Saturday, July 28, 2007

100,000 miles and still going strong

My car crossed the 100k mile mark, and I had to celebrate! It's not very often when somebody has the opportunity to take a picture of all the digits rolling over. I was actually driving on the highway when this happened. Do you have any idea how hard it is to take a pic with your camera phone while driving on the highway? Interestingly, after looking a the pictures, I realized I was going "slower than normal". And no, I wasn't going slow so there wouldn't be any photographic evidence of my speed! FWIW, the speed limit where I was at is 70 mph

I was really anxious as I got to the 99,999 mark... carefully looking at the odometer every few seconds, making sure I didn't miss the moment. Strangely, when it rolled over to 100,000, all the numbers were half-way stuck, and it didn't fully roll over until I got to 100,101. Here's the proof: