Mileage in trusty ute would take you to moon and back - New Zealand Herald
The red 1993 Toyota Hilux, with a staggering 1. 2 million kilometres on the clock, will be sold by Turners. The national vehicle auction house believes it is the highest-km vehicle it has auctioned. The "red rocket" was bought new 22 years ago by Palmerston North's Glenn Holmes for $30,000. The 70-year-old has driven 1,211,493km using it as a newspaper delivery vehicle. "If I ever see it for sale again in the future I might be tempted to buy it back because I have always had a soft spot for it. ". Turners bought the Hilux from Holmes two weeks ago for an undisclosed sum after it failed to sell at auction because... Cylinder issues have been discounted and it will be re-auctioned tomorrow on the Turners and TradeMe websites. "The interest on social media has been phenomenal," Micah Bremner, from Turners in Palmerston North, said. Bremner said the far-travelled motor, which was assembled in Christchurch, could fetch $1000-$3000. The original engine has never had the head off and the gearbox and differential have never come out. The average odometer reading on cars sold by Turners in the past two years was 134,000km, with 13 per cent of cars being sold with less than 60,000km on the clock and almost half with less than 120,000km. Holmes reckoned the. Source: www.nzherald.co.nz
