My van rolled over 200,000 miles today

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38 Comments

Libb@piefed.social · 43 pts · 210d (4 replies)

That's a lot of miles in a day ;)

crank0271@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 210d (3 replies)

You don't think that van is moving at roughly 11x the speed of sound?

henfredemars@infosec.pub · 18 pts · 210d (1 reply)

They were good back then. They don’t make them like they used to.

FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 210d

First they came for the hypersonic vans then they came for the carburetor, have they no decency

snooggums@piefed.world · 3 pts · 210d

Probably counting the Earth's orbit around the sun.

ceenote@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 210d (4 replies)

I thought "rolled over" meant something else, but that would have been far too not-dull.

Steve@startrek.website · 21 pts · 210d (1 reply)

It’s an old timey parlance from the days of mechanical odometers.

Akasazh@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 209d

mushroommunk@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 210d (1 reply)

Somewhere out in the west, there's a town with a lone van rolling with the tumbleweeds. Makes the shootouts all the more interesting

ceenote@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 210d

Exactly: not dull

prettybunnys@piefed.social · 20 pts · 210d (4 replies)

This is aggressively not dull

Hell yeah, here’s to 200k more

felixwhynot@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 210d (3 replies)

Too exciting, ban him!

MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 210d (2 replies)

Yeah, maybe we should have very short term bans, just for the lulz

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d (1 reply)

How is that dull, though? It’s a dilemma inside a conundrum . .

SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d

Yeah having short term bans for not being dull enough, is in itself not a dull thing to

P1k1e@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 210d

"I hwish Peggy were here to see this"

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 210d

I got you beat. I put 16,000 miles on my car in the eight years I've owned it. I don't go out much since I retired. That's how you do dull.

neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 210d (1 reply)

That's why you should apply the parking brake before leaving. You're lucky nobody were injured!


I sold my 30 year old faithful Volvo 940. The odometer was around 450000km

rekabis@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 210d

I have a 2002 Ford F-150 7700 4×4 with about 320,000 km on it. I should be up in the 450k range right about 2032, assuming civilization hasn’t collapsed and fuel is still broadly available.

It was my father’s truck, so I am quite invested in keeping it in good repair. About the only things not working are the AC, the rear window trim (when it rains), and the radio (haven’t been arsed to track down the fuse that blew). Everything else is in decent to great condition for a truck just shy of a quarter century. Runs like a dream, not a single leak on the engine.

Sarcasmo@piefed.social · 9 pts · 210d

Trying to catch up...

emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 210d (1 reply)

Wow it must have been going really fast, the day isn't even over yet. See if you can keep it rolling.

Bakkoda@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d

Like so the brakes not work? I don't understand

FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org · 6 pts · 210d

I really hoped it will get back to 0

Congratulations!

RedC@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 210d

Still going lol

floofloof@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 210d

Should have put the parking brake on.

shalafi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 210d

Back in the day, 100K was a piece of shit, no one would touch it. Powertrain warranties were 36K. Cars are amazing these days, but I loathe the maintenance.

blarghly@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 210d

What a wee baby! Onwards towards 1000000!

Smart_Penicillin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 210d

gladflag@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 210d (1 reply)

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Steve@startrek.website · 4 pts · 210d

I know, right?

kalpol@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 210d

Just replaced a car with 256k on it, it is still in the family though. Old Lexus.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d

Wh00t! Giddyap!

David_Eight@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d (1 reply)

What car is it? What type if maintenance schedule?

Steve@startrek.website · 3 pts · 210d

Honda, 2001, If it aint broke dont fix it

Lembot_0006@programming.dev · 3 pts · 210d

Why rolling? Don't you have wheels?

jode@pawb.social · 2 pts · 210d

I just missed 123,456 on my new to me GTI :C

ptc075@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 209d (1 reply)

Always glad to see. What's your maintenance look like? Any advice for the rest of us?

Steve@startrek.website · 3 pts · 209d
  1. Get a Honda or Toyota
  2. change oil every 5-10k miles
  3. If it aint broke dont fix it
  4. wash it once a year (optional. DO NOT WAX- its bad karma)