The trick is to keep it in storage when you're not using it so you
acquire fewer miles with age.
--Farrar
content22207 wrote:
> I'm not worried about my own shaft. Have every intention of keeping it
> for life (I'm still driving the same car I drove in high school, for
> crying out loud). I'm worried about younger Forum members. I'm sure
> they've seen those big old shafts in the movies. Look practically
> indestructable. And even though we all abused them back then when our
> parents weren't looking (let's be honest), and even though they held
> up remarkably well, THEY ARE NOT INDESTRUCTABLE. And these are the big
> old shafts we're talking about. Imagine the damage 20 year olds could
> cause if they took their new little shafts and tried to use them the
> same way.
>
> They just don't make them like they used to. That's why I'm still
> using my original one.