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About Kyle:
Concerning transportation, car enthusiast and author Kyle Busch (same name as the # 18 NASCAR driver) began on the ground floor, literally, at the dirt, mud and asphalt. In 1975, at the age of 15, he purchased his first car - a used 1968 VW Beetle. During the '70s and '80s, European, Japanese, and American vehicles sharpened and refined his understanding of used vehicles.
In 1991 the author paid $2,600 for a used vehicle that a private owner had driven 82,000 miles. A short time later, he landed a job that included a company car for traveling a seven-county territory. During the job interview, however, his supervisor forgot to mention that new employees were required to drive their own vehicles during the first year of the job.
Since he needed the job, Busch started driving his vehicle 500-800 miles on back roads and interstates each week for work; and after six months (he was paid mileage when driving the  vehicle for work), the automobile paid for itself. After a year on the job, Busch decided to keep driving his vehicle at work and eventually, it returned many times its $2,600 purchase price.
With odometer reading over 300,000 miles, Kyle drove the car cross-county and back covering 5,540 miles in seven days.
The current odometer reading is over: 500,000 miles (804,672 km).
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