Ok, Ann, but what is “111111”? It can’t be how old the big white truck is, can it? Maybe 111,111 days old? No, that would be 304 YEARS old. How about 111,111 hours old? That would be about 13 years old, though this big white truck looks almost brand new. Maybe it’s the number of corners the truck has “turned” in its life time? No? Oh, wait, maybe it’s how many engine rpm’s it does … wow, jet engine and more! Ok not so much. So, what is “111111”?
Good guesses all, but nope, it’s none of the above.
I was driving home from the grocery store this morning and glanced at the dash board as I do from time to time while driving … to check my speed, oil pressure, engine temp, etc, make sure my headlights are on (and I check to make sure my turn signals are OFF), etc.
Everything is always A-OK when I do those visual checks, so this morning I was stunned to see what I saw.
In fact, I was so stunned that I pulled over to the side of the road as quickly as I could. Stopped immediately.
Pulled out my cell phone and took a picture of the dash board read outs.
See the photo below of the dash board of the big white truck.
What is it? Engine temp? Oil pressure? RPMs? Battery charge? Fuel mileage? The security system?! What?!
I’d bet lots of you noticed it in the photo above. 🙂 If you didn’t, here’s a closeup photo below …
The very bottom line ……. 111,111 miles. On my way home from the grocery store today, her odometer turned over to 111,111 miles driven from the time her odometer was brand new until this very minute on this very day. How cool is that? 🙂
I purchased this 2012 RAM big white truck in September, 2016, obviously a used vehicle when I bought her. It being a used vehicle was ok with me. Many of the idiosyncrasies would have been worked out already, and the price would be exceptionally less than a brand new big white truck.
This truck was built by RAM (Dodge/Chrysler) and delivered to a Canadian dealer and sold to its first owner, a Canadian person, in the fall of 2011. How this truck then later came to be for sale in 2016 in the USA is a matter of dealerships and used car/truck stuff. But I was very happy to find it. The mileage on this five-year-old truck was just 24,000 miles … that’s an average of only 4,800/year. It must have been mostly parked in the driveway! I am the second owner of this truck.
Besides the fact that the truck was the same white color as my Escape trailer (most important!), and the low mileage on the truck … the truck had all of the amenities that I wanted for a tow vehicle.
She’s had only two significant repairs since I purchased her 7 years ago … an electronic relay in the transmission failed (a known RAM problem) and she’s had the exhaust manifold shields and exhaust bolts replaced (another known RAM engine problem). Every brand of vehicle has its troubles. This truck has now had both of them happen, and both repaired. 🙂 Other than those two repairs, it’s just regular maintenance … and a bit of preventive maintenance as well, such as replacing brakes before they go bad, servicing the differential before the maximum mileage, cleaning the fuel manifold before it’s due, replace the tires before the tread is at minimum depth, etc. While towing the trailer, I’m usually on the road by myself. I want to minimize the number of problems. So far, so good! She’s a fine truck!
In the seven years that I’ve owned this exquisite big white truck, she has taken me (and Towhee the Trailer) everywhere we’ve ever wanted to go over a total of 87,111 miles, or about 12,444 miles per year. Which adds up to … 111,111 miles total in her lifetime.
And, and! Guess what the date was when I discovered that the big white truck had that very day turned her odometer over to 111,111 miles. Just guess. The mileage changed over to 111,111 on January 1. On 1/1. I say this big white truck is #1!! 🙂
