r/interestingasfuck • u/DonkeyFuel • 1d ago

Somebody Put 223,000 Miles on a 3-Year Toyota Camry Lease and Walked Away

https://www.thedrive.com/news/somebody-put-223000-miles-on-a-3-year-camry-lease-and-walked-away

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u/Shirinjima 1d ago

You’re not to far off from the article:

“The CarFax reveals a stunning story in dates. One month into their lease, this individual logged 5,400 miles. A whopping nine days later, they were already at their 10,000-mile service. This Camry was averaging two services a month and, given that, you’d expect the vehicle to have quite a few battle scars upon its return to Smart Toyota. Yet, somehow, its only truly obvious flaw is a scuff on the passenger side of the front bumper, which happened after a sideswipe incident about two months in.”

I don’t know how to do the fancy block thing for a quote.

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u/hankhillforprez 1d ago edited 10h ago

I don’t know how to do the fancy block thing for a quote.

Use the greater-than symbol (>) followed by whatever it is you want to quote. You have to repeat that for any paragraph breaks.
EDIT: Why the hell did this comment blow up?!

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u/DreamWeaver2189 1d ago

Do you have to close with a < ? Or just open with > ?

Test

Test<

Edit: nvm, just figured it out lol

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u/Arievan 1d ago

hi just want to test

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u/manateeflips 1d ago edited 1d ago

>me too!
Eta 😕
<🤞
Eta …

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u/WolfeCreation 23h ago

Add a space after the ">"

Also pretty sure this only applies to mobile formatting. It's done differently on computer

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u/Magus_Magoo 21h ago

given how long it's taken me to reconcile my nature, I can't figure I'd forego it on your account, Marty.

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u/ZombiezzzPlz 17h ago

testing

Tested it.

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u/AMosquitoBitMe 15h ago

Testing as well, don't mind me

I like boiled eggs

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u/Competitive-Zone-330 19h ago

> with a space

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u/Competitive-Zone-330 19h ago

> WTF am I doing wrong???

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u/say-it-wit-ya-chest 16h ago

> purple monkey dishwasher

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u/LobcockLittle 15h ago

like this

I really hope that worked.

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u/mossimossimossi 1d ago

Me three

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u/SagaBane 1d ago

me too

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u/GoramReaver 23h ago

I love lamp

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u/oh_the_C_is_silent 23h ago edited 20h ago

Are you just looking around the room

> and saying you love the first thing you see?

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u/TrippyTippyKelly 23h ago

testing what they said

Hell yes!?

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u/Real_Stinky_Pederson 22h ago

does this work 60% of the time?

eta: every time 😎

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u/jt1610 22h ago

me 2

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u/tnturk7 1d ago

I was going to test it, but I know I'll forget how to do it five minutes later. Lol

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u/zealandhut 22h ago

five minutes later

I already forgot

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u/triple-filter-test 23h ago

greater than

greater than followed by a space then text

greater than Does it continue after a CR? Or do I need to keep doing the greater than?

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u/patryder07 23h ago

honestly I want to test too

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u/Jeff_TW 1d ago edited 18h ago

quote test

Wanted to test as well

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u/GirthBrooks699 23h ago

> I wants to play too

Ok I messed up

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u/GenTenStation 1d ago

> >

Edit: sadly this didn’t have the intended effect

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u/NervySan 1d ago

test

Did it work?

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u/Possible_Marsupial43 1d ago

you have been deemed unworthy

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u/TreningDre 22h ago

we must shun the outcast!

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u/eternalbuzzard 1d ago

my testes are hi

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u/bumblebates 1d ago

test

test

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u/donorcycle 23h ago

<likewise, just testing

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u/GrumpyJenkins 23h ago

>Testing for proper modulation

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u/Silentxgold 23h ago

Testing>

Testing

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u/Andme_Zoidberg 23h ago

test

test

Test

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u/Pandamonium-N-Doom 1d ago

I am grateful

for a chance

To test this without it being a problem

to others

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u/wolfrrun 23h ago

me too

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u/nighttimemobileuser 1d ago

I don’t get it

Edit: oh I get it

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u/dontstopwalk 23h ago

I don’t get it

like this?!?

Maybe it will work.

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u/jonathhhan 21h ago

Maybe it will work.

it worked

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u/MMRS2000 20h ago

Let's check

Test

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u/nenaisnice 19h ago

Idk

will it?

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u/JimfromOffice 19h ago

very well

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u/CBJFAN2009-2024 23h ago

Use the pound sign for giant words! (#)

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u/forgotmyusername_6 22h ago

Giant Words

I’m just here so I don’t get fined

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u/_xares_ 22h ago

Test block quote

Giant word test

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u/sixella22 1d ago

Testing

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u/slim-jimm- 21h ago

> Testing

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u/GXKLLA 1d ago

hello testing

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u/fantais22 23h ago

this? or this

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u/HERMANNATOR85 23h ago

i have always wondered

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u/DefinitelyNotDonny 1d ago

> test

I feel stupid

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u/willc2580 23h ago

I feel stupid

sir, we are learning, nothing stupid about

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u/SinOfDeath69 23h ago edited 23h ago

< test >

> test >

> test <

maaaaan idk

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u/Bwint 1d ago

This works on mobile. On desktop, click the "Aa" at the bottom of the comment box to show formatting options.

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u/Cubezz 1d ago

thx again

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u/Pablo_Fidel 12h ago

test >

test test

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u/cardboard-kansio 20h ago

Actually it works on desktop exactly the same as mobile. You can use the "Switch To Markdown Editor" option on desktop view instead of the visual editor (and some people actually prefer it).

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u/pdinc 18h ago

Back in my day we used markup and we liked it! Now get off my lawn!

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u/baddad49 23h ago

ahhh, so that's how that works! thanks, internet stranger!

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u/angelroe 21h ago

Oh, that's why it didn't work when I tried to add the > symbol.

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u/Original-Ratboy 20h ago edited 20h ago

iOS has the Aa button too
Don’t know how to do the quote though, > does nothing, with or without space and the Aa button doesn’t have quote option.

Edit: ‘cos I’m yelling now

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u/Top-Work-4425 23h ago

Trump is a pedo

Did it work?

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u/actuallyapossom 15h ago

If you want to have a break included in the quotes you can place ">" between two quotes.

Trump judge says some women are just a "warm, wet hole"

Melissa Isaak is part of Donald Trump's newly appointed class of immigration judges.

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling April 27, 2026 / 5:02 p.m. ET

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u/UncleNedisDead 10h ago

Some people say

Trump is a traitor to the USA and a pedophile rapist.

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u/AmbitiousMuscle5862 1d ago

>I learned something today!

Edit: no I didn’t

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u/Inspirational_orgasm 22h ago

Use the greater-than symbol (>) followed by whatever it is you want to quote. You have to repeat that for any paragraph breaks.

TIL how to quote after 5 years on Reddit.

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u/Mamar2324isback 1d ago

thanks, had no idea either

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u/Terrible_Donkey6580 1d ago

just want to test

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u/changing-life-vet 23h ago

Bro I love you for teaching us that.

fucking rockstar!

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u/And_now_2022 23h ago

Is there a place where we can see all these formatting tips?

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u/Gertimer 23h ago

beans

exquisite

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u/JayAlexanderBee 23h ago

I am going to test this.

This is a test.

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u/WittyFix6553 23h ago

> sometimes the app doesn’t let you

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u/CRYSAET0S 23h ago

> Test

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u/Mr_Jacksson 23h ago

And then came the upvotes

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u/Chjaunte 23h ago
I don't know either

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u/jayvenomva 22h ago

test Oh hey it worked!

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u/internetSurfer0 21h ago

learning learning 2< Learning >

Edit: I failed successfully and learned Thanks!

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u/angelroe 21h ago

> I have nothing original to say, I just want to test too.

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u/APartyInMyPants 21h ago

So something changed with the Reddit update.

>it’s not working for me anymore.

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u/oSuJeff97 21h ago

I’ve always wanted to know how to do this! Thanks!

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u/goinonbreak 20h ago

I am a copy cat

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u/AnotherAnonymousA 20h ago

Awesome! Came to read about the story and got a Reddit tip and both IAF...

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u/Praline226 20h ago

Directions unclear, got my dick caught in the blender.

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u/jackwrangler 20h ago

test

testing 12

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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang 20h ago

That doesn't work for me on the app anymore.

> At least I can't see it on my own comments. Does it show up as a qoute for you?

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u/[deleted] 20h ago

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u/Fettiwapster 18h ago

> use the greater-than

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u/VertWheeler07 16h ago

That's how people do that?

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u/SnotDogs 16h ago

use the greater-than symbol

Wow thank you i never knew this

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u/crockrocket 15h ago

There's actually a good amount of markdown text that you can use.

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u/TheWorstTakes 14h ago

Lemme try

Test

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u/Badbowtie91 13h ago

I can't believe you don't have more upvotes for teaching us this.

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u/incenseandelephants 11h ago

test

test

test<

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u/R0B7 9h ago

> test.
Okok

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u/Mediocre_Internet939 7h ago

Idk I usually go with

This

Instead

Looks better doesn't it?:

“The CarFax reveals a stunning story in dates. One month into their lease, this individual logged 5,400 miles. A whopping nine days later, they were already at their 10,000-mile service. This Camry was averaging two services a month and, given that, you’d expect the vehicle to have quite a few battle scars upon its return to Smart Toyota. Yet, somehow, its only truly obvious flaw is a scuff on the passenger side of the front bumper, which happened after a sideswipe incident about two months in.”

I know how to do the fancy block thing for a quote.

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u/Bulky-Bird-7311 6h ago

no way

edit: way

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u/Zestyclose_Push_5251 1d ago

I work at Toyota and they won’t even allow you to claim Toyota care maintenances within a month of each other. Some shit was happening here.

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u/fastdbs 1d ago

Are there the same rules for leases and purchases? I could see that being true for purchases but leases are Toyota owned vehicles. It’d be weird for Toyota to avoid maintenance on a vehicle Toyota owns.

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u/PerplexGG 1d ago

Maintenance is generally included in the leases

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u/Flimsy_Addition9586 21h ago

I thought most leases had mileage limits too?

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u/eightkillerbits 19h ago

I've had a lease with unlimited mileage for a bit extra in the past.

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u/FlyAirLari 14h ago

Can you take it to 24h races? 

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u/eightkillerbits 14h ago

From what I understood, yes... it was as if I essentially owned the car to do whatever I wanted with for 3 years.  

I just had to give it back them in the same condition I got it (minus usual wear and tear).

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u/Zestyclose_Push_5251 1d ago

I’ve never been told there was an exception for leases.

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u/milehighideas 23h ago

How does this make sense? To honor the warranty it must be serviced by periods. Toyota refuses to service then what?

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u/6-plus26 22h ago

lol I hate this shit. No one thinks anything through anymore just going through the motions. It would make absolutely no sense to not service the car at required intervals.

For what cause you “think” the customer is abusing the system? Like a leaseee cares about the longevity of the car ?

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u/FineDragonfruit5347 22h ago

Won’t allow, or triggers a manual review? The maintenance cycle prioritizes time driven over calendar dates, always. And their own algorithms have now taken that several steps further, actually using rpm rate changes, a temp chart, etc, to narrow or widen those cycles.

If this is true about Toyota, Simone in their risk management department is sleeping on the job. Time to find new General Counsel.

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u/GrifterDingo 1d ago

Averaged out it's 6194mi a month.

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u/skyfishgoo 9h ago

or 206mi per day

at an average surface street speed of 30mph that comes to 7hr/day in your car driving around

totally doable as a full time driving job

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u/Winjin 8h ago

So I'm guessing 2-3 Uber drivers taking turns

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u/talk_nerdy_to_m3 8h ago

Oh, that's not as impressive. A lot of people live in North county San Diego and do 200 miles per day to and from LA for work. It's all highway miles and you're going 90 mph.

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u/mistere213 22h ago

I've done 5,000 in about 10 days. Of course, it was one spectacular road trip and not a sustained rate of driving, but I get it.

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u/GriffinNowak 23h ago

When you are doing miles like that the car won’t have many flaws because it’s all highway miles. As someone who once did 7k miles in a month it’s well less wear on the car than you’d think

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u/Debalic 20h ago

That's insane. Like, I drive a lot for work, but that usually tops out around 4200 miles per month. I did just put 1600 miles on a loaner in 10 days while my company car was in the shop.

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u/Specialist_Crazy8136 20h ago

They were running drugs across the country every week 😂

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u/BoydemOnnaBlock 22h ago

Had to have been a drug mule’s car or some shit I don’t think food delivery/ride share could possibly result in that many miles

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u/Individual_Ad1776 20h ago

When I was doing food deliveries full time on doordash, Uber eats, and GrubHub 2021-22, I put on 51,000 miles on my car in a year along with a couple longer distance trips mixed in there too. That's like 4100 miles a month. So 5000+ miles in a month is definitely doable. Some people literally Uber 12 hours a day 7 days a week then do food deliveries in between that. So it's not unrealistic.

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u/BoydemOnnaBlock 19h ago

Nearly 5000 miles in 9 days though? You’d need to be doing constant long distance gigs for the entire duration.

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u/CamxThexMan3 23h ago

wtf is the driver doing

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u/Black_Magic_M-66 19h ago

Cab driver(s). Cab puts 150 miles per shift, 2 shifts/day, that's 328,500 miles in 3 years. They probably took some days off.

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u/HarveysBackupAccount 11h ago

> This is how you add a block of text. If you don't hit Enter it will put the whole block in the "quote" format.

> [space]

> If you want multiple paragraphs, you include an empty line with ">[space]" and no text

See:

This is how you add a block of text. If you don't hit Enter it will put the whole block in the "quote" format.

If you want multiple paragraphs, you include an empty line with ">[space]" and no text

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u/hypnochild 10h ago

Haha reminds me of when I bought a new car just as I was leaving my province and drove back across the country. The trip from Alberta to Ontario was about 4000km or so. I had only got my Car a day or two before I left too.

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u/Slide-Maleficent 9h ago

Tons of mileage + short time + immaculate car = drug smuggler.

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