>>>>>>>>On the other hand "Cellulite" instead of 'fat', or "Wellness" instead of 'health' have really enriched the language (or if not the language, at least the snake oil industry).
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>>>>>>>We have a lot to thank for to the marketers and advertisement people of this world for these. When was the last time you saw an ad for a used car? Now it's "pre-owned". When is obese just "overweight"? Are midgets just "vertically-challenged" people?
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>>>>>>The radio ads for "pre-owned" cars make me smile every time. They make it sound like the previous owners have done you some sort of service.
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>>>>>They kinda did. They ate up a lot of depreciation. :)
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>>>>Nice one! :-)
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>>>A best car I ever had was a used Toyota Camry. I got it with 75,000 miles on it and I finally had to give it up with about 198,000 miles on it.
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>>My brother has a Toyota Tacoma with over 350,000 miles on it. No motor or transmission work on his 4WD. New tires and shocks have been the only thing replaced.
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>I gave up my 1986 VW Golf Diesel with about 750,000Km on it (about 470,000 miles). My friend Lynn finally gave up her VW Jetta at about 500,000Km.
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>I'm convinced my Golf would have run forever because the engine was still in very good shape, and I've heard that if a car gets to that kind of mileage, it'll go on and on. Unfortunately the body was starting to disintegrate around me. It couldn't have passed another safety test, so...
>But I'm sticking with VW.

As the owner of a VW Jetta, 23K miles, this is music to my ears.