I'm glad you wrote this one. I thought I was the only kook who notices these things

i just wish my odometer worked.

MasonM, I'm sure there's a name for the condition I just hope the name is not obsessive/compulsive disorder!

My one year old Monte Carlo SS just rolled 28,000 (and, I actually watched it change....I guess it didn't really "roll" since it is digital).  Made me sad in a way....

I've seen the odo in my 1979 Honda Civic roll over to 00000.0 twice now. It's probably done it at least a third time with the previous owners too.

-- B

Mr_Frog, that is quite encouraging! You see, I just bought a 2004 Honda Civic and I hope to see this many miles from it. Thanks for making my afternoon.

Hmmm....my car will reach 200,000 in less than 10 years....that's pretty scary!  I'm not sure if I trust that any modern made car will last that long

I'm on the road in my rig most of the time so put very few miles on my car. At this rate, it'll last forever

Funny the difference in cars and big rigs. 100,000 miles is a lot on a car. That's just about broke in on a rig. A million miles is where it's just about due for an engine rebuild.

Nothing to do with the topic at all. Just threw it in for the helluvit

Yeah, truck engines are a totally different beast, though.  Considering that my husband works in the engineering department at a large diesel corporation, I have learned more than I ever want to know about them.  Of course, diesel car engines last longer, too, but they are pretty hard to find and more expensive when you do find them.  We just rebuild our engines when they start getting tired.  The only problem is that my husband drag races as a hobby, so he always wants to "modify" instead of simply rebuild.

Yay! I thought I was the only one that puts my car to the test. It's not a whole lot but I still do. I drive about an hour and a half a day, and that's if I don't have to go somewhere. Everywhere to go is about another 20 drive, so I definitely undrstand watching the numbers fly by on my car. I've added, roughly, 100,000 miles to my car in just this year.

Capt. over and out!

OMG,CaptainCornbread, you have really driven over 100,000 miles this year? That's at least 300 miles a day! That's five times what I drive for my busiest years. I hope you have a good trade-in policy with the local auto fleet manager.

-- Mr. Perky

100,000 miles in a single year is a lot for a car. That's almost as much as a big rig put's on in a year. You must stay on the road all the time CC

Ok, I did the math wrong. It's more like 45,000. Sorry to get you guys worked up. If I still had a job and played sports all year I probably would have been just about 100,000. Again, sorry about the confusion.

Capt. over and out!

How do you put even 45,000 on your car in a year?  My husband drives his over 100 miles a day back and forth to work, to work when he has to work weekends, he usually has to take a 500 mile trip a year in it along with other stuff and averages 36,000 a year.  Do you do anything put drive?