Friday, October 09, 2015

just a handful of vehicles that have climbed into the Million-Mile Club, Honda and Toyota have given those owners a new vehicle

Peter Gilbert, a Wisconsin salesman who has put way more than a million miles on his meticulously maintained 1989 Saab SPG. 

Guy Newmark’s 1964 Porsche 356 made it to a million miles after its owner decided decades ago that he was only going to drive one car for the rest of his life.
This gorgeous Porsche made such a stir in the automotive world that Petrolicious did a full-blown feature on the car and its owner back in 2013.




Irv Gordon’s 1966 Volvo P1800s is the vehicle most people have probably heard of. This car and its owner were awarded a Guinness World Record for “highest vehicle mileage” in May 2014. He has only used Castrol Oil. https://www.facebook.com/irvgordon3millionmiles
http://www.kbb.com/car-news/all-the-latest/irv-gordon-tops-3_million-mile-mark-in-his-volvo-p1800/2000009711/


Mobil 1 bought a brand-new BMW 325i in 1990 to run on a dynamometer for a million miles just to see how synthetic oil would work at 85 miles per hour for four years, a million miles was finally reached, and the car’s engine was pulled out, disassembled, and inspected for wear. Results showed that the engine had the same tolerances as a new engine

Chet Belisle’s 1983 Lincoln Towncar Here sits a land yacht that has seen both American coasts and everything in between. Years ago, when CNN did a feature on Topeka, Kansas, native Chet Berlisle, we were thoroughly amused by this grandpa (yeah, go figure) who has driven across the United States multiple times just because he felt like “going for a drive.”

Hugh Pennington’s 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD attached to a 39-foot camper trailer for some cross-country camping.

Joe LoCicero’s 1990 Honda Accord has not rusted out like most other Accords from that era, the upholstery and steering wheel ripped over time. As Joe rolled his odometer back around to all zeros, Honda was there to mark the occasion with a parade and a brand new Accord for the diehard Honda head

Victor Sheppard put a million miles on his 2007 Toyota Tundra, and Toyota traded him a new 2016 Tundra, so they can take apart the million miler and see what they can learn from it and improve the trucks they are building http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-million-mile-2007-tundra-toyota-has.html

http://www.cheatsheet.com/automobiles/going-the-distance-7-cars-that-have-gone-1m-miles.html/?a=viewall#ixzz3o2xITASB

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