High mileage motor.

[F Body]

Irv Gordon made history in 2002 when he reached a milestone no other individual had ever accomplished in more than 100 years of the automobile: driving two million miles in the same vehicle a 1966 Volvo P1800.



He continues to break records and today reached four-million-kilometers or 2,485,484 miles  
Irv and his trusty Volvo P1800 have traveled the equivalent of ...
   -  Almost 100 times around the world (via the equator).
   -  Nearly five round-trips to the moon.
   -  1,111.111* completions of the Tour de France (*recurring).
   -  7,104 swims across the English Channel.
   -  More than 114 Great Races (New York to Paris).

   IRV'S SCORE CHART
   In addition to Irv and his Volvo P1800's impressive mileage/kilometer
score chart, they have racked up some other amazing numbers ...
   -  710 oil changes.  Irv recommends changing your oil every 3,500 mile
      (5,632 km) # Roadkill exempt #
   -  100,000 plus miles (160,934 km) per year since retiring in 1996.
   -  0 false starts.  Zero.  Zip.  Not even on the coldest of mornings.
   -  0 replaced engines.  The Volvo P1800 still has its original engine,
      though it was rebuilt at around 675,000 miles (1,086,307 km).
   -  One new starter.
   -  $4,150.  The cost of Irv's Volvo P1800 back in 1966.  "The best
      $4,150 I've ever spent."
   -  99 tune-ups (every 25,000 miles, or 40,233 km).
   -  8,285 tanks of gas (The Volvo gets 25 miles, or 40.23 km, per gallon).

Another couple of years and it will be run in

[55starchief]

Was talking to a mate of mine and he was telling me that whilst at his local SAAB garage having a service a old guy came in with a Y reg 9-3. He got talking to them and the guy 74 had clocked up 350k in the car averaging 1000 miles a week. Apparently hima and his wife have a main home in york but the wifes family had a mansion in cornwall so they wuld drive down each week.

When asked about reliability he replied same engine box and even exhaust, never missed a beat although did go through 2 pair of tyres in 25k but never had the problem again

[FUBAR]

PhilO & Ian...

There's you're mentor!

[HardRockCamaro]

Matey here should have kept driving:

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[ianjpage]

Quoting: FUBAR

PhilO & Ian...

There's you're mentor!

lol aint that the truth!!!

[Roadkill]

Quoting: F Body

# Roadkill exempt #

[55starchief]

Quoting: HardRockCamaro

Matey here should have kept driving:

http://www.mbusa.com/heritage/history/news/taxi.do

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