Man reportedly covers 1 million miles in just four years
10-27-2010, 08:01 AM
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Man reportedly covers 1 million miles in just four years
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A man in Florida has reportedly amassed over 1 million miles on his Ford F-250 pickup truck in just four years.
According to NBC’s Miami, Florida affiliate, Phil Marsella has managed to rack up 1,012,572 miles on his 2006 Ford F-250 gas-powered pickup truck in just four years. Marsella reached the amazing milestone by driving between 7,000 and 10,000 miles per week delivering greyhounds to race tracks and families.
Affectionately nicknamed Betsy, Marsella attributes the longevity of his truck to his local repair shop. Over the last four years, Marsella has spent $67,000 on vehicle maintenance.
“I’ve never seen a truck with this many miles besides a semi-truck. Never on a gas engine,” said Buddy Hawkins, the mechanic who works on the truck.
Although we like feel-good stories as much as the next person, we have to question the legitimacy of this particular story. If Marsella did indeed cover 10,000 miles in a single week, that means he drove for nearly 24 hours per day for seven days straight at an average speed of 60mph. Assuming that Marsella took weekends of, that million mile mark would have required 16 hours of driving per day — well over the limit for any commercial truck.
According to NBC’s Miami, Florida affiliate, Phil Marsella has managed to rack up 1,012,572 miles on his 2006 Ford F-250 gas-powered pickup truck in just four years. Marsella reached the amazing milestone by driving between 7,000 and 10,000 miles per week delivering greyhounds to race tracks and families.
Affectionately nicknamed Betsy, Marsella attributes the longevity of his truck to his local repair shop. Over the last four years, Marsella has spent $67,000 on vehicle maintenance.
“I’ve never seen a truck with this many miles besides a semi-truck. Never on a gas engine,” said Buddy Hawkins, the mechanic who works on the truck.
Although we like feel-good stories as much as the next person, we have to question the legitimacy of this particular story. If Marsella did indeed cover 10,000 miles in a single week, that means he drove for nearly 24 hours per day for seven days straight at an average speed of 60mph. Assuming that Marsella took weekends of, that million mile mark would have required 16 hours of driving per day — well over the limit for any commercial truck.
