I’m here in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with Torch, fixing up our 375,000 Mile Nissan NV200 Taxi Cab. Will it be in good enough shape to limp to a nearby parking lot for an Autopian meetup on Sunday? I sure hope so! Because we want to meet you!
This van is part of a partnership we have with Copart. We bought it for $800, and it has 375,000 of the hardest miles known to man — New York City miles.
And those hard miles show on this non-running, somehow-charming steaming pile we bought:
Anyway, I’m in town to help Torch get this thing up and running, so I figured we should have a meetup considering how great last year’s went:
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We’ll meet at noon on Sunday in a parking lot across from Merritt’s Grill (1009 S Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC 27514) in Chapel Hill. If, for whatever reason, this unsanctioned location is taken up/blocked off, our alternative location will be Walmart (Walmart Supercenter, 12500 US Hwy 15 501 N, Chapel Hill, NC 27517). But we had good luck in this gravel lot before, so it should work:
Bring your cool car, or don’t! We just want to meet you.
I’ll be there.
In the van, as the perfect transmission. Everyone please say hi to me. I am a little shy though.
Hmm… I might be able to be there! About a 2 hour plus drive each way, maybe the ol’ Mitsu Mighty Max is up for the challenge.
Well….damn.
I move back to the US and these guys are a 40 min drive away?
No promises, but I’ll do my best to be there. Maybe my wife will let me bring her Z3.