If you don’t think looking after your car is a good thing, think again. Irv Gordon of Long Island, New York has clocked up nearly 3 million miles in his Volvo P1800 he bought in 1966.

So far as I can tell from the articles on the www the car has never broken down and has the original engine. He does regular maintenance and with 857 oil changes completed he plainly loves his motor.

He says driving is his drug of choice. Top bloke.