# Odometer
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 5, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503 "2018-06-05T23:48:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503/1 "2018-06-05T23:48:30Z")
Woo hoo!
[ ](http://greenwoodsoftware.com/misc/odo.jpg)
Two things I’ve told people today:
1. I’m never going to drive this car again.
2. I’m going to try to sell it to a computer programmer and convince him it has only 63 miles on it.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503/2 "2018-06-06T01:26:43Z")
There are 10 kinds of people in the world…
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### Author:  [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503/3 "2018-06-06T11:42:06Z")
I was a bit annoyed the other day that mine had passed 80000 without me spotting it. I did catch it on 80808 but it wasn’t particularly convenient to stop for a photo of it. I doubt I’ll keep the car long enough to make it to 63 binary miles :).
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### Author:  [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503/4 "2018-06-06T13:10:30Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#):
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> …I did catch it on 80808 …
You also missed 80085. BOOBS.
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### Author:  [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503/5 "2018-06-06T13:35:23Z")
What’s the B stand for? Never seen that before.
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### Author:  [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503/6 "2018-06-06T14:58:49Z")
My car has a B position for downhill driving, and it uses more regenerative braking (it’s an EV). As far as the owner’s manual is concerned, B doesn’t stand for anything. “Brake”, maybe?
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### Author:  [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503/7 "2018-06-06T15:04:44Z")
> [@TroutMan](#):
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> My car has a B position for downhill driving, and it uses more regenerative braking (it’s an EV). As far as the owner’s manual is concerned, B doesn’t stand for anything. “Brake”, maybe?
looks like a Prius gear selector pattern, so yeah “B” is for “engine” braking.
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### Author:  [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503/8 "2018-06-06T15:26:32Z")
I have a temperature display right above my odometer. One day a few years ago, the temperature was 44 degrees, and my odometer said 44444!
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### Author:  [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503/9 "2018-06-06T16:18:58Z")
Yes, it’s a Prius. The B position basically puts it in low gear. Generally used for engine braking so I guess that’s why they label it B.
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### Author:  [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odometer/815503/10 "2018-06-07T02:59:53Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#):
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> What’s the B stand for? Never seen that before.
Oh, I thought you were talking about the B in BOOBS. Now that I see that you were talking about the gear indicator, I feel a sense of relief for not needing to deliver a snarky reply. All good.
But dude… BOOBS!