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February 13th, 2008 12:42 PM #1GRESHAM, Wis. - Frank Oresnik's trusty pickup truck — he calls it "the old girl" — passed the 1 million-mile mark with a camera crew filming the event and a public-radio audience listening in. "I can't tell you how much fun it was," he said. "It was really humbling, all this interest."
Recent news stories told how Oresnik had just 1,200 miles to go before reaching the milestone in the 1991 Chevrolet Silverado that he bought with 41,000 miles on it in 1996 and used in his business, distributing seafood and steaks in the upper Midwest.
At the time, he was getting his latest oil change — the kind of regular maintenance he credits with helping to keep the truck going so long.
He said he's had the truck's oil changed more than 300 times. It's had so many changes that the oil pan drain plug had to be rethreaded several times, he said, and "you never hear of that."
He passed the million-mile mark Friday in southeastern Wisconsin while on his way back home to Catawba, located in the north in Price County, about an hour west of Rhinelander. He was on County Highway V southeast of Fond du Lac.
On hand was a film crew from Chevrolet's public relations and advertising company, and he was speaking live to Robert Siegel, host of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered."
A news crew from CBS had been with him earlier in the day.
"I wont say it was relief ... it was exhilarating," Oresnik said later during a stop in Gresham where he has one of his longtime customers. "This truck has been so dependable over the years." Now that it's made history, the truck could be headed back to the automaker or Shell Oil. Oresnik said there's been some interested in GM or Shell Oil buying it.
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February 13th, 2008 01:02 PM #2
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February 13th, 2008 03:15 PM #3I see your 1 million mile pickup, and raise you a 2 million mile volvo. :P
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...21/036086.html
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February 13th, 2008 08:24 PM #4
1,000,000 miles = 1,609,339 kms in 17 years? Ang taas ng average annual mileage. hehe.
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February 13th, 2008 09:01 PM #5
it just proves that a well maintained engine w/ a strict, well timed, and regular regimen of changing its fluids will and could surpass anyone's expectations
ang tanong ko lang kung kumusta naman kaya ang pang-ilalim niya? hindi naman siguro well-paved parati ang mga kalye na dinadaanan niya. siguro in its life time, kahit pa-paano rumaragasa din iyan sa mga pang-harabas na kalye
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February 13th, 2008 10:06 PM #6
Buhay na buhay ang BGC this evening. Bukas halos lahat ng restaurants. Sabi pa nung isang cashier...
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