OT: For spotters of unusual odometer readings...

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Al Reynolds 22 years ago

Afternoon!

Sorry this is off-topic, but I read and post to these groups fairly regularly, and I thought there were bound to be some other sad folk like me who look out for particular odometer readings (e.g. 654321, 111111, 123456 etc.)

Earlier today, my car was showing this reading:

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(gif/53k) Can you see why it's significant? If not then this clue might help:

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(gif/79k) Sad as it is, I started to wonder whether this would ever happen about three years ago, and it finally has. Now I need to find out if there are any support groups for sad odometer obsessives out there...

Cheers, Al Reynolds

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Scott M 22 years ago

But, is it as sad as being able to identify a Rover speedo in one?

Oh, and I like palindrome odo readings!

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Al Reynolds 22 years ago

Not a Rover! But you should therefore be able to work out the make...

Al

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Al Reynolds 22 years ago

You have the perfect opportunity coming up.

When the main odo is halfway between 122667 and

122668, zero the trip meter. 789 miles later the odo and trip together will show 123456 789.0

Can you resist the opportunity?

Al

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Dave Plowman (News) 22 years ago

Well, by the fact that the digits are all over the place, I'd say it's been clocked at some time. ;-)

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Bob 22 years ago

but not in his car, obviously :)

Bob

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Al Reynolds 22 years ago

LOL

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AstraVanMan 22 years ago

You're not the only one. Last March I bought a Fiesta van with 95k on the clock, and I remember when it passed the 100k mark (a mate was actually a passenger at the time). I then looked out for 123456, 118118, 121212, and all sort of other patterns. I think I actually missed 118118 happening - shame as I was quite looking forward to it :-) Sad, I know!

The Audi's on just under 122400 miles now, and I hope to look forward to many more weird and wonderful mileages, including 666666.

Peter

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dmc 22 years ago

Not quite that bad but I do remember being really chuffed that I reversed into my parent drive and noticed that I had parked on exactly 100k....

Darren

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Alan 22 years ago

Oh dear. You really need to get out more!

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shazzbat 22 years ago

Some years ago, when filling in a tacho chart at the end of a trip, I found that the reading was the same as my home phone No.

I kept it for several years. Now that is sad.

Steve

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Scott M 22 years ago

Ah! Must be an 'onda then. It must be unusual to see a Rover over

100k...[1]

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Snowman 22 years ago

And is that a bit missing off the first zero?

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Grant 22 years ago

Now all you have to do is strap a jet engine on it, drive at 416mph non-stop and you can post the same thing in 24 hours time :)

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MrBitsy 22 years ago

snipped-for-privacy@ukc.ac.uk (dmc) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@malfoy.ukc.ac.uk:

Bit careless with their money?

MRBitsy

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Guy King 22 years ago

The message from "Dave Plowman (News)" contains these words:

I've never understood that - I've had cars with higgledy-piggledy digits which I know haven't been clocked - or if they were they were clocked before we got them new from the dealer.

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Guy King 22 years ago

The message from Scott M contains these words:

Better be - my Monty just turned 166666 today.

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Scott M 22 years ago

Made me think of Pudding Lane, et al.

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Gareth A. 22 years ago

I took a photo of one of mine rolling over to 100,000. I bought the car at 97k so it wasn't quite as momentus as if I had owned it for longer but fun nonetheless. My latest aquisition came to me with

100,600 on it so no fun there :-( Damn leasing rules...

Gareth

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Dave Plowman (News) 22 years ago

I've no idea what the real milage is on the SD1. I discovered after I bought it that it had been clocked. It then had a replacement gearbox fitted with the wrong ratio speedo drive, and after that was corrected several secondhand speedos trying to get one with a working trip counter. And several years ago the speedo drive - electric and no longer available

- went intermittent, so the speedo only works for about 30% of the time.

Wish everything was as reliable as a Rover. ;-) Still great fun to drive, though.

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