It's probably still going, lol..

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Dave Mcneely
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 3:38 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Friday NCV: how far can you drive without oil.

---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Back when I was 12 or so, a Volvo dealership opened in our town. To
> demonstrate the quality of their product, the dealership announced in the
> newspaper that the oil would be drained from a Volvo car (this was about
> 1962) and that the car would be driven over a nearby mountain (Monte Sano,
> for those who know Huntsville Alabama) and back to the dealership in what
> is today the Medical District. Probably six miles round trip, maybe eight,
> but the mountain road is steep and long. The public was invited to the
> event. They did it, claiming no serious harm to the car.
>
> Think of doing that today.

Pity the person who bought that car.  mcneely