This lady is pretty dern cool. There are gearheads, and then there are gearheads...
http://growingbolder.com/media/technology/vehicles/romancing-the-road-259598.HTML
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June 24, 2009 8:48 a.m. Jay_W HalfDork
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June 24, 2009 8:58 a.m. pinchvalve UltraDork
Caliente is a name that should be brought back. So cool.
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June 24, 2009 9:02 a.m. Stuc HalfDork
Putting JC Pennies out of business
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June 24, 2009 9:29 a.m. cxhb Reader
that is awesome. You have to have respect for someone like that. So full of life even though most at her age have sort of given up. That kind of drive and attitude of being able to do what you want regardless of age i think is key to living a long life.
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June 24, 2009 11:12 a.m. Duke Dork
All that and a CCW permit too! You rawk, Rachel!
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June 24, 2009 12:48 p.m. AutoXchick New Reader
What an awesome lady! I can only hope to be that cool at 89 years old.
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June 24, 2009 4:23 p.m. mad_machine UltraDork
good for her. My late Great Grandmother had a similer Comet (I think older) that she felt the same way about. Every summer she would drive up from Ft Lauderdale (to NJ) and spend the summes with us, and then drive back in the fall.
When she turned 91.. my Grandmother and great aunt convinced her to stop driving. 6 months later, she was riding her bicycle to the store and got hit my a 70something man who did not see her.. a month later, she was dead.
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June 24, 2009 6:55 p.m. Volksroddin HalfDork
that was an awsome story. people think having a car 7 years is a long time. 540,000 miles to wow.
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June 24, 2009 7:25 p.m. EastCoastMojo Dork
Really cool story!
Caliente! 
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June 25, 2009 3:06 p.m. ckosacranoid HalfDork
hey is there any chance we can get her into the zine...that is what you call a very cool car person....still has the same car and it has out lasted sevral husbands....thats cool.... if she had to chose between the car and the hubby...the car wins out....
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June 25, 2009 3:14 p.m. friedgreencorrado HalfDork
Extreme coolness. They didn't show too much of the interior, but I think it's cleaner at 540K than my VW at 225. And is that an old AAA Club badge on the grille?
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June 25, 2009 3:53 p.m. Salanis UltraDork
That is awesome! 0:20 - She was a dish back in the day, too.
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June 26, 2009 6:17 a.m. nickel_dime Dork
That's a great story. I recently crewed for a guy that's 83 and is still racing. He's raced the same Bug Eye Sprite for the last 30 years, and the SOB is faster than I am.
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June 26, 2009 10:29 a.m. joey48442 SuperDork
And packing heat, too!
Joey
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June 26, 2009 11:15 a.m. wlkelley3 HalfDork
I think she deserves a GRM sticker!!!
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June 26, 2009 12:05 p.m. neon4891 UltraDork
Can she be my new grandma?
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June 26, 2009 9:52 p.m. Toyman01 Reader
That lady reminds me a lot of my grandmother. One tough old bird!!
My grandmother bought a 1970 Chevelle Malibu new and drove it until she was 94. She decided she was just too old to be driving. She only put 112000 on it. It is sitting in my side yard now awaiting Rust-reduction and face lift.
