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Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong

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Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong

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Post by mykowebhn »

userbinator wrote: post #16
SilverElfin wrote: post #2

> Over the years, nearly everything on the vehicle has been replaced or repaired, and Campbell says the only original part is likely the body, and even that has had work done on it. To me this makes it less interesting. I would be amazed if the original parts (outside of what gets replaced for maintenance) lasted that long. But it’s hard to judge how durable the car is when everything has been replaced

1M km (Tm?) is less than 750k miles, for those more familiar with customary units. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irv_Gordon had a Volvo with over 3.25 million miles (5.2Tm), although it's also had 3 engine rebuilds.

"Customary units"? I hate to break it to you, but most of the world uses the metric system.

And the conversion is actually fairly simple. 1M km is 600k miles, so you were in the ballpark.

Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong

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Post by jasoncartwright »

franze wrote: post #29

> Over the years, nearly everything on the vehicle has been replaced or repaired, and Campbell says the only original part is likely the body, and even that has had work done on it. aka This is my grandfather’s axe. My father replaced the handle. I replaced the head.

In the UK we call this Trigger's Broom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56yN2zHtofM

Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong

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Post by HPsquared »

franze wrote: post #29

> Over the years, nearly everything on the vehicle has been replaced or repaired, and Campbell says the only original part is likely the body, and even that has had work done on it. aka This is my grandfather’s axe. My father replaced the handle. I replaced the head.

Maybe the axe exists as the interface point between the pieces. And the history logbook.

Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong

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Post by HPsquared »

raptorraver wrote: post #26

I wonder how many of the cars manufactured today are still here after million kilometers. My guess is none as they are impossible to fix yourself.

One saving grace is a lot of the tricky electronic parts are shared between several models, many different manufacturers even.

As long as some enterprising pirate (probably a shady Russian forum) keeps hold of all the model-specific software.

Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong

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Post by mrtbld »

jama211 wrote: post #13
SilverElfin wrote: post #2

> Over the years, nearly everything on the vehicle has been replaced or repaired, and Campbell says the only original part is likely the body, and even that has had work done on it. To me this makes it less interesting. I would be amazed if the original parts (outside of what gets replaced for maintenance) lasted that long. But it’s hard to judge how durable the car is when everything has been replaced

Tbf they said “nearly” everything. Probably it’s the same engine block, transmission housing, etc. And of course the shell, which is the most important. And I bet loads of interior too so where you sit feels very familiar.

The odometer most likely have not been replaced too

Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong

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Post by burnt-resistor »

SilverElfin wrote: post #2

> Over the years, nearly everything on the vehicle has been replaced or repaired, and Campbell says the only original part is likely the body, and even that has had work done on it. To me this makes it less interesting. I would be amazed if the original parts (outside of what gets replaced for maintenance) lasted that long. But it’s hard to judge how durable the car is when everything has been replaced

It's all about getting creative with junk yards and third-party NLA substitute part sellers.

Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong

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Post by kelnos »

mykowebhn wrote: post #31
userbinator wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1M km (Tm?) is less than 750k miles, for those more familiar with customary units. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irv_Gordon had a Volvo with over 3.25 million miles (5.2Tm), although it's also had 3 engine rebuilds.

"Customary units"? I hate to break it to you, but most of the world uses the metric system. And the conversion is actually fairly simple. 1M km is 600k miles, so you were in the ballpark.

I hate you break it to you, but "customary units" is what they are called, regardless of the (lack of) prevalence of that custom.

Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong

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Post by vntok »

hdgvhicv wrote: post #23
jose_mr wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But when exactly did it stop being the same car?

And what if you took the other parts and built a separate car from them?

You've just answered your own question, haven't you? If it's a separate car then it can't be the original by definition.
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