800,000 mile 1984 Honda

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Waiving the right to remain silent, "Michael Pardee"
I have a big objection to the concept of using a drill to turn
back the odometer anyway. All other objections aside, to turn
back an odometer 50,000 miles even in ten hours would require
simulating 5000 mph with the drill - a dubious concept.
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As well as the fact that many current odometers are electronic, and
not cable/gear driven.
 
"Larry J." said:
Waiving the right to remain silent, "Michael Pardee"


As well as the fact that many current odometers are electronic, and
not cable/gear driven.
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Good point--however, we were referring to older cars such as the 1984
Honda mentioned in the original post.
 
Henry said:
When I test drove an Accord on Saturday the salesman who has all the top
awards as the best mentioned that he has a customer with the subject car.
Original engine and transmission. When I said that the guy would have to
drive 40,000 miles a year to get that he said, Yes I guess that's right. I
think he has stretched reality but I know that there's a Volvo that has a
million miles and several diesel Merecedes. But a Honda? Anyone have any
facts?
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My Dad bought an '81 Dodge pickup brand new (with the old Dodge Slant-6,
one of the most durable engines ever made), and retired it in '87 with
just over 450,000km (just over 281,000 miles). That's pushing 75,000km
(around 48,000 miles) per year - he travelled almost weekly from working
in Vancouver to our place near 100 Mile House in the Southern Interior,
about 500km north, and worked now and then in places such as Prince
George (another 400km north) and Fort St. John (yet another 450km north).

He probably would still be driving it, but the body was getting too beat
up, the frame was cracked, and after my sister ran it dry of oil, it was
drinking a 4-liter jug every time it made the Van-CMile trip, not to
mention the hideous noise made by the timing chain rubbing inside its
metal cover.
 
Michael said:
I recall a Perry Mason show (from the black and white days) in which a car's
odometer reading had something to do with whether it could have been at the
scene of the murder or some such thing. The "aha" in the show was that the
car in question was an older one (like from the '30s) and the odometer would
turn backward when the car was in reverse. The killer just put the rear axle
on blocks, put the car in reverse and let it idle a while.
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No no, you're thinking of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" :)
 
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