Toyota Corolla hits two million km milestone

shiva_0001 · Postby **shiva_0001** » March 23rd, 2022, 8:36 am

https://www.news.com.au/technology/mans ... a907366ae6

Man’s 1993 Toyota Corolla hits two million kilometre milestone
Graeme Hebley’s 1993 Toyota Corolla ticked over the two million kilometre mark earlier in the month - and he’s not done driving it yet.

Logan Tutty and New Zealand Herald
less than 2 min read
March 23, 2022 - 3:52PM

Graeme Hebley and his 1993 Toyota Corolla have just surpassed a very significant milestone over the last few weeks.

A newspaper delivery contractor since the 1960s, Hebley’s Corolla ticked over the two million kilometre mark earlier in the month, the New Zealand Herald reports.

Hebley drives around 5000km a week as part of his job, so gets the car serviced every two weeks.

Hebley got the 1993 Toyota Corolla in 2000 and it had only done 80,000km at that point.

Besides general and frequent servicing, there haven’t been a whole lot of changes made to the Toyota.

The cambelt has been replaced almost 20 times and wheel bearings changed, but besides that the car is basically original.

Graeme Hebley bought the Corolla in 2000. Credit: Bevan Conley
Graeme Hebley bought the Corolla in 2000. Credit: Bevan Conley

“It still has the original engine and transmission,” said local mechanic John Sherman.

”If I hadn’t worked on it, I wouldn’t believe it. I wouldn’t believe it could do two million without something going wrong. It’s only because I know that I believe it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t.”

Sherman said a combination of the product, frequent servicing, and the way Hebley has looked after the vehicle is the reason it has continued to push on.

”That era of Toyota has such built-in reliability.

”You miss any of those out and it just wouldn’t work.”

The highest amount of kilometres Sherman had seen on a car besides Hebley’s was around the 700,000km mark.

”Nothing like this. In my whole career, that is the highest I have seen.”

Hebley, who has driven well over three million kilometres total since he started delivering newspapers in 1968, said he hasn’t got sick of driving just yet.

”How could you not love this car? Whatever you do, it just bounces back.

”The car might outlast me at this point.”

This article originally appeared in the New Zealand Herald and was reproduced with permission.

MDtuner70 · Postby **MDtuner70** » March 23rd, 2022, 8:56 am

shiva_0001 wrote:https://www.news.com.au/technology/mans-1993-toyota-corolla-car-hits-two-million-kilometre-milestone/news-story/2f09951cdcac40d225a088a907366ae6

Man’s 1993 Toyota Corolla hits two million kilometre milestone
Graeme Hebley’s 1993 Toyota Corolla ticked over the two million kilometre mark earlier in the month - and he’s not done driving it yet.

Logan Tutty and New Zealand Herald
less than 2 min read
March 23, 2022 - 3:52PM

Graeme Hebley and his 1993 Toyota Corolla have just surpassed a very significant milestone over the last few weeks.

A newspaper delivery contractor since the 1960s, Hebley’s Corolla ticked over the two million kilometre mark earlier in the month, the New Zealand Herald reports.

Hebley drives around 5000km a week as part of his job, so gets the car serviced every two weeks.

Hebley got the 1993 Toyota Corolla in 2000 and it had only done 80,000km at that point.

Besides general and frequent servicing, there haven’t been a whole lot of changes made to the Toyota.

The cambelt has been replaced almost 20 times and wheel bearings changed, but besides that the car is basically original.

Graeme Hebley bought the Corolla in 2000. Credit: Bevan Conley
Graeme Hebley bought the Corolla in 2000. Credit: Bevan Conley

“It still has the original engine and transmission,” said local mechanic John Sherman.

”If I hadn’t worked on it, I wouldn’t believe it. I wouldn’t believe it could do two million without something going wrong. It’s only because I know that I believe it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t.”

Sherman said a combination of the product, frequent servicing, and the way Hebley has looked after the vehicle is the reason it has continued to push on.

”That era of Toyota has such built-in reliability.

”You miss any of those out and it just wouldn’t work.”

The highest amount of kilometres Sherman had seen on a car besides Hebley’s was around the 700,000km mark.

”Nothing like this. In my whole career, that is the highest I have seen.”

Hebley, who has driven well over three million kilometres total since he started delivering newspapers in 1968, said he hasn’t got sick of driving just yet.

”How could you not love this car? Whatever you do, it just bounces back.

”The car might outlast me at this point.”

This article originally appeared in the New Zealand Herald and was reproduced with permission.

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To the world !

VexXx Dogg · Postby **VexXx Dogg** » March 23rd, 2022, 9:08 am

The legendary status stayed in the 90's with concepts like good build quality.

shiva_0001 · Postby **shiva_0001** » March 23rd, 2022, 10:27 am

my nissan is over 300k miles and engine has been changed already lol, i wonder if the newer model toyotas are as reliable.

One thing to note is that i dont think i am maintaining my car as the guy in the article.

bamfo_dennis · Postby **bamfo_dennis** » March 23rd, 2022, 10:59 am

dem toytato hilux from dat time still runnin 50 gun in somalia n syria dem terrorist like hilux from d 90s

Rovin · Postby **Rovin** » March 23rd, 2022, 11:22 am

uncle doing A TON of driving

imagine having to service which i guessing includes changing ur oil every 2 wks eh

goes to prove once u treat ur ride right it can prolly last throughout ur lifetime ...

KM_2NR · Postby **KM_2NR** » March 23rd, 2022, 11:27 am

Articles like this shed light on why Toyota will always hold value

*KRONIK* · Postby ***KRONIK*** » March 23rd, 2022, 11:48 am

I remember some guy did 1million miles with his and they gave him a new truck, i think was a tundra

agent007 · Postby **agent007** » March 23rd, 2022, 2:32 pm

A 1993 Corolla? Most probably it had a 4A-FE or 7A-FE engine? Those are very well built. Don't expect same from any modern Toyota engine or transmission.

Reminds me of "million mile joe" with his Honda Accord. Honda created a big thing about this feat and gave him a brand new replacement Accord several years ago. It is my understanding that Joe passed away.

Rovin · Postby **Rovin** » March 23rd, 2022, 3:16 pm

few wks ago had another million miles story with a volvo car too ...

adnj · Postby **adnj** » March 23rd, 2022, 3:16 pm

agent007 wrote:A 1993 Corolla? Most probably it had a 4A-FE or 7A-FE engine? Those are very well built. Don't expect same from any modern Toyota engine or transmission.

Reminds me of "million mile joe" with his Honda Accord. Honda created a big thing about this feat and gave him a brand new replacement Accord several years ago. It is my understanding that Joe passed away.

Toyota and other OEMs have published stories on 1 million vehicles built in the last 20 years.

Do a web search and you should see some.