Today marks 6 years since I brought home my 2004 Stratus Coupe. There have been a few bumps along the way, but on the whole, I still love this little car! It's taken me lots of places, and finally meant I had a Mopar I could drive to the big Chryslers at Carlisle show.
A few "fun facts" about the past 6 years - she has 142,750 miles (as of this morning) on her (I picked her up with 20 miles on the odometer), averaging 23.6 mpg along the way. With gas prices around here, that's worked out to a little over 11 cents per mile. I've spent about 6 1/2 cents per mile on maintenance and repairs, the biggest hit on that being 14 months ago when the (dealer installed) timing belt broke about 5K miles before it was due for replacement. It also includes 18 oil changes, four sets of tires, and a new driver seat. I got over 93K on the original factory shocks and struts, front rotors and rear brake shoes - although they were certainly used up when they were replaced. All in, including purchase price, fuel, maintenance, insurance, etc, it has cost me about 41 cents a mile over the past 6 years, which doesn't seem too bad to me.
I'm heading out for a drive (one of the few benefits of unemployment!) and to take a few photos of her to add to my collection:
http://www.moose135photography.com/C.../4703383_4mz39
Here she is, two days old:
At the SAC memorial at the Air Force Museum:
The "beauty shot":
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