Thread: 2,000,000km on the clock

This article about a ‘93 Corolla with 2 million km on the clock caught my eye…



https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui...3Y3UQEJWWNX74/

Ultra high kilometre passenger cars is always been something that has interested me. In various places around the world I have been in taxis that have had really high mileage - 800,000km+ Ford Falcons in Aus, million km+ Mercs in Europe. From memory, my record was 1.3 million km on a Peugeot 504 estate in Cairo. That car was pimped with burgundy velvet throughout…. As a way to pass the time it was a question I used to ask the taxi driver if I thought a car looked well worn.

When I was a youngster I used to drive a cab in our local town for beer and trips money, Vauxhall Cavaliers, the worst shit heaps imaginable, which thinking back was remarkable for a supposedly onto it country like the UK. Pretty sure the owner used to do his own MOTs… Those cabs were worse than the ones in Egypt! The backseats were mostly made of dried vomit. The closing time run on a Friday and Saturday was messy…. Anyway they were nowhere near 1 million km.

When I lived in outback Australia there were a few Land Cruisers kicking around that had done over 1 million. 80 and 100 series. From what I remember talking to the owners most of those had as a minimum rebuilt the gearbox.

But I’ve never come across one that’s done two mil and rising! And the incredible thing is this Corolla still has the original motor and gearbox.

Can anyone beat that? Trucks don’t count!