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10-27-2010, 10:43 PM | #1 | |
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Man hits 1 MILLION MILES in Ford F-250... in four years!!!
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/26/m...in-four-years/
Local news report... http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/P...our-Years.html Quote:
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10-27-2010, 10:45 PM | #2 |
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This is pretty unbelievable.
I thought that Triniper4mance's 400,000 miles on his Yaris in 3 1/2 years was nuts. So about $67,000 in maintenance costs...what about gas? Let's say an average of 18mpg (might be generous), that's 55,555 gallons of gas! At today's price of $2.80 as a 4 year average, that's...wait for it.... $155,555 in gas! So this truck has cost about $263,000.00 to buy and operate. Hope the job pays well! |
10-27-2010, 11:43 PM | #3 |
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If he is just the courier, i doubt he makes much of a net profit.
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10-27-2010, 11:57 PM | #4 |
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This is much more specialized than regular couriering.
He transports grey hounds to racetracks and owners around the country. His truck is outfitted with air conditioned cages. Still, at costs around $267,000 in 4 years just for truck operation, it is hard to believe he makes enough to be worth while. Most people wouldn't drive this much for less than maybe $80K a year. |
10-30-2010, 04:40 AM | #5 |
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7,000 to 10,000 a week is urnealistic. over 1000 miles daily for one person driving. that's 17 hours per day of driving at a minimum. Work like that for 4 yrs? I think this is a bunch of bull. On top of that, his odometer "broke". Just typical ford propaganda.
Having a v8 gas truck for even remotely similar use is pure dumb. |
10-30-2010, 08:04 AM | #6 | |
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10-30-2010, 10:19 AM | #7 | |
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Thing is, he has all his service records for his million+ miles. The local news even interviewed the shop he uses. And about his odometer, it's totally reasonable to assume that a digital odometer would freeze at 999,999. The old 5 digit analog ones right through the '80's would roll over at 99,999. Funny how automakers actually didn't think their cars wouldn't pass a low 100K . Now cars do that without a single repair (at least many Toyota's and Honda's). A digital one, however, probably isn't programmed to "rollover". The report says 7-10K a week which does seem impossible for one driver. However, a more reasonable schedule that would achieve his 1 million miles would be an average of 686 miles a day (7 days a week, 365 days a year). Or a combination that would average 4,807 miles a week. This is very doable. Not sure where they got 7-10K a week. The lower estimate of 7,000 miles a week for 4 years = 1,456,000 miles. 45% more than he has. 10,000 miles a week would yield over 2,000,000 miles! |
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