Marty Simonich, a volunteer firefighter and EMT in Utah, has been driving his 2001 Subaru Outback Legacy for 24 years, and it will soon reach 1 million miles, but Subaru corporate headquarters in Camden, New Jersey, isn't saying if they'll celebrate.

The car has gone through multiple engines, at least one transmission, head gaskets, spark plugs, coils, alternators, injectors, power steering components, brakes, rotors, timing belts, and a $1,000 exhaust system.

Growing up, he worked as the night manager at an Arctic Circle in Utah, saving up $800 for a down payment on a 1964 Chevelle with a Hurst shifter and a 283 engine. He raced it on the boulevard during school hours and got in trouble for it.

The hands-on mechanical knowledge Simonich started gathering in his teens has kept the Legacy running when others might have sent it to the junkyard.

Some of the most memorable miles came during a road trip to Kentucky. A friend in the St. Charles area, along the Utah-Idaho border, discovered a stash of old whiskey after a grandfather passed away.

Among the bottles was an unopened 1913 of Kentucky Flyer Bourbon from the Peerless Distillery, still bearing its original U.S. government seal.

The family who discovered the bottle didn't want to discuss it publicly for religious reasons. After all, the one unopened bottle was found among many more empties. They also didn't want to risk shipping the fragile, century-old bottle via FedEx.

So Simonich volunteered to drive it back to Kentucky himself and deliver it to the current owners at Peerless Distillery.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/12/06/utah-mans-2001-subaru-about-to-hit-1-million-miles/