500,000 miles, 23 years

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Gunther Holtorf's 23-year road trip





Back in 1989, as the Berlin Wall fell, Gunther

Holtorf and his wife Christine set out on what was meant to be an

18-month tour of Africa in their Mercedes Benz G Wagen. Now, with more

than 800,000km (500,000 miles) on the clock, Gunther is still going.

The German former airline executive has travelled the

equivalent of 20 times around the planet in the vehicle - which he calls

Otto. He says he has never had a serious breakdown. Recently in

Vietnam, Canadian-born photographer David Lemke joined Gunther on one

section of his epic journey.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18910560

Hope not a repost (it has been 23 years after all)

 
I read something about a guy who got his 90's Honda to 1,000,000 miles on the original engine and Honda gave him a brand new 2012 ...Civic I believe
 
yeah i remember that too

But really really cool, he's a great photographer too! Loved his pictures.

semi-unrelated, but aren't those "safari" mercedes really fucking durable? Not surprised if I recall this correctly

 
Those things are sweet

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Didn't quite make the connection until I read this, but somehow pictured him as looking like the Friends Gunther.
 
Yeah those g wagens are brilliant, basically a German land rover.

Though i think they chnged the target buyer with the later models. They went after the posh SUV market instead, costing around $140'000 for a new one.
 
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