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00:05 COMM: King of the road Irvin Gordon has been
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driving his 1966 Volvo p1800 for 46 years
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00:21 COMM: With a staggering 2,994,000 miles on
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the clock he is set to break the 3 million mile barrier
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00:35 IRVIN: My friends used to think I was slightly
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nuts but now they're very impressed that the car is getting the attention that its getting
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um they're waiting to see it get the 3 million miles also they're very enthusiastic about
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it.
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00:48 COMM: Irvin from Long Island, New York began
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his love affair with the volvo 1966 when he laid eyes on the car for the first time.
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00:56 IRVIN: Uh i payed $4,150 which was a whole
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year salary for me I put 1500 miles on the car the first week and I earned it, I just
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couldn't get out the car, I was having such a good time, I just spent all Friday night,
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all Saturday, all day Sunday then came back Monday for its 1500 mile checkup.
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01:14 COMM: Driving an average of 60,000 miles a
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year the 70 year olds travels have taken him all over America and even around the world.
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in 2009 the car received a Guinness World Record for the highest vehicle milage clocking
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an access of 2,721,000 miles.
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01:31 IRVIN: I've always liked driving everyone
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has to have a hobby, some people drink, some people take drugs, driving is my drug of choice.
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01:39 COMM: As you might expect all those miles
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required a lot of maintenance and work, today Irv has payed for 157 oil changes, 120 lots
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of transmission fluid, 30 drive belts and 150 points and plugs, not to mention the thousands
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of dollars he's spent on petrol
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01:57 IRVIN: I like to drive so I could be spending
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it on I don't know golf, bowling, I could be doing whatever um I choose to spend my
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time at a gas station filling the car up
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02:07 COMM: In just a few months time the car is
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expected to reach 3 million miles but after 46 years, Irv is finally ready to say goodbye
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so if you have a spare 3 million dollars in the bank then this classic could be yours
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02:20 IRVIN: Its for sale I'm entertaining offers
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at a dollar a mile, I like driving a new car they have air conditioning and power and everything,
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power seats and heated seats, nice stereos and all kinds off nifty equipment and all
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the things that my car doesn't have.
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02:34 COMM: But until he finds a buyer, Irv will
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continue hitting the highway and clocking up more miles
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02:40 IRVIN: A lot of those miles just add up and
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after 46 years of driving and driving and driving, I've never gotten tired of this one
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and I still enjoy driving it.
