St. Louis County man drives over 1 million miles in his Volvo sedan
A lot has changed since 1991, but Jim O’Shea’s car hasn’t.
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Problem is with modern cars the cost to replace those engines and transmissions wouldn't be worthwhile, so it's unlikely to happen for most, other than maybe some trucks."Thirty years, two engines, and two transmissions later, "
I have a real Ship of Theseus problem with these stories.
Yea, a million miles is a lot, but if you keep replacing parts when they break, is it really that big of a deal?
That's probably true. On Gordon's Volvo, it was probably possible to replace the engine in a half hour.Problem is with modern cars the cost to replace those engines and transmissions wouldn't be worthwhile, so it's unlikely to happen for most, other than maybe some trucks.
Sorry, my comments was not intended on your post but was on the Volvo 1 million miler. Sorry for the confusion.I still have the original motor that it came with. It needs a rebuild at 88K miles since the crankshaft end play was getting too big and it knocked at startup. Have all the parts to rebuild it, but those extra 17 HP are nice. The motor it has now was a broken one I bought at a swap meet for $10.00. Rebuilt it including new valves and guides. Also the 12 volt headlight are much brighter than the 6volt ones were.
I'd be impressed if it had the original driver's seat.