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Leisher wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 8:33 pm The speeding up of the game in Space Invaders was a result of memory being freed up as players killed aliens. It worked well for the game, so they left it in.

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Sep 08, 2025 11:08 am Irving Gordon put over 3.4M miles on his 1966 Volvo 1800S. Yes, that's a world record.

Huge, huge miss by Volvo not featuring this guy and his car in ads.

Gordon purchased his Volvo P1800S in June 1966 from Volvoville, a dealership in Huntersville, New York.[1][2] He had owned two new Chevrolet Corvair models, but was dissatisfied with their reliability.[2] At the time, Gordon's daily commute was around 125 mi (201 km).[1][2]

Gordon decided to maximize the car's mileage after hitting 250,000 mi (400,000 km), having never had to repair the car outside of its routine scheduled maintenance.[1][2] The car's engine was rebuilt after 680,000 mi (1,090,000 km) – Gordon insisted on the service as a precautionary measure, despite the dealership advising it was unnecessary.[1] It transpired there had been nothing wrong with the engine, and Gordon said he "learned his lesson" about unnecessary maintenance.[2]

He set the record for most miles driven by a single owner in a non-commercial vehicle in 1998, when he had driven 1,690,000 mi (2,720,000 km) in the car, claiming the Guinness World Record.[1][2][3] He had driven 2,000,000 mi (3,200,000 km) by 2002, and 3,000,000 mi (4,800,000 km) by 2013.[1] The car had a second engine rebuild in 2009, when wear on bearings and piston rings led to pressure loss.[2] Its bodywork also had to be repaired after it was damaged by a freight company who were transporting it to the annual SEMA show to be displayed at the Volvo stand.[2][4]
..However, Volvo took greater interest in Gordon and his P1800S as the car approached 1,000,000 mi (1,600,000 km) on the road, gifting him a new Volvo 780. Gordon drove the 780 for around 450,000 mi (720,000 km) before selling it.[1][2] He was later gifted another two cars: a Volvo C70 after passing 2,000,000 mi (3,200,000 km),[4][7] and a Volvo XC60 after passing 3,000,000 mi (4,800,000 km).[8]

After setting the record, Gordon regularly collaborated with Volvo and appeared at their events.[6][7] He also promoted Castrol, his preferred brand of oil.[6]

The car was returned to Volvo after Gordon's death.[9][5]

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 4:42 pm I googled and it says VA does do this. WTF?