHE TALKS TO YOU?
PE: SURE DOES
7:02-7:08 PAUL MAKES NOISE OF4@
4@CAR
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM, POP
SOUND4@
LOW DEEP RUMBLE
DP: AND THATS GOOD
PE: THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE !
STAND UP: WE DROVE ROUND TRIP
150 MILES
DOWN HERE TO HORSE COUNTRY IN
GREEN
COUNTY, KENTUCKY TO FIND A
HORSE OF A
DIFFERENT KIND.
PAUL AND JENNIFER EASTRIDGE ARE
COUNTING THEIR GOOD
FORTUNE...THANKING THE AUTO GODS FOR THIS 19 YR OLD
DODGE
DODGE
DODGE DAKOTA 11024@
DAKOTA 11024@ I CALL IT A BLESSING. WE WAS
BLESSED
BITE PAUL READS ODOMETER 505,
847
2829 PAUL
IT JUST KEEPS ON GOING
THEY ARE THE OWNERS OF ONE OF
LIFE'S
GREATEST MYSTERIES! WHY DO SOME
CAR
CAR
CAR ENGINES GO THE DISTANCE WHILE OTHERS GIVE UP THE GHOST4@
QUICKLY?
QUICKLY?
WE
WE ASKED
WE ASKED PROBILT OWNER KEITH TINNELL IN JEFFERSONVILLE UNDER THE HOOD
1992
5719
1992 5719
1992 5719 THERES NO MYSTERY4@
OIL KEITH TINNELL
4849
ITS THE BLOOD THAT WE'RE ALL4@
RUNNING ON4@
OURSELVES YOU HAVE TO HA4@VE THE
OIL OR4@
YOU HAVE NO ENGINE.
AND BRANDON SHUFFITT OF
SHUFFITT'S IN LOUISVILLE. HE'S
SEEN
THE NIGHTMARES
14852 BRANDON4@
WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE COME IN
BONE4@
DRY WITH LESS THAN 50 THOUSAND
WHERE
PEOPLE DON'T CHANGE THEM. COULD
4@
IT BE THAT SIMPLE? NATS HORSE
SHOEING
NATS STARTS UP ENGINE 429
I BOUGHT IT NEW SIGHT UNSEEN
OVER THE
TELEPHONE
EASTRIDGE AND HIS WIFE USE T4@HR
2000 DODGE DAKOTA AS THEIR
"SHOEING TRUCK", TAKING CARE OF
HORSES ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL
KENTUCKY. PAUL CHANGES THE OIL EVERY 5
THOUSAND
MILES, WITH ALWAYS, A CAREFUL
EAR POINTED
THIS WAY.
NATS ENGINE RUNNING
634
THERES ALL KINDS OF NOISES
THUMPIN A
KNOCKIN AND A PECKIN YOU DON'T
WANT TO
HEAR.
6214@
HEAR. 6214@ HOW IT STARTS IN THE MORNING,
LITTLE HUMS
IT MAKES AND IF SOMETHIGS NOT
RIGHT
WE NOTICE IT.
3000 JENNIFER/ WIFE4@
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE STARTED
HAVING
THAT NOISE I SAID WELL,
SOMETHINGS
DIFFERENT, YOU GOT TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT
WHAT
WHAT THAT
WHAT THAT IS. THEY KNOW THE GOOD RIDE MAY END
AT ANY4@
AT ANY4@
AT ANY4@ MOMENT, BUT THEY'VE DECIDED, AT
A HALF
A HALF
A HALF MILLION MILES, TWO GIRLS RAISED@
RIDING IN4@
RIDING IN4@ IT, IT'S FAMILY, THEY WILL REBUILD THE
ENGINE.
3057 JENNIFER EASTRIDGE I WILL
NOT PART WITH IT
3:46 YEAHH!!! KAZOOS...POPPING
CORK OUT WINDOW
IT'S PARTY TIME IN LAKE FOREST
OF EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY'
WOO HOO A MILLION MILES!
THE GUEST OF HONOR: THIS WELL
TRAVELLED
2007 HONDA CR-V.
..JOEL AND SUSAN CRAM ARE
THROWING THIS
ONE OF KIND PARTY
FOR THEIR LOYAL 4@CAR....IT'S BG
MOMENT4@
MOMENT4@
MOMENT4@ MILES JUST AWAY. BITE JOEL SAYS MILEAGE "999,947"
3412
3412
3412 IVE
3412 IVE GOT 60 MILES TO GO 3427
WE CAN GO A MILLION TODAY. WE
CAN LOAD IT
UP AND GO!
YOU HEARD HIM RI4@GHT. JOEL CRAM
SHOWED ME
WHAT A YOUNG O4@IL CHANGE MECHAC
DID4@
DID4@
DID4@ WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE ODOMETER ON4@
THIS 2007 HO4@NDA CR-V
4838
TH4@E GUYS LIKE DOES DOUBLE TAKE
> AND STUMBLES.
HIS SECRET EVERY 7- THOUSAND
MILES?
3622
MILES? 3622 CHANGE THE OIL
3600
DOUG: SO IS THIS THE ORIGINAL
ENGINE? JC: YES ABSOLUTELY,
ORINGINAL ENGINE
DP: YOU'VE NOT HAD IT REBUILT
JC: NOPE.
ALONG THE WAY, 1 ALTERNATOR, 3
SETS OF
BRAKES, 10 SETS OF SPARK PLUGS
AND
THREE CATALYTIC
CONVERTORS....THE
COST SPREAD OVER 12 YEARS? 36:50
4@DP: SO YOU'VE BASICALLY SPENT
WHAT ON MAINTE4@NANCE ON THIS CAR>? JC: RIDICUOUSLY LITTLE
NATS4@---CHAMPAGNE POPPING LAKE
FOREST THE MILLION MILE PARTY AT
LAKE FOREST BROUGHT OUT MILLION
MILE MIMOSAS. MILLION
MILE MUFFINS, MILLION MILES BABIES... A PARTY TO RIDE OUT
THE FINAL MILES TO ONE MILLION.@
4201 JOEL
4201 JOEL
4201 JOEL THE CAR'S NAME IS LORRAINE 4@IT'S TIME TO SAY SO LONG. 4230
SUSAN
I LOVE LORRAINE. SHE'S BEEN A
GOOD GAL.
WE'VE HAD LOTS OF GREAT TRIPS IN
HER.
HER.
HER. 10---JOEL YELLS, "STILL TWO MILES
THE FINAL 2 MILES TO A
MILLION---THE
ODOMTER: 999,9984@
3:30 HERE IT GOES, GETTING
READY TO
ROLL
READY TO ROLL4@
ROLL4@
1:19:19,
1:19:19, EXCITED, YELLING "999999" 3:46 YEAHH!!!
KAZOOS...POPPING
CORK OUT WINDOW
12:57:19:24 STREET4@
CAMERA...GREAT
ARRIVAL SHOT AT END OF RIDE AND
AT ONE MILLION, THIS IS WHAT TH@
ODOMETER DID:
ODOMETER DID: FROZE AT 999,999 A GREAT PARTY TO SAY: SHE'S FOR
NOW FOR
NOW FOR
NOW FOR SALE 3940
SALE 3940
SALE 3940 DP: WHO'S GONNA BUY A CAR WITH A
4@4@
MILLION
4@4@ MILLION
MILLION
MILES
MILES LAUGHS JC: THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION AND I WANT
TO SELL IT.4@
QUESTION AND I WANT TO SELL IT.4@4@ 125826 JOEL YELLS: A MILLION
MILES.!!BIG
CHEERS
MILES.!!BIG CHEERS
CHEERS
CHEERS SO
CHEERS SO HOW DID JOEL PUT SO MANY
MILES ON4@ THAT CAR?
THAT CAR?
4@
4@ HE'S
4@ HE'S AN INDUSTRIAL SALESMAN WHO
TRAVELS A LOT REGIONALLY...FROM
LOUISVILLE TO CHATTANOOGA,
KNOXVILLE, LEXINGTON. BY THE WAY, I LOVE ALL OF THE
PHOTOS YOU'VE
BEEN SENDING ME OF YOUR
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MILEAGE.
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