American Irv Gordon, a retired science teacher and the driver of the highest mileage vehicle on the road, a 1966 two-seater Volvo P1800 sports coupe - has just turned 70. Now he aims to reach an unmatchable record of three million miles sometime in the next three years. He has already has clocked up more than 2.8 million miles.
Irv made the Guinness Book of World Records in 1998 for most miles driven by a single owner in a non-commercial vehicle with 1.69 million miles. He drove the car's two-millionth mile down Times Square to international media attention.
Today, he brakes his own record every time he drives.
Gordon is unsure what to do with his Volvo after three million miles, though he has considered selling it for no less than one dollar per each mile he's drive.
He will either keep driving it or sell it for $3 million. On that basis he probably wouldn't be interested in the Irish Government's €1,500 scrappage allowance!
And what would he do if he made $3 million by selling the car?
He says he'd spend it on travelling. "Road trips, of course."
