170,000 miles and rising fast

HAL went over the 170,000 mile threshold on Friday August 20th just north of Traverse City, Michigan. It was a memorable trip with Heather...a ride that saw us pay $8 to visit a Michigan State Park for 5 minutes (never got out of the car because lightning was too bad) and took us straight through the heart of a very large and scary thunderstorm coming off of Lake Michigan.

HAL insisted we drive through... Heather thought we should stop. Jim sided with HAL... yeah, Jim still has some learning to do :)

We all came through safe and enjoyed the weekend despite our run-in. HAL is a champ...got new rear brake pad and rotors for the first time this week and has already shot past 171,000. At 175,000 - HAL will have put 40,000 miles on his new tires - purchased on December 31, 2009.

As always... here are some fun mileage facts:

Last 5,000 miles took 28 days or about 178.5 miles/day
Last 35,000 miles took 236 days or about 148.3 miles/day (yearly pace of 54,100)

Since 100,000 Miles on 2/18/2009 - 549 days or about 127.5 miles/day
First 100,000 Miles (4/23/2003-2/18/2009) took 2130 days or about 47 miles/day

At the pace of 125 miles/day... HAL should reach 200,000 miles in about 240 days or toward the end of April 2011. If I keep a 145 mile per day pace from here on out...200,000 would be reached in the latter half of March.

HAL at 165,000 miles

Yes... Jazzy's HAL blog continues.

HAL crossed over 165,000 miles this morning on the way to work. Man those miles are ticking up fast.

Here are some fun mileage facts...

Last 5,000 miles took 34 days or about 147 miles/day
Last 30,000 miles took 208 days or about 144 miles/day (yearly pace of 52,500)

Since 100,000 Miles on 2/18/2009 - 521 days or about 125 miles/day

At the pace of 125 miles/day... HAL should reach 200,000 miles in about 280 days or toward the end of April 2011. If I keep a 145 mile per day pace from here on out...200,000 would be reached in the latter half of March.

HAL... 160,000 miles and climbing

I know this has turned into HAL's blog - but you know... who has time for blog posting when they are busy driving so much? Not me...

Anyways... 160,000 miles reach on June 19th, 2010. 488 days since hitting 100,000 - thats just about 123 miles per day.

Yes, I drive a lot. Shall we start the When will HAL hit 200,000 miles contest soon? At 123 miles per day - thats... uh, 325 days from now, so Late April, 2011. We'll see...

HAL Hits 135,000!!!

Yes only 314 days between 100k and 135k. That's 111 miles per day average.

Jazzy and HAL spend a lot of time together...

Happy 2010! Hopefully more blog updates than in 2009...