2.8 million miles in a Volvo

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited July 2010 in The Clubhouse
And you think 250,000 miles is considered high mileage....

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/07/irv-gordon-2-8-million-mile-volvo/
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited July 2010
    2.8 million miles, sounds like someone needs to get a life and out from behind the wheel.
    If...
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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited July 2010
    Great article, not only does he have 2.8 million on one car... in the mean time he put another 450k on the other... I would have to average 175 miles per day over the next 50 years to catch up with him in miles driven from just those two cars.
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited July 2010
    And in a P1800 to boot. I was expecting it to be a 240.
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  • Lost
    Lost Posts: 48
    edited July 2010
    Ron-P wrote: »
    2.8 million miles, sounds like someone needs to get a life and out from behind the wheel.

    Seriously?
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited July 2010
    Yes, seriously.

    Lets just take this quote from the article and some basic averages, and hope I do my math right (I suck at math).
    That feat will require him to drive an average of around 5,500 miles per month.

    5,500 / 30 (days in a month) that's 183 mile per day. Average 40mph (city/highway average) and that's almost 5 hours a day behind the wheel. So he likes driving, calls it a hobby, but seriously 5 hours a day, 150 hours per month of your life, driving.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited July 2010
    I used to commute a total of 3.5 hours a day, so I don't see that too far out of the realm of possibility.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited July 2010
    Ron-P wrote: »
    Yes, seriously.

    Lets just take this quote from the article and some basic averages, and hope I do my math right (I suck at math).



    5,500 / 30 (days in a month) that's 183 mile per day. Average 40mph (city/highway average) and that's almost 5 hours a day behind the wheel. So he likes driving, calls it a hobby, but seriously 5 hours a day, 150 hours per month of your life, driving.

    He has a 125 mile commute. ;)

    I'd do it if i could.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2010
    I (and most of us) spend 8+ hours a day 5 days a week doing something that I DON'T consider a hobby but a means to make a living. I wish I could spend that time doing something I enjoy instead.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited July 2010
    I think between his extreme hatred of Death Proof and those who drive excessively, Ron's parents must have been eaten by cars when he was young.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited July 2010
    Hahaha, yeah, my parents owned Christine.

    I had a job that started to require too much time behind the wheel. I took a much less paying job to avoid that. I won't do it, too much in life to enjoy rather then driving through it.
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    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited July 2010
    I'm with you on that. That commute was soul-crushing.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • acmf74
    acmf74 Posts: 936
    edited July 2010
    he lives 10 min from me :eek:
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  • JimKellyfan
    JimKellyfan Posts: 696
    edited July 2010
    I probably have driven close to that ( 1.5 mil ), but in 50 plus vehicles.
    Lost count, really, and don't care to remember them either.
    But too, some of us drove for a living in our work, and in company vehicles, which would add to the plus part, and most of the miles.
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited July 2010
    That was a cool story.
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  • Janne
    Janne Posts: 139
    edited July 2010
    That is a very beautiful classic car. Used in the tv show The Saint http://volvo1800pictures.com/a_S_67_1/67_79_id_1087_NUV_648E_english.htm
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited July 2010
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  • rayslifecycle
    rayslifecycle Posts: 511
    edited July 2010
    I had a 240 and a 140
    always wanted a P1800 - the wagon with the bubble back is really sweet looking -
    this guy has been in Volvo Lore for years.

    Great story - thanks for posting
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