World’s most travelled car???

[Yellow_Festiva]

Rekon it's legit??

Let’s play a game. How many kilometres do you think this 1966 Volvo 1800S coupe has travelled?

500,000? 1 million?

Go higher.

This elegantly designed Volvo, bought by its one owner in America for $4150 in 1966, has driven 4.8 million kilometres.

That’s the same as driving around the world 120 times.

And get this – it’s never broken down, at least according to its owner, retired school teacher Irvin Gordon.

It has, however, needed 857 oil changes, 30 new drive belts, 150 spark plugs and has used more than 120 bottles of transmission fluid.

Mr Gordon, who bought the Volvo when he was 25, has held the Guinness World Record for High Vehicle Mileage since 2002, and has no plans to stop driving his Volvo any time soon.

Talk about Swedish reliability…

http://motoring.ninemsn.com.au/showr...-travelled-car

I did some rough maths... I figure it at around 280km a day, day in, day out.

Don't mind this model actually, there is a brown one parked in the same spot up the rd from where I get my Kebabs in Marrickville.

[xxx000]

yes I think I've heard of this car before

[redxm]

Taxi light on roof is missing.

[mike_nofx]

That's like 100,000km a year and 280km a day for 47 years. Pretty crazy.
I'm sure the Guinness World Records company has done their research, but it is quite hard to believe.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by mike_nofx

That's like 100,000km a year and 280km a day for 47 years. Pretty crazy.
I'm sure the Guinness World Records company has done their research, but it is quite hard to believe.

Yeah, it wouldn't be my first choice of car to buy with the intention of driving it into the ground!

[aussie muscle]

Since most 'million mile' cars are typically worn out and well used, it's either just been restored or isn't legit.

[Spammy]

Has been well documented and reported for many years. It's legit.

[Peter B - CV8]

Originally Posted by Spammy

Has been well documented and reported for many years. It's legit.

On it's third engine though (if you google for the full info). Still a good effort.

[Stefan]

Is there any clue as to why he's averaged 280km/day seems alot to me considering he may have had to work, take a holiday, has he got kids a family?

[Ben73]

He might not do 280kms a day, but he might drive a more average distance each week day to work, but quite a fair distance to another city to see Family every weekend.... maybe?

A 280km a day average seams pretty unbelievable.
I once did a 200km a day average. But It was only for 1 week and for work. Felt like I was constantly in the car. Screw doing 280kms a day in Australia. Germany would be bearable.

[Stefan]

I'm calling BS if he drove this thing 6 days a week for 47 years it's nearly 350kms per day.

Anyone know how and why he managed this, not exactly a truck or a taxi.

[XR Craig]

Someone played with the clock on that one putting more km on it instead of taking them off

[2011G6E]

Been well known and documented for many years now...this isn't "news".

And anyone who wouldn't like the idea of having a P1800 Volvo coupe sitting in their garage has ice in their veins...beautiful car, from the era before Volvo lost the French Curves in the designers drawing set and started penning boxy abominations...

BMW makes...or used to make...special badges for their motorcycles to go on the fuel tank in place of the normal BMW roundel, for owners who could prove and document high mileages. They started out making 50,000 mile and 100,000 mile ones...in the end after demand for them, they had to start making 300,000 mile badges...
I know a guy who used to own a 1976 Kingswood ex-taxi (this was in the mid 1980's) that at the time had 390,000km on it. It was passed on to his younger brother who rebuilt the engine and put a new box in it, but last time I met the family (mid 2000's) it was still being used.

Ridiculously high mileages are possible.