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MOTOR-mad Irvin Gordon entered the record books when his beloved Volvo clocked up more than THREE MILLION miles. And incredibly the 70-year-old's runaround - which he bought in 1966 - has NEVER broken down. The retired school teacher bought the coup for $3,500 after a three hour test drive with a friend. He averages 60,000 miles a year - but can do as many as 100,000 miles. Irvin was even awarded a Guinness World Record for his accomplishment.

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00:00 King of the road Irv Jordan has been driving his 1966 Volvo P1800 for 46 years.

00:21 With a staggering 2,994,000 miles on the clock he is set to break the 3 million mile barrier.

00:34 My friends used to think I was slightly nuts but now they are very impressed that the car

00:40 is getting the attention that it's getting.

00:43 They're waiting to see that it gets to 3 million miles also, they're very enthusiastic about

00:46 it.

00:47 Irv from Long Island, New York began his love affair with the Volvo in 1966 when he laid

00:52 eyes on the car for the first time.

00:55 I paid $4,150 which was a whole year's salary for me.

01:01 I put 1,500 miles on the car the first weekend I owned it.

01:04 I just couldn't get out of the car, I was having such a good time.

01:06 I just spent all Friday night, all day Saturday, all day Sunday, came back Monday for its 1,500

01:12 mile check up.

01:13 Driving an average of 60,000 miles a year, the 70 year old's travels have taken him all

01:18 over America, even around the world.

01:20 In 2009 the car received the Guinness World Record for the highest vehicle mileage, clocking

01:26 in excess of 2,721,000 miles.

01:31 I've always liked driving, everybody has to have a hobby, some people drink, some people

01:34 take drugs, driving is my drug of choice.

01:38 As you might expect, all those miles required a lot of maintenance work.

01:42 To date Irv has paid for 157 oil changes, 120 lots of transmission fluid, 30 drive belts

01:49 and 150 different points and plugs.

01:53 Not to mention the thousands of dollars he's spent on petrol.

01:56 I like to drive so I could be spending it on, I don't know, golf, I could be bowling,

02:01 I could be doing whatever.

02:03 I choose to spend my time at the gas station, keep filling the car up.

02:06 In just a few months time the car is expected to reach 3 million miles.

02:11 But after 46 years Irv is finally ready to say goodbye.

02:15 So if you have a spare 3 million dollars in the bank then this classic could be yours.

02:19 Oh it's for sale, I'm entertaining offers of a dollar a mile.

02:22 I like driving a new car, they have air conditioning and power everything, power seats and heated

02:27 seats and nice stereos and all kinds of wonderful safety equipment, all the things that my car

02:33 doesn't have.

02:34 But until he finds a buyer, Irv will continue hitting the highways and clocking up more

02:39 miles.

02:40 You know the miles just add up, after 46 years, keep driving and driving and driving.

02:44 I've never gotten tired of this one and I still enjoy driving it.

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