Irvin "Irv" Gordon is a Guinness World Record holding Volvo owner and retired science teacher from East Patchogue Long Island, New York.[1]
Over the last 44 years, he and his 1966 Volvo P1800 have covered an incredible 2.8 million miles. He made The Guinness Book of World Records in 1998 for most miles driven by a single owner in a non-commercial vehicle.
The engine on his car has been apart only twice [2] at 680,000 and at 2,690,000 miles. Gordon credits his longevity secret to a strict but sensible maintenance program. He changes the oil every 3,000-3,500 miles using Castrol Oil and Volvo oil filters, he changes the transmission fluid every 25,000 miles, and he replaces the points every 20,000-25,000 miles along with the spark plugs. To put 2.8 million miles in their proper perspective, Gordon could have driven his Volvo P1800 to the moon and back (560,000 miles) five times. Instead, most of its first 35 years were spent in bumper-to-bumper traffic on his daily 125-mile commute on the Long Island Expressway, which Gordon refers to as the world's longest parking lot.