Man's '91 pickup passes the 1M-mile mark

[AFA]

GRESHAM, Wis. - Frank Oresnik's trusty pickup truck — he calls it "the old girl" — passed the 1 million-mile mark with a camera crew filming the event and a public-radio audience listening in. "I can't tell you how much fun it was," he said. "It was really humbling, all this interest."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080212/ap_on_fe_st/odd_million_mile_truck

 

[Vanilla Bear]

Thats like Al Bundy in "Married With Children" and his old Dodge...

 

[tartanterrier]

He got a great buy there At least he got his moneys worth.

 

[cartman24]

Wow, I would have never guessed a Chevy truck would last that long, or any pickup for that matter.

 

[slowhand]

That what happens when you take care of things. :thumbsup:

 

[sideshow]

shoot... old chevys drive forever

 

[mongo18]

Crap. I clicked that link praying that it wouldn't be a chevy, I hope my boss never gets wind of this, it'd make it hard for me to constantly put down chevys to fire him up. On another note, chevy should do the decent thing and offer him a brand new one to trade for it.

 

[Legzman]

I'm sure this isn't the first vehicle to go over 1 million miles! Just the first to make a big deal about it. Even though it really is an accomplishment!

 

[member987]

I think, just under 12 years and 1 million miles is news worthy - only a Chevy could do that

 

[D-rock]

That's a lot of miles. I think the most I have ever seen on a car was around 400,000 miles.

 

[Member2019]

Mine has done a quarter million ...

Wow, I would have never guessed a Chevy truck would last that long, or any pickup for that matter.

My 4-cylinder pick-up was the first ever "new" car I ever had, and is closing in on 15 years. It went from mile 6 and is around quarter million now. No unscheduled maintenance ... ever! Assembled 100% in the US, and the transmission is as well (among other components). Only the engine is from Japan.

Best $10,000 investment I ever made. People make fun of me or think I can't afford even a cheap new car. Why bother? Heck, I like the fact that my neighbors thing I'm poor -- smallest house on the block, probably the only adult driving such an older car, etc... I don't "keep up with the Jones'."

 

[Becks...poamr]

Another reason for my Chevy love.

 

[Legzman]

Re: Mine has done a quarter million ...

My 4-cylinder pick-up was the first ever "new" car I ever had, and is closing in on 15 years. It went from mile 6 and is around quarter million now. No unscheduled maintenance ... ever! Assembled 100% in the US, and the transmission is as well (among other components). Only the engine is from Japan.

Best $10,000 investment I ever made. People make fun of me or think I can't afford even a cheap new car. Why bother? Heck, I like the fact that my neighbors thing I'm poor -- smallest house on the block, probably the only adult driving such an older car, etc... I don't "keep up with the Jones'."

Awesome :thumbsup:
As for the jones' fuck them! They are to expensive to keep up with!

 

[SacramentLoG]

IF my car can last that long, I should be there in about 10 years. lol

 

[Facetious]

I doubt that we'll see this kind of performance again given that most of our steel comes from a cheaper alloyed Chinese source.

Porous metals

 

[babybattersplatter]

now try and find either a Ford PINTO, CHEVY VEGA or a Yugo-- perhaps one of each to total 1 million miles.

 

[Elwood70]

I'm more impressed by the '66 Volvo.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/g121/million-mile-club-the-worlds-longest-lived-cars/

 

[L3ggy]

now try and find either a Ford PINTO, CHEVY VEGA or a Yugo-- perhaps one of each to total 1 million miles.

Let the dead rest.