MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A traveling salesman has a Saab story few can match.
Peter Gilbert of Glendale drove his 1989 Saab 900 SPG more than a million miles over the course of 17 years. The durable auto survived eight collisions with deer, including one that punctured the radiator.
"I couldn't kill that many deer with a gun," said Gilbert, a financial services salesman.
He recently donated his beloved car to the Wisconsin Automotive Museum after Saab verified it had driven 1,001,385 miles. The transmission was rebuilt at 200,000 miles and the hood and a few other parts replaced after the deer collisions, but otherwise it has original equipment...
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