Mazdax605
Mazdax605 Dork
8/12/11 8:43 a.m.

I was driving my 79 RX-7 a couple of days ago and noticed the odometer was about to hit all eights. About ten miles later it did,and I pulled over on the freeway to take a picture of it. I did the same thing many years ago when it rolled to all 7's. The odd thing is I looked into when I took the first pic of the 7's,and it was exactly five years,and one day before the all 8's. I guess I don't drive the car very much. Well anyway I don't know how to hotlink,but here is a link to pics of the odometer.

http://web.me.com/cdirado/Diradosite/RX-7-parts_.html

Chris

Duke
Duke SuperDork
8/12/11 8:48 a.m.

[edit] Never mind, sorry. Looked fishy, though. To hotlink a picture, click on the picture of the camera right below the "Your Comment:" title in the reply area. Then follow the directions in the popup.

Mazdax605
Mazdax605 Dork
8/12/11 8:54 a.m.

fishy??? What is fishy?? I'm a Dork man not a canoe.

Duke
Duke SuperDork
8/12/11 8:57 a.m.

I figured that out which is why I edited my post to say "never mind" and added the instructions on how to hotlink. Sorry.

davidjs
davidjs Reader
8/12/11 9:09 a.m.

I always say I'm going to do that, then miss the picture by a mile or two...

"Look, here's my car at 100,003 miles!"

SillyImportRacer
SillyImportRacer Reader
8/12/11 9:18 a.m.

I missed 1/4 million on my Accord by 5 miles. I took the pick anyway.

Basil Exposition
Basil Exposition Reader
8/12/11 2:00 p.m.

I am the only one old enough to remember Herb Tarlek taking a picture of his odometer when it went to 100k miles? Don't remember the car, though, but I've got the impression it was some sort of Chrysler.

chuckles
chuckles Reader
8/12/11 2:07 p.m.
SillyImportRacer wrote: I missed 1/4 million on my Accord by 5 miles. I took the pick anyway.

250005 is really cool. You see 250000 all the time.

16vCorey
16vCorey SuperDork
8/12/11 2:51 p.m.

I would have waited until 250052 so it would at least be a palindrome.

John Brown
John Brown GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
8/12/11 2:56 p.m.

Der Jetta had just passed 142241 when it became a reef. The camera I took the photo with was in the console...

a401cj
a401cj GRM+ Memberand Reader
8/12/11 3:07 p.m.

meh...

i still remember 7/7/77, 8/8/88, 9/9/99, and 10/10/10!

gunner
gunner GRM+ Memberand New Reader
8/12/11 11:59 p.m.

I took a pic of my corollas odo when it hit 123,456 but I cant find the pic now. It must have been on the phone previous to my last one.

Mazdax605
Mazdax605 Dork
8/13/11 11:13 a.m.

I really need to drive this car more. I love it so much,but it seems I never drive it as much as I want. Maybe I should do an auto-x or two with it?

-C

Nitroracer
Nitroracer SuperDork
8/13/11 12:49 p.m.

Just rolled over to 100k on my way home from a summer internship.

I do like the older cars that have 1/10th mile readouts for both the odometer and trip odometer. I would always try to match them up.

lewbud
lewbud Reader
8/13/11 6:57 p.m.

Went over 200k yesterday on the Mustang. Only 6300 more til I put my two hundred thousandth mile on her (bought with just over 6300 miles on her, lowest mileage car I've ever bought).

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