I have had my Ford Ranger since new in 98 and am at 222,238 miles. I read where the distance to the moon at perigee is 225,622. Since I am closing in on that moon mileage, I was wondering what anyone else has done to commemorate that occasion.
May you have continued success.
I’ve had a number of cars well beyond moon mileage. The highest was 338,000 on an '89 Toyota pickup… when it got hit by an errant driver after I gave it to my daughter. My current car, a 2005 Scion tC, has over 220,000. I’ve been buying new since 1972 (with one exception).
I usually measure how many times around the world my cars have gone. The highest was 11 times before we sold it to a mechanic’s apprentice who is still driving it I believe.
I bought a one owner '94 Ranger XLT with over 300K on it and sold it to the third owner with over 450K. I saw him a month ago and the little truck is still running great and closing in on 500K.
Let us know when you get a little closer to the moon, and we’ll all moon you at the same time.
Yosemite
Don’t know about the moon mileage but when my Rivera hit 500,000, I stopped and took a picture of the odometer.
With my '74 Volvo, I was just happy to have made it to 76,000 miles before my wallet imploded–along with the car. In case anyone is wondering, I dumped it at 76K when I was finally able to afford a new car.
;-))
Maybe fire up your mp3 player with Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon”.
Or the Door’s “Moonlight Drive”.
I put a lot of miles on my cars and have never commemorated any point on the odometer.
When my old Mercury was at 350k the thought of would it by chance make 400k did cross my mind a few times.
It did make that and then some but I had long since stopped caring because the car was boring me out of my mind.
We’ve owned 4 vehicles in the pas 30 years (when I started buying from Japanese companies) with well over 300k miles. Longest during ownership was my 98 Pathfinder. I stopped driving it in 06 and let my oldest daughter drive it. We finally sold it to her ex bf when it was a little over 450k miles. Last I knew it reached 500k miles.
Wifes 96 Accord we gave to our niece in 07. She sold it after graduating college with over 400k miles.
I remember not too long ago that the conventional wisdom was to trade a car in before it hit 100K. Now days 200K is not uncommon at all. I see more and more 300K cars all the time, and 400K every once in a while. The top one I’ve owned was a '78 Mercedes 300D that showed 467K when I parted with it. That was 15 or 20 years ago. I used to see it around town, but haven’t in ten years or so. I wish I could say I was responsible for its longevity, but I bought it at about 450K and didn’t pay much for it. I drove it a year, and sold it for what I had in it.
heck, i don t even buy em until they ve proven that they can make it to the moon…
@wesw , the question is will they make it back?
Because I am more concerned with rust, I have never reached 200k since two Corollas many years ago. We are down to 10 years old and 15k per year then sell or trade. We are boringly average.
nah, once i get em, they ain t never comin back
There’s an 80s Toyota Celica running around town with 1.9 million miles on it. The car spent most of its life in the desert around Las Vegas on courier service. It’s white and still looks good!
My Brother In Law had a 1991 Ford Ranger he used as the delivery truck for his NAPA stores, until he sold them about 8 years ago. It was nearing 800,000 documented miles when he sold the businesses. The OP’s truck is just getting broken in! 
@Docnick
If it wasn’t for Irv Gordon, everybody would be talking about that Toyota you mentioned
His Volvo’s reliability probably puts to shame anything the company has produced in the last few decades
The current crop wouldn’t make it to 250K without bankrupting the owner . . .
Paul Gilbert put a million miles on his '89 SAAB 900 about 7 or 8 years ago and was given a new SAAB for hitting that mileage mark. That’s as good as it gets when commemorating something.
I seem to remember the car had accumulated about 7 or 8 deer strikes on it also. One thing about the 900 is they’re built like a tank.
SSSHHHH…Don’t tell the truck !
As long as it doesn’t know that it’s approaching milestone mileage it won’t start breaking down.
There’s several secrets you have to keep away from your mechanical devices. ( refrigerators , TVs, Washer/dryer, cell phone, etc )
like ;
When the warranty is over.
When the last payment has been made.
When milestone time has passed
And others youall can add.