On my way to work on Saturday morning the 1996 Chevy Silverado that we have owned since 1999, bought used with 78K miles turned over the magic mark:
2 0 0 0 0 0 miles!
only 2 20 200 2,000 20,000 200K
This means the little dial that measures 10th's of a mile has gone around a staggering 2,000,000 times! Of course, if you tried to calculate the number of times the pistons have gone up and down while powering the vehicle.... I don't even know how to begin trying to figure that out! Nor could I calculate the number of times the tires have rolled.
What I do know is that this means my truck is O L D!!! In fact, both of my front line vehicles now have over 200K miles on them. Do you suppose this means it is time to start looking into getting something with a little less time on the dial? You bet! My only obstacle is money. I don't really want to get into a vehicle payment again but the choices may be so limited now that it could literally come upon us tomorrow!
I will keep you posted on what transpires! Until then - squeezing every mile I can!
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