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Re:Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going st... by rendaw on Saturday August 09, 2025 @11:38AM (#44847342)
Well the odometer's gotta be the same, right? I reckon the soul of a car resides in the odometer.
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Re:Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going st... by yakkers on Saturday August 09, 2025 @12:22PM (#44847786)
If it's a mechanical one, there's a possibility that it's been repaired or replaced. The mechanism after all these years will likely wear out. At the same time, I know someone with a car whose odometer has been at 249,999km for a few years now.

As for (early) digital odometers, does the soul more specifically exist in the EEPROM chip in the instrument cluster* that stores the odometer data?

*at least on my late-90s car, this is how the odometer/trip meter works.

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Re:Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going st... by thyrsus on Saturday August 09, 2025 @03:33PM (#44849406)
My 2007 Corolla odometer has been at 299999 since 2019. I've replaced the transmission once, but the rest is original, aside from expected maintenance - tires, brakes, fans, etc. - and an added stereo.
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Re:Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going st... by Thedarkb on Saturday August 09, 2025 @03:36PM (#44849430)
My car ('91 Toyota Carina) has been on 149,999 miles since 2007.
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Re:Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going st... by dennis_jeeves2 on Saturday August 09, 2025 @04:19PM (#44849797)
>I reckon the soul of a car resides in the odometer.

Citation?...

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