Cars That Can Hit 1,000,000 Miles
Number one. 1990 BMW 325i. This car was actually a test car by mobile oil and it only had one purpose and that was used to collect data. The vehicle was set to run at 85 miles per hour at times for up to four years. The bmw was was placed on machine to mimic road condition. After four year, it racked up 1,000,000 miles and it is proven that mobile oil can indeed extend an engine life!
Number two. 2007 Toyota Tundra. This 10 year old truck has reached the 1,000,000 miles mark. Vic Sheppard the owner of the proud Tundra has reached the 1,000,000 miles in a short period of just nine years. For his reward of achieving this million mark and making Toyota look great. Toyota decided to reward him with a brand new model in exchange for his old tundra.
Number three. 1966 volvo . Irvin Gordon of Long island drove his car until it reached 3.04 million miles. That is extremely impressive. Basically, Gordon believes in using good quality gasoline which prevents carbon build.
Number four. 1963 volkswagen beetle. Now, this is a quality vehicle and plenty of Volkswagen fan is going to love this. this beetle has lasted since 1963 and was finally retired when it reached 1.61 million miles. Congratulation to albert klein the original owner of this proud beetle.
Number five. 1983 mercedes 240 d. Paul Harman managed to get his vehicle to reach one million miles in 2008. He acquired the vehicle when it only had 40,000 miles! Overtime, paul decided to reward himself and got his Mercedes repainted, installed new driver seat, replaced the timing belt and transmission. Paul secret to having the vehicle last this long is regularly changing his oil at every 3,000 miles he insist.
Number six. 1994 honda accord. It seems like almost every old Hondas has the ability to reach extremely high mileage. Especially over 200,000 miles with maintenance such as the timing belt, water pump and so on. However, the original engine and transmission lasted this long. The Honda accord reached 1.08 million miles within eight years by a route mapper. Living in the Washington d.c. area.
Number seven. 2006 honda civic. Paul habib the owner of the civic managed to get his civic over 750,000 miles within 5 years and a 1,000,000 miles within a few more years.
Number eight. 1987 volvo 240. You know what they say about Volvo? It is indestructible. Selden cooper that proud owner of the Volvo proved that right. Selden cooper managed to get his Volvo over the million miles mark in 2012. Before that, he owned a 1975 volvo and it looks like he is not going to change brand anytime soon.
Number nine. 1996 dodge ram 2500. This dodge ram is owned by dan Edelman. The main reason why this dodge lasted so long is simply he maintained the vehicle himself. In other words, it was better cared for.
Number ten. 1988 volvo 740 . Vic Dres of this volvo who resides in grover beach bought the Volvo with one goal and that is get his Volvo surpass 1,000,000 miles. In 2014 he finally reached that goal thanks to him simply doing his maintenance. His maintenance includes changing oil on time, replacing air filter, hoses and belts.
