Sparkie is already over 400,000 miles, and I believe the last I checked, was closing in on 450,000.
Last update is from July 9th at 445k miles.From the Chevy Volt Owners page on Facebook:
Erick Belmer
I no longer have onstar. Not on voltstats any longer. I only drive 80 miles a day. No need to monitor sparkie for mileage change.
Volvo cars were perhaps the first to have six-digit odometers, when everyone elses had five-digits. It figured prominently in their advertising. Either they, or maybe it was a club, would also give badges to owners to clip to the front grilles after each 100,000 miles.Volvo used to give the the super high mileage owner of a mid 60's P1800 free cars to be in their ads. I think Volvo got a lot of MILEAGE from that advertising campaign.
We sold our wonderful '73 Dino Ferrari GT to buy a '73 Volvo 145 wagon to accomodate our new arrival (son) who needed a back seat for his baby seat. In addition to betting the "bends" from the change in altitude between the cars, the Volvo was absolutely the worst new car we've ever owned. Oh wait. We did buy a new '80 Chevy Diesel Impala Wagon, that we gave to charity three years later.Volvo cars were perhaps the first to have six-digit odometers, when everyone elses had five-digits. It figured prominently in their advertising. Either they, or maybe it was a club, would also give badges to owners to clip to the front grilles after each 100,000 miles.
That was a bad deal, trading a Dino for a Volvo. A 73 Dino is worth $400K-$500K if you still had it.We sold our wonderful '73 Dino Ferrari GT to buy a '73 Volvo 145 wagon to accomodate our new arrival (son) who needed a back seat for his baby seat. In addition to betting the "bends" from the change in altitude between the cars, the Volvo was absolutely the worst new car we've ever owned. Oh wait. We did buy a new '80 Chevy Diesel Impala Wagon, that we gave to charity three years later.
Anyhow, my Volvo experience allowed me to "crack" their secret of "million mile cars!" On Volvos of that era, every 100,000 miles or so, all the major mechanical parts must either have been replaced or rebuilt!
The man and Sparkie are a hero. No joke, I will celebrate when it hits 500k.Yes, Erick dropped his Onstar since he no longer has a long commute. He posted on FB about it. Says when he hit 500000 he'll post a pic![]()