Check this out guys, I was really bored today with it raining outside it pretty much stopped my detail job on an '05 Trailblazer.

I was searching Google for just Bonneville and somewhere in the first 35 or so pages I came across this guy. He is a Senator for Illinois and drives a 2002 Bonneville with almost 300,000 miles!!! Check out his page http://www.danrutherford.org/default.asp His Bonneville is all over it He is even having a contest for people to guess where it will be when it hits 300,000 miles If you scroll through that first page, towards the bottom you will see his monthly diary entries and every month he writes about his Bonneville.

I sent him an Email about our site, but understandably, he is a bit too busy to join up.

I thought this was pretty cool, and thought some of you guys might enjoy as well.

One thing though, keep ALL political stuff OUT of this topic. This is NOT a thread about politics. If you have comments about politics to make here, keep them to yourself. Any political comments posted here, positive or negative WILL be deleted. I don't want this to turn into a flame war.

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

Lets send him a window decal, so it can be seen on his car when it turns 300k ;)

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Owner / Admin

1995 SSEi / 2002 SSEi / 2001 Sierra C3 DENALI

I didn't even think of that, I think it would be a great idea!!!

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

He just has to drive a Bonne, look at his home town

JEES. He drives a HELL of a lot! 42k+ miles a year....3k mile oil changes? Changes it 14 times a year....or 99 times over the life of the vehicle so far. Just goes to show...conventional oil won't break the car...but who knows how long it would go with synthetic....wonder if hes on the original transmission. Is he gonna retire it at 300k? Hope not....I wanna see half a mil!

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John
Now: '15 Toyota Prius III | 134 hp 2ZR-FXE | Silver | 36k
Now: '03 Honda CR-V AWD | Slow 4-Cylinder | Dirt | 180k
Then: '07 Ford Fusion SEL | 221hp Gen I VVT Duratec 3.0 V6 | Tungsten Silver | 150k
Then: '99 Toyota Avalon XL | 200hp 1MZ-FE 3.0 V6 | Diamond White | 189k | Sold: July 2015
Then: '11 Ford Fusion SEL | 240hp Gen II VVT Duratec 3.0 V6 | Ingot Silver | 84k | Totaled: Oct 23 '14 (Rear-Ended)
Then: '96 Buick Park Avenue Ultra | 240hp Series II L67 | Medium Dark Lichen | Bought: JAN 11 @ 135k | Accident: FEB 3 '12 | Crushed: MAR 1 '13 @ 153K
Then: '98 Pontiac Bonneville SSE | 205hp Series II 3800 L36 | Topaz Firemist | Bought: NOV '09 @ 74k | Accident: MAY 28 '10 | Crushed: MAR 15 '11 @ 84k
Then: '93 Pontiac Bonneville SE | 170hp Series I 3800 L27 | Dark Yellow Green | Bought: JULY '07 @ 92k | Sold: JULY '12 @ 118k
Then: '89 Pontiac Bonneville LE | 165hp 3800 LN3 | Medium Garnet Red | Bought: JAN '05 @ 117k | Sold: SEP 30 '07 @ 152k

If I get a reply back from my last Email I sent him, I will ask him about a decal. I also gave him the link to this thread, so hopefully he will keep an eye on it.

Anyone going to guess where it will be when it hits 300,000

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

Someone just send him a decal! I would chip in a dollar or two, that would be huge for this site!

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Bye Bye:

RIP sandrock

Well, he replied to my Email, so I sent him another one including inquiring about a decal. We will see what he says

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

tell him to join even if he cant be active

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-Matt

x2

Although I wonder if that is like his "company car" or if he actually bought it himself. My point is whether he is really a fan of the car or it's just transportation....

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-Joshua-

X3

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1998 Pontiac Bonneville SE - ? Horsepower / ? Torque
Current: 0-60 in 9 seconds
Goal: 0-60 in 8.5 // 1/4 Mile 15.5
My Bonneville (Updated)
Black Revolt

Pulling into his driveway

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Bye Bye:

RIP sandrock

275 miles to go!

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Owner / Admin

1995 SSEi / 2002 SSEi / 2001 Sierra C3 DENALI

With his mileage now, that would take what... two hours

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

whatever happened with this? did he ever get a decal?

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~~~Freddy~~~ Wyotech Graduate, Future RCSAMS student
Pandora 1988 Lesabre T-Type 259000 miles
Darlington 1987 Lesabre T-Type 115000 miles
Cream Puff 1988 Lesabre T-Type 194500 miles

Bonnie had made a full recovery from her recent transmission transplant when she got a boo boo. One of the office staff was taking her for an oil change when he was in an accident. For awhile there was some doubt as to whether or not Bonnie would pull through, but she is tough! I look forward to having her repaired and back with me on the road. I will update soon.

In the meantime I am using an Enterprise rental. It is a good vehicle, but with only 8,000 miles, she is very new to the roads of Illinois.


(Don't see it there)

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BTW ~ July 15th it hit 300000miles

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No, he never replied back about the decal. As you can see though, it was in a little accident.... Looks like it will be all fixed up again though

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Ryan

2003 Bonneville SSEi - The Black Mirror SOLD!
2002 Bonneville SE - The Mutt Complete 2004 SLE interior, drivetrain, and body harness swap, ECC swap, HUD swap, black GXP wheels, GXP headlights and tinted tails - SOLD
2003 BMW 540i M Sport, 2001 BMW X5 4.4i, 2010 GMC Acadia, 2017 Grand Design Imagine 3150BH
1982 Cutlass Supreme - The fun one

that actually hit the door frame hard. most likely an insurance co. would total it.

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Jim