150K!

Last Saturday I took Unit 6 into a new club. The 150,000 mile club.

When you think about it, that's a lot of news gathering. Granted that only about 8,000 or so of those miles are mine, but still. Eight years worth of ambulance chasing, rough and tumble freeway and surface street acceleration, and driving through deserts, flooded intersections and up interstate shoulders.

The most interesting thing about it is that U6 still drives very well. Granted it doesn't like it when I go from 0 to the speed limit in under a second, but that is the fact of spot news chasing. It's the phrase I used in my video. You have to haul ass without actually hauling ass.

This will probably be U6's last year. If you happen to be at a Las Vegas used car dealer, and see a slightly dinged, 1998 Mercury Mountaineer with the vague outline of a 6 on the real tailgate, don't be scared away. Yeah she's been pushed hard, and those 150,000 miles weren't easy ones, but she's been loved and she'll love you back.

Oh, and if you find any loose change in her, its mine. Please return it.