Fox News - Gordon's small, red two-door has well more than 2 million miles on the odometer, the equivalent of nearly 1,176 times across the globe. The retired schoolteacher from Long Island hopes to reach the 3 million mile mark by next year. He only has 34,000 miles to go. The 72-year-old Gordon drives his Volvo everywhere. He has held the Guinness World Records mark for High Mileage Vehicle since 2002 and was the first person to hold that record. "It's just a car I enjoy driving," he said. He bought his beloved car on June 30, 1966, for $4,150 at the age of 25. "It was a whole year's salary," he said...Gordon has been taking road trips since he was a kid and continued through his adult years. He says he would just tell his family to pack their things and hit the road. Gordon's two daughters went on his road trips until they outgrew the tiny red car. "They just couldn't fit in the back anymore. That is when I bought the station wagon," he explained. "Volvo, of course." Now divorced, Gordon takes road trips alone.
Shocking. Who'd have thunk the guy driving around in a 46 year old jalopy with spare parts spilling out the trunk would be divorced?
I guess my question is, why wouldn't you sell it, at least after the first million or two? You've already broken the record, it'll last long after your death I'd imagine, aren't you tired of having to tinker around under the hood just to drive down to Dunks?
Especially this day in age, I'm sure Volvo is bombarding him with those 5x8 post cards in the mail promising to pay 10% above the KBB value, no?
