that's awsome. i tried to drive my buick home when i first got it, back around 2005, woulda been about 60 miles. made it about 1/4-1/2 mile and realized the car only had 1st gear! (i had only lot driven it before that). turned around, went back to the shop where i had the car stored, and eventually wound up trailering it home halfway through installing a new trans. it's pretty much been apart in some way or another scince then.
got to take a road trip for work today, only instead of a horrible UD cabover i got to take the '09 F350 service truck we've got, 5.4 / auto / 2wd, it's got 23,000 miles on it now THAT'S a nice running truck!