Cishe ubuvele uyayazi indaba ka-Irv Gordon, uprofesa waseMelika owahamba amakhilomitha angaba yizigidi ezi-5 IVolvo P1800 . Namuhla izindaba esikuphathele zona zingezinye zalezo esingathanda ukuthi singabe sisabelana ngazo: u-Irv Gordon, i-petrolhead enenhliziyo nomphefumulo, udlule emhlabeni eneminyaka engu-77 ubudala. Lezi zindaba ziqinisekiswe ikhasi labalandeli be-globetrotter, elicaphune umbhalo we-Facebook wendodakazi ka-Irv Gordon.
U-Irv waduma ngokwenza into eyodwa sonke esiyithandayo: ukushayela. Ukuvele aqongelele imayela ngekhilomitha ngeVolvo yakhe kumenzele udumo, indawo kuGuinness World Records futhi, okubaluleke kunakho konke, amahora namahora okuzijabulisa kokushayela.
U-Irv wathenga iVolvo P1800 yakhe entsha ngoJuni 1966. Ngaleso sikhathi inhloso yakhe kwakuwukuthola imoto ethembekile njengoba izimoto zakhe ezimbili zangaphambili (ezimbili iChevrolet Corvairs) zazimnikeze izinkinga futhi u-Irv wayedinga imoto ezomvumela ukuba enze lo msebenzi. umzila wasekhaya womsebenzi wasekhaya (cishe u-200 km nsuku zonke) ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka noma ubuhlungu bekhanda.
Futhi amakhilomitha anqwabelana
Ngemuva kokuthi ethenge iVolvo Irv akabange ayeke ukuyigibela. Lapho efika cishe amakhilomitha angu-400 000 engazange enze noma yikuphi ukulungisa okukhulu (ukulungisa nje okuvamile) wabhalela iVolvo, eyamhalalisela. Ngesikhathi eqeda amakhilomitha angaba ngu-1 million no-600 000 (isigidi samamayela) iVolvo yamnika i-780 Coupe, ayishayele amakhilomitha angu-725 000 wayidayisa.
Bhalisela incwadi yethu yezindaba lapha
Khonamanjalo, amakhilomitha ku-P1800 ayenqwabelana futhi u-Irv wazuza irekhodi leGuinness ngokufinyelela amakhilomitha ayizigidi ezimbili kanye namakhilomitha angu-720,000 ukuhamba. Cishe amakhilomitha ayisigidi kamuva u-Irv wanquma ukuthi injini yakhiwe kabusha (ngisho noma kwakungadingeki). Ngo-2002 iP1800 yafinyelela kumakhilomitha angu-3 million no-200 000 kanti iVolvo yabanika enye imoto, kulokhu iC70.
Irv Gordon"Ngizoyishayela le moto kuze kuphele lutho kimina - ngaleso sikhathi imoto kufanele isahambahamba. Isesimweni esingcono kunami."
Ngo-2009 i-P1800 yayidinga ukufakelwa injini (eyokuqala yayilahlekelwa ukucindezelwa). Endleleni, kwakusadingeka athole amashidi ensimbi, njengoba isisebenzi esinganaki kangako kwezokuthutha esiya e-SEMA salimaza iVolvo eyayihamba. Ukubuyekezwa kwekhilomitha kokugcina kweP1800 bekungoMeyi kulo nyaka lapho iVolvo ifinyelela amakhilomitha angaba ngu-5 million.