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Woo! Kiloton!
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22-08-2005, 21:53
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| Mile Muncher  Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Midlands, UK
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|  Woo! Kiloton! Hey everyone, I made the 100,000 mark today. I had a feeling last week it would roll around as I left work today, and sure enough, it did. Perhaps I should vary my route to work every day... Anyway, fortunately I managed to stop somewhere and take a quick snap. So who else is in the 6 digit club? Here's to 200,000 (and hoping the clutch and gearbox last that long...). J PS: I can't take any credit really. It's easy to hit 100,000 when you buy a car with 94k miles on it! |
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22-08-2005, 22:27
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chester
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| nice to see... I hit high miles myself 33K in the furby all in one year
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22-08-2005, 22:45
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| I remember being in a driving school Nova when the odo went round to '0' again 
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22-08-2005, 23:00
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| Mongreller  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ooo-ar, Oi be from Devonshire
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| Just went past 253,000 in the Jag. Still burbling along nicely too.
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23-08-2005, 09:00
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23-08-2005, 11:04
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| Sorry to nitpick but a kiloton is a thousand tons, a figure that, even with skoda reliability I don't think a car could stretch to!!!
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23-08-2005, 19:02
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| Mile Muncher Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Midlands, UK
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| TKW: Indeed. A Ton, as in "A ton plus", or "the magic double ton". I know it's strictly a speed, not a distance, but it seemed more concise than "One-hundred-thousand miles!" and more interesting than "100,000 miles!" (is it me or do the zeros get all fuzzy and jump about the place together...). No, not even on a weekly shop could I get the car up to 1000 tons (or 907 tonnes )A thought for the day. Given today's ludicrous fuel prices (94p/litre), and an average consumption of 56 mpg (my actual average - the dash display is 10% over), to hit the double-kilo-ton would take: * 1786 gallons of diesel * That's about 8117 litres * Which would cost £7630! (about £2000 more than the car cost) * It'd take me just under four years at my current rate. * And it'd probably go back to the garage for just four services. Crazy. J |
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