00:04King of the Road, Irv Gordon, has been driving his 1966 Volvo P1800 for 46 years.
00:20With a staggering 2,994,000 miles on the clock, he is set to break the 3 million mile barrier.
00:34My friends used to think I was slightly nuts, but now they're very impressed that the car's getting the attention
00:41that it's getting.
00:43They're waiting to see that it gets to 3 million miles off, so they're very enthusiastic about it.
00:47Irv from Long Island, New York, began his love affair with the Volvo in 1966 when he laid eyes on
00:53the car for the first time.
00:56I paid $4,150, which was a whole year's salary for me.
01:01I put 1,500 miles on the car the first weekend I owned it.
01:04I just couldn't get out of the car. I was having such a good time.
01:06I just spent all Friday night, all day Saturday, all day Sunday, came back Monday for its 1,500 mile
01:12checkup.
01:13Driving an average of 60,000 miles a year, the 70-year-old's travels have taken him all over America,
01:19even around the world.
01:21In 2009, the car received a Guinness World Record for the highest vehicle mileage, clocking in excess of 2,721
01:29,000 miles.
01:30I've always liked driving. Everybody has to have a hobby. Some people drink, some people take drugs. Driving is my
01:37drug of choice.
01:38As you might expect, all those miles have required a lot of maintenance work.
01:42Today, Irv has paid for 157 oil changes, 120 lots of transmission fluid, 30 drive belts and 150 different points
01:51and plugs.
01:53Not to mention the thousands of dollars he spent on petrol.
01:56I like to drive, so I could be spending it on, I don't know, golf, I could be bowling, I
02:01could be doing whatever.
02:03I choose to spend my time at the gas station, keep flinging the car up.
02:06In just a few months time, the car is expected to reach 3 million miles.
02:11But after 46 years, Irv is finally ready to say goodbye.
02:15So if you have a spare 3 million dollars in the bank, then this classic could be yours.
02:19It's for sale. I'm entertaining offers of a dollar a mile.
02:22I like driving a new car. They have air conditioning and power everything and power seats and heated seats and
02:28nice stereos and all kinds of wonderful safety equipment.
02:32All the things that my car doesn't have.
02:34But until he finds a buyer, Irv will continue hitting the highways and clocking up more miles.
02:39You know, the miles just add up. After 46 years, keep driving and driving and driving.
02:44I've never gotten tired of this one and I still enjoy driving it.
02:47So, you can get a tour of your car.
02:58I'm out. I'm out. I'm out. I'm out. I'm out. I'm out. I'm out. I'm out. I'm out.
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