’89 BMW M5 with 400,000 Miles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQKOsDi5HsU   Some day, I hope to catch up with all the high-mile vehicles out there, but it appears there are more than I expected. That's okay. I need something to blog about. Anyways, Here is a story from last year on Petrolicious about Randy Balingit-Hartmann, a man who bought a 1989 BMW E28 M5...

Ford F250 with 500K Miles on the Clock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbw7iMtMvoM I have to apologize about the lack of posts recently. I have been busy with my day job. But things are clearing up a bit, so let's start things off with a little Youtube fun. I found this video about a 2002 F250 with 500,000 miles on it. This doesn't surprise me in the...

Highest Mileage in a Supercar?

I've been wondering for a few weeks now which super-car out there has the highest mileage. Super-car owners aren't wont to use their vehicles as daily drivers, but I'm curious who has taken their car to the limit.  I've found one such story that might confirm the highest-mile super car in history. This 2004 Lamborghini Murcielago,...

HMC Exclusive: Randy Potter and the 1998 Toyota Tacoma

This might sound like an upcoming J.K. Rowling sequel, but what we have today is another amazing HMC exclusive. This time from Florida. HMC reader Randy Potter wanted to get into the high-mile game, so he went and bought himself a 1998 Toyota Tacoma with 452000 miles already on the clock. Randy represents a unique...

Stories From the Red Deer “High K Club”

I found this page a little while back that features some cars that perfect for the HMC. The first entry is especially nice. I'll talk about a few of these in the next couple of days. For those of you who don't know, Red Deer is a city between the cities of Edmonton and Calgary...

Robert Miles and the Million-Kilometer Benz

I don't think we've featured a Mercedes Benz on here before. Well, there is a first time for everything. This story comes from my home country of Canada. Robert Miles from Ontario bought a 300D (W124) in 1989, and drove it to 1,110,000 kilometers. That's a great milestone. Converted to miles it's  689, 722 miles. That...

Jim White and his 500,000 mile Toyota Corolla

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86BlFbBzXy4 Here's a quick story on Youtube about Jim White and his 2007 Toyota Corolla. This seems more like a Kendall Oil commercial than anything else, but I assume it's legit. The man takes care of his car. From what I can gather, he was a 534,000 miles two years ago. I would love to...

HMC Exclusive: Josh Clymer and His 2005 Acura TSX

Just in time to celebrate our fiftieth post, we now have our first exclusive high-mile story. Last week, I posted about my 10,000 mile achievement and asked you out there to chime in with your odometer readings . Well, over the weekend HMC reader Josh Clymer mentioned that his 2005 Acura TSX  was nearing 400,000...

Update on Yaris owner Jameel Hosein

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnTlNLz9Iqc I have an update on a previous story. A while ago I found some info on a man name Jameel Hosein who took a 2007 Toyota Yaris 400,000 miles in three years. Well, I found a forum that he posts in, and apparently, he's now way over 500,000 miles on his car. That puts him...

Steve Marsh and the 100,000 mile Nissan Leaf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xq30BePWoA I'm going to open up a whole can of electric whoop on you all today.  Steve Marsh bought a Nissan Leaf in 2011 and he's managed to get 100k miles out of it already. That may not mean much in terms of high-mile driving, but he's pioneering high mileage in both senses of the...