What happens when a car hits 999999?
What happens when a car hits 999999?
It will either stay at 999,999 or turn to all zeroes. Of course, it is very rare to get to a million miles. The usual hallmark is turning from 99,999 to 100,000. If your car has racked up close to 999,999 miles, approach a museum or 2, or maybe Guinness Book for inclusion.
What happens after a car reaches 200000 miles?
To reach 200,000 miles, an engine will burn 8,000-10,000 gallons of fuel. In each fuel injector, a small needle opens and closes millions of times as thousands of gallons of fuel are burned in front of it.
What happens when a car odometer drives beyond its maximum reading?
Unless the odometer has been tampered with, nothing happens to the odometer reading when a car drives beyond its maximum reading. It will continue to read and show the mileage the car is covering. The odometer is simply indicating that the car has reached its useful life and needs to be replaced by the user or owner.
What happens when a car has done 999999 miles?
The last possibility for answering this question is what physically happens to a car when it has done 999999 miles. As I said earlier most never get to that sort of mileage and those that do will probably spend most of their remaining days in a car collectors storage or a motor Museum.
Why does car odometer go past 999, 999 miles?
It was thought that this was purposefully designed to stop people clocking a car. By clocking I mean unscrupulous sales people used to spin the clock on using an electric drill or other device to send it round from say 350000 past the 999999 mark to 130000 miles and thereby fool the purchaser into thinking it was a low mileage vehicle for its age.
When did the million mile car come out?
In 2008, the million mile day arrived. As with all other million mile car owners, Harman has his car serviced regularly, in his case every 3,000 miles. Its four-cylinder diesel was given a complete overhaul at 376,000 miles.
When did Paul Harman Drive his first million miles?
That makes a big difference. Paul Harman bought his Mercedes-Benz 240D used back in 1983 when it had 40,000 miles on it. In 1991 he’d driven it over half a million miles. In 2008, the million mile day arrived. As with all other million mile car owners, Harman has his car serviced regularly, in his case every 3,000 miles.
