[Responsibility2nd]

Impressive, but I would think most cars will go a million miles if they are perfectly maintained.

[Responsibility2nd]

ping for you!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Quite a Saab story.

[linear]

At first I thought this would be like the hammer that lasted 75 years - the handle was replaced 5 times and the head twice, but otherwise it was as good as new.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Gilbert donated his prized possession to the Wisconsin Automotive Museum

His ad in the weekly didn't go over to well:

Saab: Gently used, new tires, high miles. Good maintenance schedule. Filing cabinet not included with paperwork to support service schedule. Drivers seat slightly worn. only 1 million miles. Call now before I donate it to a Mueseum!

[L98Fiero]

Mine had a smidge over 250K when I traded it. Ran like a top. The salesman who sold me my truck bought it.

[Dallas59]

There are cars on the road with over 200,000 miles on them...I stay away from them..

[Quilla]

I put 9,000 miles on my vehicle per year. I've owned it three years now. If I could just live an additional 108 .... well, never mind.

[SampleMan]

What exactly is the maintenance schedule for 1,000,000 miles?

500,000 miles.....Remove seat springs from buttocks, reupholster
875,000 miles.....Replace floor panels and engine

[Old Professer]

"Perhaps the success of Gilbert's ride can be attributed to his meticulous care regiment."

If I had an army to take care of me I could go a million miles, too.

I believe the writer meant regimen.

[bigfootbob]

You've got to be kidding?

In '89 we had Chrysler LeBaron, Chevy Celebrity, Ford Festiva and Oldsmobile Calais which one of those have you seen lately?

[CollegeRepublican]

Wow that is 58,906 miles per year. I thought that I drove alot at around 25,000 a year. I think that the average American drives around 12,000 per year.

[Freedom4US]

Especially if you have a regiment to take care of it!

[Names Ash Housewares]

Two round trips to the moon.

[Gaffer]

November 1989 after the divorce of his wife.... That says it all..I was having trouble that someone would actually want to drive a SAAB that long....

[dirtbiker]

I purchased (in 2003) the delivery truck I used to drive when it was retired....1987 Chevy/Grummon P-30.

The chassis has 500,000 miles on it, engine has 300,000 (350 V-8). Transmission, rearend, and front suspension has all either been rebuilt or replaced, and it has a Edelbrock carb and intake manifold, however, the frame, body, and exhaust system is original....

This truck left the factory as a 3-speed automatic (Turbo 400), and in 2000, after the third transmission in as many years, I converted it to a 4-speed manual (SM 465). No more problems for the next 200,000 miles!

Right now, it makes a darned nice storage building....

[Jeff Chandler]

I normally get over 200,000 miles on my cars before I trade them in, and they're good and worn. A million is a lot of miles.

[RobRoy]

Unlike a human body, if there is not a serious rust problem you can just keep fixing stuff that breaks and drive it indefinitely I suppose. It is amazing how little of the running gear needed repairs though.

Of course, eventually the car outlives it's usefulness, relative to cost. How long would any of us want to drive a dodge omni, even if it was holding up?

[RightResponse]

Yeah, I had a '73 Saab (w/ a four speed on the column!) that lasted 101 miles. It froze up (oil pressure outage) going down the highway (cold winter day at -15 degrees). Also happened in Wisconsin..

[grjr21]

I'm fed up with these liberal Saab stories !

[lafroste]

Perhaps the success of Gilbert's ride can be attributed to his meticulous care regiment.

I can'r stand it! When will these reporters LEARN English!!?? It's regimin you dope! Not "Regiment". AAAHHHH!!!