Longest lasting vehicles on the road
Here is a link to survey data from USA Today for the percentage of vehicle types with over 200,000 miles on them. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/02/23/long-lasting-200000-miles/57047...
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fordsooperdooty wrote:
Who cares!
Somewhere in Long Island right now Irv Gordon is reading this and laughing to himself.
Mr. Gordon has a phenomenal achievement and has driven 3,000,000 (Yes, 3 Million!) miles in the same car - a shiny, red 1966 Volvo P1800. Gordon, a 74-year-old retired science teacher from Patchogue, N.Y., holds the Guinness Book of World Records recognition for most miles driven by a single owner in a non-commercial vehicle, and has driven over 3 million miles in his shiny red Volvo.
So take that Ford! ;)
Quite a car and quite a driver. I had a '62 Volvo PV 544s with the B18S 4 cylinder Volvo engine. Similar to the P1800 power plant but with not quite as hot a cam.
It had twin carbs....but the Volvo engine at that time (1950's-60's)had very large bearings, high nickel content in the block, had been tested to run at 6500 rpm and was actually half of the Volvo medium duty truck 3.6 liter V8.
A rugged engine. I also recall the 4 speed synchromesh transmission was beefy (think it was a Borg-Warner ) and the rear differential was I believe made by Spicer gear.
So there you have it...a car with for it's size, over engineered components...which lead to a long, reliable life if maintained well and driven sensibly.
I've read articles on Mr. Gordon's Volvo and it sounds like he is an excellent caretaker of his vehicle...both in maintenance and driving style.
