http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080212/ap_ ... mile_truck
Wonder how many that famous old Volvo P1800 has now?
Tom M.
Million-Mile '91 Silverdo !
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T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
Re: Million-Mile '91 Silverdo !
As of January 26, Irv Gordon had 2,609,791 miles on the P1800.ARCHINSTL wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080212/ap_ ... mile_truck
Wonder how many that famous old Volvo P1800 has now?
Tom M.
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Re: Million-Mile '91 Silverdo !
neonsport wrote:As of January 26, Irv Gordon had 2,609,791 miles on the P1800.ARCHINSTL wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080212/ap_ ... mile_truck
Wonder how many that famous old Volvo P1800 has now?
Tom M.
holy crap, 2.6 mil..wow.
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Volvo P-1800 Mileage
Followup -
As of March 18, 2009, Irv Gordon has 2,694,631 miles on his 1966 Volvo P-1800, which he bought new.
He drove almost 85 THOUSAND miles since January 26, 2008 - that's an AVERAGE of 203 miles per each and every single day - or if in 5-day work weeks, with no allowance for vacation - that's about 1438 miles per week. And for a couple of years, he drove over 100K per year!
To quote Mr. Gordon when questioned about the eventual fate of the car:
"I also think it should go in a nice, cozy museum where people will get to enjoy seeing the car that beat the odds - all with the same engine, same radio, same axles, same transmission and of course the same driver."
Two interesting links:
http://www.designnews.com/article/12384 ... _Miles.php
http://nymieg.blogspot.com/2008/01/irv- ... volvo.html
I always wanted one of these cars, but I believe their rustability exceeded the Tercel's...but less than a Fiat.
Tom M.
As of March 18, 2009, Irv Gordon has 2,694,631 miles on his 1966 Volvo P-1800, which he bought new.
He drove almost 85 THOUSAND miles since January 26, 2008 - that's an AVERAGE of 203 miles per each and every single day - or if in 5-day work weeks, with no allowance for vacation - that's about 1438 miles per week. And for a couple of years, he drove over 100K per year!
To quote Mr. Gordon when questioned about the eventual fate of the car:
"I also think it should go in a nice, cozy museum where people will get to enjoy seeing the car that beat the odds - all with the same engine, same radio, same axles, same transmission and of course the same driver."
Two interesting links:
http://www.designnews.com/article/12384 ... _Miles.php
http://nymieg.blogspot.com/2008/01/irv- ... volvo.html
I always wanted one of these cars, but I believe their rustability exceeded the Tercel's...but less than a Fiat.
Tom M.
T4WD augury?
"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
Re: Million-Mile '91 Silverdo !
After Googling I gather he drives around 88,000 miles per year now and gets maybe 30 mpg highway. So when gas was $4 / gallon he was shelling out around $12,000 / year for gas?
Shows you what well designed and built parts are capable of?
Shows you what well designed and built parts are capable of?
Give a boy a gun-give a biatch a cell phone-and pretty soon you almost got yourself a police state.
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Orwell said: War is peace! Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength...