Imoto eyabhaliswa ngo-2012, ibanga elingamakhilomitha angu-4.8 million ayilutho, ayikho ngaphansi kwe IVolvo P1800 Coupe eyaqala ngeminyaka yawo-1960s (1966) futhi eka-Irv Gordon, uprofesa waseMelika ojabulela iminyaka yokuthatha umhlalaphansi. Uma sibheka, eminyakeni emine edlule umbhangqwana wawuyohamba ibanga elilingana nokuzungeza umhlaba izikhathi ezingu-120!
Ngo-2012 uGordon wayesevele enqobile, iminyaka emithathu ilandelana, indawo kuGuinness World Records (eyayiyi-Guinness Book of Records) enani elingenakunqotshwa lamakhilomitha iVolvo P1800 yakhe edebhithi ngayo kudeshibhodi. Kuyasethusa ukucabanga ukuthi uma laba bobabili "basenempilo enhle", inombolo izoba ngokwezinkanyezi nakakhulu ...
Ngokusho komnikazi, ukuphela kokungasebenzi kahle “okubi” abanakho ngeVolvo P1800 cishe eminyakeni engu-20 edlule, lapho ikhombisa u-132,000 km ocingweni. Esondweni le-bourdeaux yakhe yaseSweden, uGordon usebenzise amathayi akhe amaningi (angenakubalwa) e-asphalt yase-United States, eCanada naseMexico, evakashele amazwe asePutukezi lapho edabula eYurophu - e-United Kingdom, eSweden, eDenmark, eJalimane, eFrance. naseNetherlands.
Ifilosofi kaprofesa waseMelika ihluke kakhulu: akafuni ukuba usozigidi ukuze ahambe. Ikakhulukazi uhamba ukuze abe usozigidi. Ngamafuphi: okuwukuphela kwenani oyamukelayo ngokuthengiswa kweVolvo P1800 yakho yidola lase-US elingu-1 (€0.9073) ngekhilomitha ngalinye olihanjiwe.
Okuxakayo lapha wukuthi ngesikhathi lolu daba lusematheni, u-Ivr Gordon wayeneminyaka engu-70 ubudala, umngane wakhe othembekile wayesevele esole u-4 800 000 km futhi abekho abangase baphikisane naye ukuthatha indawo yakhe kuGuinness World Records. Ngo-2013 isimo sagcinwa, kodwa kusukela lapho isihloko siyekwa. Ukubhejwa okwamukelwe: ingabe ikhona enye imoto oyaziyo enamakhilomitha amaningi?
