Nearly run in.

[F Body]

One owner from new with the original engine / gearbox and only 2.6 million miles on the clock



Irv Gordon has been the only owner of this P1800 since it was purchased new in 1966. A 125-mile round trip daily commute and a penchant for regular maintenance got the car this far, and in 1998 it made the Guinness Book of World Records at just 1.69 million miles.

Since retired from teaching science, Gordon now plans on hitting the 3 million-mile mark sometime in the next five years. Keep in mind, he's slowed down to 80,000 miles/year from his record pace of over 100,000 miles/year in 2002 While not promising to retire the car once it hits 3 million miles, Gordon says he might break down before the car does.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/26/man-with-2-6-million-mile-volvo-p1800-aims-for-3-million/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/26/man-with-2-6-million-mile-volvo-p1800-aims-for-3-million/

[philoldsmobile]

proof that

a) old volvos really were that good

b) cars die prematurely due to poor treatment and being poorly maintained.

[ianjpage]

wow now that is a true mileage whore

[art b]

amazing .........and i bet its been clocked...........

[Fieldy]

Some of us could probably manage that if we didn't spend every day on the forums.....

[Roadkill]

Quoting: philoldsmobile

cars die prematurely due to poor treatment and being poorly maintained.

Dunno whatcha mean.

[philoldsmobile]

[ianjpage]

Quoting: Fieldy

Some of us could probably manage that if we didn't spend every day on the forums.....

hahaha now you are being silly!!!

[HardRockCamaro]

Certainly looks cherished in the photo...

It's all down to how you treat a car and also some luck.
A combination components with manufacturing tolerences that are spot on, religeous maintenance, driving it with lots of mechanical sympathy, keeping it covered etc etc etc.  And it depends on what kind of trips you make in it, how many cold starts, town driving vs motorway etc.

Very impressive though.

I remember many years ago that the UK record was held by a diesel Ford Orion taxi that had done over 750,000 and was still going.  Don't know how far it got in the end...

[art b]

volvos do like to rack up a bit o mileage.............but it still costs plenty of money,