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..yes, to be one, too, sure.
Cars with extreme mileages are fascinating for me. Recently I saw an ad in my classic-car-magazine for a Mercedes 170 DS from the early 50ies with original 1.2 Million kilometers. They asked 10 000 Euro for it, so it wasn't a point of discussion for me to think more about it.
Isn't it great, what a history such cars do have? If they are still running in roadworthy condition, this makes them much more interesting. I wouldn't have a doubt to trust in their reliability. Why they shall be brkoem down right now, after that years and mileage?
When I'm thinking about millionairs, I have a few cars in my mind:
A few years ago that magazine had an article about the "top"-car, the Volvo 1800 from the USA (New Jersey?) and it's owner. There you go:
http://imcdb.org/vehicle_52891-Volvo-1800-S-1965.html
They wrote, that the former record-holder was a 1947 or 1948 VW Typ 1, also in the USA, but this cars war destroyed by an acident, so the Volvo got the pole position.
I remember a Mercedes Benz-advertise in the 80ies, where they had shown a Mercedes 180 D [W120]-taxi from Cyprus (or Crete, I don't know?) with 2.5 million km. I don't know, if this car is now in the Mercedes-museum, but the have a mileage-millionaire in their exhibition.
Two or three years ago the VW Museum could buy a VW Golf I Diesel with more than a million km, but the idiots don't.
As I wrote in the database, a fromer neighbour had(or still has) his Mercedes 280 S with 1.5 million km.
And I remember the Mercedes W 123-taxi from Gran Canaria, too.
Yes, sooner or later I will look closer to catch a millonaire...
Cars with extreme mileages are fascinating for me. Recently I saw an ad in my classic-car-magazine for a Mercedes 170 DS from the early 50ies with original 1.2 Million kilometers. They asked 10 000 Euro for it, so it wasn't a point of discussion for me to think more about it.
Isn't it great, what a history such cars do have? If they are still running in roadworthy condition, this makes them much more interesting. I wouldn't have a doubt to trust in their reliability. Why they shall be brkoem down right now, after that years and mileage?
When I'm thinking about millionairs, I have a few cars in my mind:
A few years ago that magazine had an article about the "top"-car, the Volvo 1800 from the USA (New Jersey?) and it's owner. There you go:
http://imcdb.org/vehicle_52891-Volvo-1800-S-1965.html
They wrote, that the former record-holder was a 1947 or 1948 VW Typ 1, also in the USA, but this cars war destroyed by an acident, so the Volvo got the pole position.
I remember a Mercedes Benz-advertise in the 80ies, where they had shown a Mercedes 180 D [W120]-taxi from Cyprus (or Crete, I don't know?) with 2.5 million km. I don't know, if this car is now in the Mercedes-museum, but the have a mileage-millionaire in their exhibition.
Two or three years ago the VW Museum could buy a VW Golf I Diesel with more than a million km, but the idiots don't.
As I wrote in the database, a fromer neighbour had(or still has) his Mercedes 280 S with 1.5 million km.
And I remember the Mercedes W 123-taxi from Gran Canaria, too.
Yes, sooner or later I will look closer to catch a millonaire...