Mwinamwake mumadziwa kale nkhani ya Irv Gordon, pulofesa waku America yemwe anayenda makilomita pafupifupi 5 miliyoni ndi anzake. Volvo P1800 . Lero nkhani zomwe tikubweretserani ndi zina zomwe sitikanafuna kugawana nawo: Irv Gordon, woyendetsa mafuta ndi mtima ndi mzimu, adamwalira ali ndi zaka 77. Nkhaniyi idatsimikiziridwa ndi tsamba la globetrotter fan, lomwe lidatchulapo tsamba la Facebook kuchokera kwa mwana wamkazi wa Irv Gordon.
Irv adadziwika chifukwa chochita chinthu chimodzi chomwe tonse timakonda: kuyendetsa galimoto. Kungodziunjikira mtunda wa mailosi mu Volvo yake kwamupangitsa kutchuka, malo pa Guinness World Records ndipo, chofunika kwambiri, maola ndi maola oyendetsa galimoto.
Irv adagula Volvo P1800 yake yatsopano mu June 1966. Panthawiyo cholinga chake chinali kungokhala ndi galimoto yodalirika chifukwa magalimoto ake awiri oyambirira (Chevrolet Corvairs awiri) anali atamupatsa mavuto ndipo Irv ankafunikira galimoto yomwe ingamulole kugwira ntchitoyo. njira yopita kunyumba (pafupifupi 200 km tsiku lililonse) popanda kusweka kapena kupweteka mutu.
Ndipo makilomita anasonkhana
Atagula Volvo Irv sanasiye kukwera. Atafika pafupifupi makilomita 400,000 popanda kukonzanso kwakukulu (kukonza mwachizolowezi) analembera Volvo, yomwe inamuyamikira. Pamene anamaliza pafupifupi 1 miliyoni ndi 600 makilomita zikwi (mamiliyoni miliyoni) Volvo anam'patsa 780 Coupe, amene anayenda mpaka 725,000 makilomita ndi kugulitsa.
Lembetsani ku kalata yathu yamakalata pano
Panthawiyi, makilomita a P1800 anali akuwonjezeka ndipo Irv adapeza mbiri ya Guinness pofika pamtunda wa makilomita 2 miliyoni ndi 720,000. Pafupifupi makilomita miliyoni pambuyo pake Irv adaganiza zomanganso injini (ngakhale sizinali zofunikira). Mu 2002 P1800 anafika makilomita 3 miliyoni ndi 200 zikwi makilomita ndipo Volvo anapereka galimoto ina, nthawi iyi C70.
Irv Gordon"Ndiyendetsa galimotoyi mpaka palibe chilichonse chonditsalira - panthawiyo galimotoyo iyenera kuyendayenda. Ili bwino kuposa ine."
Mu 2009 P1800 idafunikira kuyika injini (yoyambirira inali kutaya kupsinjika). Ali m'njira, adayenerabe kulandira ntchito zachitsulo, chifukwa wogwira ntchito wosamala kwambiri wopita ku SEMA adawononga Volvo yoyenda. Makilomita omaliza a P1800 anali mu Meyi chaka chino pomwe Volvo idafika pafupifupi makilomita 5 miliyoni.