<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>557,000 Miles : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>557,000 Miles : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-23T21:08:14+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[557,000 Miles]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/126596/1/" /><id>126596</id><summary><![CDATA[557,000 Miles]]></summary><issued>2009-07-03T15:15:11+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-03T15:15:11+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[90-year-old Rachel Veitch of Orlando, Florida has been driving the same 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente since it was new. Now she has racked up 557,000 miles on the odometer -and it&#8217;s still going great!<br/>    Unlike her three husbands, Veitch says, the Mercury has &#8220;never lied to me, never cheated on me, and I can always depend on her.&#8221;]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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