MAN HAS VOLVO WITH THREE MILLION MILES ON IT

Irvin Gordon of Long Island, New York, has 3,273,895 miles on his 1966 Volvo P1800 convertible. He hit the 3 million mile mark back in September 2013. The 75-year-old retired teacher bought the car in 1966 for $4,000. He says the car has never broken down and it always starts right up no matter how hot or cold it is outside. His secret: maintenance. Gordon gives his car regular oil changes every 3500 miles, has regular tuneups and has changed the transmission fluid four times just in the last year. “The biggest secret is as simple as reading the owner’s manual. Most people just tuck it under the kitchen sink or in the glove compartment and never look at it. You gotta make the effort.” The car has had a total of 885 oil changes and gone through 124 bottles of transmission fluid.
* And the left blinker lights have been replaced 7400 times.
* You don’t ever want to get stuck at a party talking with Irvin Gordon.
* How far away was the school he taught at? South Africa?
* Okay, you take good care of your car, and that’s great, but skip the lecture for the rest of us.
* Of course, if everyone did this, the economy would grind to a standstill and we’d all be camping out.
* Look, I don’t care if you gave my car an oil change every ten minutes. It’s not going 3 million miles.
* Maybe if you count the distance my car went in earth’s orbit.
* The biggest secret is reading the owner’s manual? That’s exactly what a teacher would say.