16 New England cars that never give up - Boston.com
New Englanders have a reputation for perserverance, and that definitely extends to their cars. When we put out a list of long-running cars and asked our audience if they could top what we’d found, the submissions poured in. We couldn’t include every contribution, but we did manage to whittle things down to a list of 16 cars, every one of... The 1993 Saturn S2 submitted by Karl H. and pictured above didn’t quite reach that threshold, with only about 150,000 miles, but we thought it deserved an honorable mention for the paint job. 10) This 2002 Honda CR-V hails from the driveway of Mel C. in Yorkville, Maine, but it’s been all over New England since Mel got it in 2005. “After spending a lot of the last 10 years commuting from New Hampshire and Maine into Metro Boston for... 8) 1995 Ford Escort GT. 8) Among the most colorful cars on our list, this 1995 Escort GT, owned by Blake G. from Connecticut, also has the distinction of being the only Ford. Blake says he paid $2,000 for the car 15 years ago and hasn’t put it in a garage since. “Not a show car, but an everyday working car. 5) This Honda Accord, owned by Linda N. and her husband in Cumberland, Rhode Island, is a decade older than the 2006 model we saw earlier, and has the paint job to show for it. “[1996] was the year that Honda experimented with an eco-friendly top... Source: www.boston.com
