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At 11:43 a.m. on September 7, 2009 I reached a milestone (literally) with the Jetta. It was Labor Day and I was returning home from St. Simon’s Island, Georgia after attending a wedding. During that drive, my 2003 Volkswagen Jetta crossed the 100,000 mile mark.
I was able to capture the moment using my cell phone video camera.
The 100,000 mile mark used to have a lot more significance in a time when cars were not built to last nearly as long as the Jetta has lasted me (knock on wood). The moment was also made more significant because many odometers in older cars only accommodated five digits of mileage. When you hit, 100,000 miles you paradoxically hit zero miles at the same time as the odometer rolled over.
Despite all of that, it was a rare moment worth documenting.
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