Counting dinosaurs, and my car

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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There’s a crucial scene in Jurassic Park (the novel, not the movie). People are starting to suspect the dinosaurs are breeding. Fortunately the dinosaurs are counted daily. Every count shows exactly 300 (IIRC) dinosaurs. Only… There’s a programming error. The dinosaurs are counted, but when the counter reaches 300 it stops counting. Duh-duh-DUH!

So I leave the house today and I wonder how many miles I have on my 2005 Prius. I look at the odometer and it says 299999. Wow! :open_mouth: I’m going to get a picture when it turns over to 300,000 miles! I get to the end of the mile-long road. The odometer says 299999. I turn the corner and go to the intersection. 299999. I turn the corner and head toward the freeway. 299999.

I guess Toyota didn’t expect their cars to last so long.

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Toyota never should have used that frog DNA in the Prius.

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@Darren_Garrison

:clap: :clap: :clap:

~VOW

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I can only count past 20 if I drop my pants.

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And then you can get to 20.1…

[knee-slappin’ emoji]

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You mean from one of these?

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The 299,999 limit is well known and Toyota corrected it the next year. Just Google it, there is lots of discussion. Apparently there is a fix for it.

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I did before I posted. I’m not going to fix it. The car has 300,000+ miles on it. I’m starting to think about looking for a new used car.

I just can’t fathom why Toyota would put a 299,999 mile limit on their odometers. What’s the point?

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Here’s an old but wonderful thread on a similar subject:
A Honda with a clock showing the date.

According to Honda , after the 28th of February, the natural thing to do is display February 29, Feb 30, Feb 31,Feb 32,33,34,35,36,etc…
Although after February 99, there seems to be a little bit of a problem…