It's gotta be a pretty special car...

[Fred W]

...to keep it and drive it a million miles.
(helps a lot that the owner is in California. No rust!)

Enjoy!

The Million-Mile Porsche 356

 

[El Toro Joe]

Very cool.

 

[puppychow]

I have a friend who drives around a half million mile BMW 5 series. Although, it doesn't look or is in a shape anything like that thing of beauty in your video!

 

[Fred W]

Yeah, that porkchop is pretty nice. Very classic looking sports car.

 

[puppychow]

I agree, like he says in the video, I love those beautiful curves.

 

[GeorgiaBII]

If you take care of it and it keeps fulfilling your needs why replace it?

 

[HotRodZilla]

Now, THAT is cool!!

 

[Fred W]

If you take care of it and it keeps fulfilling your needs why replace it?

I definitely subscribe to that philosophy.

Same old FJR for 7 years now, same car for the past 9 years, same house for 17, same job for 21, same wife for 36.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!!

 

[Old Guy]

Until I bought the FJR, my newest vehicle was a 2003 Tundra. I still catch myself referring to it as my "new truck" from time to time. The Toyota dealer called a few weeks ago asking if I'd like to come trade it in, and I replied "But ... this one's not used up yet." He had no answer

 

[dcarver]

I get it.

My newest vehicle is year 2006, KrZy8.

Other years are 1960, 1961, 1979, 1984...

Old dogs in Old trucks with Old drivers.

That's my motto!~

 

[SeattleTy]

Makes me wanna get a car that is so great to drive that when I pass away.

My kid would want to put another 800,000 miles on it.

Something about man and machine and the connections we build with them.

What a beautiful and amazing story....... thanks for sharing Fred

 

[Old Guy]

What a beautiful and amazing story....... thanks for sharing Fred

+ plenty. I finally sat down to watch the video and grinned all the way through it. And Guy seems like a genuinely nice guy to boot.

 

[LKLD]

In this age of disposable cars, it's nice to see a story such as this. Kudos to him, for having a car that he has that much affection for!

 

[someguy]

that's cool my old 98 dodge is over 300K miles, and still looks, runs and drives great. i'm meticulous about maintenance, and should see 500K easy... seems i bought the only good non diesel dodge ever made.

 

[Old Guy]

that's cool my old 98 dodge is over 300K miles, and still looks, runs and drives great. i'm meticulous about maintenance, and should see 500K easy... seems i bought the only good non diesel dodge ever made.

My '92 Dakota gave me good service for 200,000. I thought, from what I'd read, that I was pretty lucky myself.

 

[kebo123]

That's amazing. Thanks for posting.

 

[rbentnail]

that's cool my old 98 dodge is over 300K miles, and still looks, runs and drives great. i'm meticulous about maintenance, and should see 500K easy... seems i bought the only good non diesel dodge ever made.

My '92 Dakota gave me good service for 200,000. I thought, from what I'd read, that I was pretty lucky myself.

I had a Dakota that lasted near 36,000 then poof! nothing. It didn't help that a young feller in a Mustang crossed the double yellow where I was at the time. Knocked all his teeth out on the steering wheel and smashed his girlfriend's face into the windshield when he tried to go under the front end of my truck at 50 mph. Ended up with a Nissan after that....