Durham man drives car to 1M miles

IT OPENS OCTOBER 12nd THROUGH

FEBRUARY 2nd.

>>> WE RELY ON OUR CARS TO GET

US FROM POINT A TO POINT B BUT

A MAN SAYS HIS HONDA ACCORD HAS

GONE THE EXTRA MILE ONE MILLION

TIMES OVER.

JOE FISHER TELLS US ABOUT

AMAZING MILEAGE MILESTONE.

>> Reporter: DEXTER MILLS TALKS

ABOUT CARS FOR A LIVING AS A

CERTIFIED INSPECTOR.

>> THIS IS OUR 2000 HONDA

ACCORD.

>> Reporter: BUT THESE DAYS, HE

IS TALKING MORE ABOUT HIS OWN

RIDE.

>> IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY

PHENOMENAL.

>> Reporter: HIS WORK.

CAR THAT HAS BEEN A WORKHORSE

TRAVELING 65,000 MILES A YEAR.

>> I STILL AVERAGE ABOUT

ANYWHERE FROM 440 TO 460 MILES

OUT OF A TEARCHG OF GAS.

>> Reporter: FUEL EFFICIENT AND

ROW LIABLE.

IT'S WHY HE KEPT IT 19 YEARS.

3 ENGINES LATER, EVEN THE CAR

GUY IS STUNNED AT HIS RECENT

ACHIEVEMENT.

>> WHEN I GOT TO 999,999 I TOOK

A PICTURE AND THEN I STARTED TO

DRIVE AND I AM WAITING FOR THE

ODOMETER TO HIT A MILLION, AND

IT DOESN'T.

IT STOPS THERE.

>> Reporter: 1 MILLION MILES.

MILLS STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE

OF REGULAR OIL AND FILTER

CHANGES, AND HE SAYS THE WAY

YOU DRIVE MATTERS.

>> I DON'T DRIVE CARS HARD.

I TYPICALLY DRIVE IT IN A

NONAGGRESSIVE MANNER.

>> Reporter: YOU COULD SAY

MILLS LOVES HIS CAR TO THE MOON

AND BACK.

>> LITTLE SAD, BUT I THINK IT'S

TIME TO LET HER REST AND

RETIRE.

IT'S BEEN AN EXCELLENT CAR.

>> Reporter: A CAR DRIVEN THE

DISTANCE TO THE MOON AND BACK

TWO-TIMES.

JOE FISHER, WRAL NEWS, DURHAM.

>> HE DRIVES 65,000 MILES A

YEAR.

SO THE AVERAGE DRIVER PUTS ON

16,000 MILES ON THE CAR A YEAR.

HIS IS 4 TIMES THE NORMAL

DRIVER.

AND IT HAS PAID OFF.

STILL HOLDING ON.

>> JOE MENTIONED IT THERE.

TO THE MOON AND BACK TWICE.

250,000 MILES TO THE MOON.

>> WOW.