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Monday, February 15, 2010

The High Mile Club: Getting the Mileage Your Vehicle was Designed to Get

by Marjorie, Cars for Keeps Social Media Manager

My favorite page on the Cars for Keeps website is the "High Mile Club Gallery", a page dedicated to Cars for Keeps customers who take Rob's call to preventative maintenance seriously. It turns out, getting high mileage out of your vehicle is as simple as regular preventative maintenance. Most cars in the gallery are at least 15 years old and are running well past 200,000 miles - in great condition.

We've discussed many of the benefits of regular preventative auto maintenance here on Keep the Car blog. They include getting higher gas mileage from your vehicle and spending less money on large, costly repairs. The biggest benefit of keeping a well-maintained vehicle, by far, however, is that you get to keep the vehicle longer, delaying the far higher costs of purchasing a new vehicle. Vehicles are designed and built to last. Why not let them perform the way they were made to perform?

Take a moment to visit the High Mile Club Gallery, which features some true classics - all in mint condition.

The most impressive is Gale Moser and his 2000 Lexus running on a whopping 435,000 miles. See how good it looks?

Take advantage of Cars for Keeps' free "pit stop" service, and maybe someday your vehicle will become part of the High Mile Club Gallery.

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We were pleasantly surprised. You...somehow worked us in, ordered parts, and had us back on our way in less than 2 hours with a very reasonable bill.

What could have been a major disruption of our trip, was reduced to a minor glitch because the efforts of you and your staff.

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- Gary and Gayle (2002 CR-V)
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Paula D.

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I am no expert with cars. They could have easily called me up and told me that the car would need an extensive repair, and I would have had to pay it.

I think other shops would have tried to get some money out of me. However, the crew at Cars For Keeps did the honest thing, and did not take "advantage" of me when they easily could have.

My car has been running fine since that event several thousand miles ago. The staff at Cars For Keeps have always provided me with top-notch customer care and quality car repairs, and this is especially helpful for someone who knows so little about cars.

Thanks, Cars For Keeps!
Rob T.