{"id":18469,"date":"2020-02-08T15:19:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T20:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=18469"},"modified":"2020-02-15T08:28:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T13:28:25","slug":"van-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/?p=18469","title":{"rendered":"Van Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_18472\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173847.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18472\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173847-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"1997 Dodge Grand Caravan\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173847-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173847-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173847-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173847-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173847.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1997 Dodge Grand Caravan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I cleaned out the old Dodge Grand Caravan today and took off the license plates, which I plan to return to the Motor Vehicle Administration on Monday. Before I did that, I took one final load of trash to the dump (well, the transfer station, actually). I had a few things of my own in the back but I drove over to Iris and Seth&#8217;s house and got the rest of the rubbish that we found under the stairs and loaded that up. That load included recyclables&#x2014;paper\/cardboard, rigid plastic, and metal&#x2014;along with all the trash. The van has been a really good utility vehicle.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18471\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173842.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18471\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173842-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"272,000 Miles\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173842-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173842-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173842-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173842-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.henryhartley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200208_173842.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">272,000 Miles<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As I was driving home I notice that I was approaching an even thousand on the odometer so I drove just a little extra to get it to 272,000 just before I backed into the driveway. We bought it from our mechanic in March, 2006 after he bought it from some mutual friends of ours replaced the transmission. I&#8217;d say we got our $5,000 worth out of the van (not to say we haven&#8217;t spent that much again on repairs over the years). This is the highest mileage of any car I&#8217;ve ever owned. The Chrysler Town &#038; Country that died in Chicago last summer was just a little short.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I cleaned out the old Dodge Grand Caravan today and took off the license plates, which I plan to return to the Motor Vehicle Administration on Monday. Before I did that, I took one final load of trash to the dump (well, the transfer station, actually). 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