Just read the same article, Its only completed 1700 miles since Hammond sold it.
But from the way the Hamster treats (correction - trashes!) cars, you can count on 1700
hard miles! That's more than 2.1/2 times more (1700 trashed miles=4200 sensibly-driven miles) in the hands of an enthusiast. That car had a hard time early in its life and a few prangs to boot...

I often wondered what condition the Hamster's Max is in on careful inspection: I nurtured mine from new; and now, it's really happy...

...and so am I!