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About this siteFor six years, the Internet Nexus served as my technology blog, but I've since started blogging at the SuperSite Blog instead. If you're looking for the blog, please head there. --Paul Tuesday, August 30, 200524000I forgot to post this Saturday, but on my way to the gym Saturday, I happened to look down and notice as my car rolled over to exactly 24,000 miles. Why is this notable? I purchased the car exactly 5 years ago this month, so I'm averaging only 4800 miles a year, which is astonishingly low. But it's even worse than that, really: The car, a 2000 model year Volkswagen New Beetle, was actually built in 1999, so it had been sitting in the dealer's lot for almost exactly a year when I bought it. The VW had 6 miles on it when I picked it up.If you know anything about cars, you know that low mileage isn't necessarily a good thing. Last year, I had a number of low-mileage-related problems with the VW, including brakes that had prematurely rusted away (mechanic: "Do you live right on the ocean?") and electrical problems related to corroded wiring ducts that cropped up when it rained. We actually drive the car more now than we used to as a result--my wife will take it, rather than the van, for errands and so forth--and there haven't been any problems this year at all. In fact, I still think of it as my "new" car. Even though it's five/six years old and I literally just made the last payment. I guess I'll keep it for a while. But man. That convertible... [ Posted at 11:23 AM | Permalink ]
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