1,000,000 mile 356!

Edit, sorry everybody!

http://m.wimp.com/millionmiles/

Cool.

Link is coming up with Will Smith $2.5 million dollar motor home

A little Google FU found this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oxAjgq24Ts

I fixed the link. What, no ones talking to me now?

That guy seriously loves that car!

Here's a link to the accompanying article:

http://www.petrolicious.com/meet-the-million-mile-porsche-356-daily-driver

Story about a 390,000 mile 356:

http://www.mejor.com/356/maestro/stories/356grey2.html

I think that is really cool. Great story.

Neat story, I commend him for having a monogamous vehicular relationship like that. Don't think I will ever hit that mark as like to whore around too much when it comes cars.

I gotta admit, it beats the 400,000 mile Jensen Healey. On that one, the head's been off once for a valve job, the clutch has been replaced, otherwise two repaints and a bunch of tires/brakes.

a million is pretty good... but no Irv Gordon and his 3 million mile Volvo 1800S...

As someone who struggles to get 1000 miles a year out of an MGB, I am always amazed at people who can do this with a classic car.

In reply to NOHOME:

Its a Porsche, you can rely on it for a daily if cared for.

oldeskewltoy wrote: a million is pretty good... but no Irv Gordon and his 3 million mile Volvo 1800S...

That's true, but everybody's tired of hearing about Irv Gordon's Volvo.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: In reply to NOHOME: Its a Porsche, you can rely on it for a daily if cared for.

It's not the mechanical nature of the beast that I struggle with, its the hair-shirt nature of classic cars.

Anyone who tells you otherwise does not own one or is in denial.

In reply to NOHOME:

Please elaborate, I don't follow. This guy drove what amounts to a fancy VW bug about 20k miles a year. Nothing unfeasible about that in a place where cars don't really rust and you can drive year round. Just requires a total lack of car whoring tendencies.

Woody wrote:

oldeskewltoy wrote: a million is pretty good... but no Irv Gordon and his 3 million mile Volvo 1800S...

That's true, but everybody's tired of hearing about Irv Gordon's Volvo.

From what I understand, it's been rebodied at least once, too.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: In reply to NOHOME: Please elaborate, I don't follow. This guy drove what amounts to a fancy VW bug about 20k miles a year. Nothing unfeasible about that in a place where cars don't really rust and you can drive year round. Just requires a total lack of car whoring tendencies.

(To me) Classic cars are fun in the same way that tying your office chair to the bumper of your buddies car, and going for a drag around the block is also kind of fun.

And while some people might tolerate more than one lap around the block, still not to be confused with serious transportation.

Like I said, that's just me, and I keep buying and building em. The appeal is literally skin deep cause I think they look cool and I like working on them.

Some tolerate a lack of modern comforts better than others, I'm ok if I can walk after driving an hour straight and its between 45f and 75f inside. I think I'd be ok in a rear engined independent suspension car that will cruise at 65mph. My problem would be dealing with traffic in something that nice, I'd be scared to death somebody would hit me.

People drove those cars when new everyday and didn't complain about it.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: Some tolerate a lack of modern comforts better than others, I'm ok if I can walk after driving an hour straight and its between 45*f and 75*f inside. I think I'd be ok in a rear engined independent suspension car that will cruise at 65mph. My problem would be dealing with traffic in something that nice, I'd be scared to death somebody would hit me. People drove those cars when new everyday and didn't complain about it.

Yeah, your tolerance of where it stops being fun is not too far from mine. I have to balance the wife-units comfort zone in there also. So I end up taking the modern toaster more often than not.

When the cars were new the roads were less congested and the population was a lot less aggressive about claiming the last 2mm of room between your bumper and theirs.

thanks for sharing the link

Kenny_McCormic wrote: Some tolerate a lack of modern comforts better than others, I'm ok if I can walk after driving an hour straight and its between 45*f and 75*f inside. I think I'd be ok in a rear engined independent suspension car that will cruise at 65mph. My problem would be dealing with traffic in something that nice, I'd be scared to death somebody would hit me. People drove those cars when new everyday and didn't complain about it.

I still own a 82 Camaro that I bought new. Its a bit more agressive now than when it was new, but other than that, its roughly the same car. I used to drive it everywhere, and never considered it to be loud, or rough , or uncomfortable...Now, I'd rather drive a Neon, unless its for hooning about. An MGB or 356 is a couple of decades further back than the Camaro. I'm too soft to drive one of those more than a couple of thousand miles a year.

I want to do something like this with my RX-8, though likely with many, many more engine rebuilds. same for my old van, but the rust is going to claim that sooner or later (it has a head start already). I could literally be happy driving those 2 vehicles for decades. I wouldn't turn down a few more cars, but I don't want to get rid of those. I've always been jealous of people who live south of the rust belt and can drive a cool classic car year round without fear of rust claiming it. Then I remember how much I absolutely hate hot weather. I guess I can compromise.

I've said this before but I daily drove a Samurai with 33" Super Swampers and 6" of lift, no doors for 60% of the year, a soft top or none at all. I was wiping frost off my seats nearing winter. Id lean toward the center console when it rained.

I NEVER had one complaint. It's the way I still am today. One of my regrets with my F150 is that it's got the high end (for '95) interior with captains chairs and carpet. My Bronco was the utility police version with roll up windows, vinyl seats, rubber floors.... I miss that!

I'm at 10.5 years and 325K miles on my TDI... theoretically, if I keep driving it for another ~20 years, it'll pass a million... of course... the thought of me still doing the same job with the same insane commute for another 20 years (and currently at 43, that's entirely possible) has me contemplating a shot-gun blast to the head...