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> NPC - 2.7mm mile `66 Volvo P1800 on NOVA Science Now, also as seen in HS&E
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post Mar 15 2012, 01:16 PM
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I saw a leading segment on NOVA Science Now on PBS about the red 1966 Volvo P1800 owned by the NY former school teacher OO that he's driven 2.7+ mm miles*, & is in the Guinness Book for it. Look for it on your local PBS channel.

Yup - that's 27 times turned over on it's 5 digit odometer like our 914s have! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

It was also featured in Hemmings Sports & Exotics last year IIRC.

Interesting but not an in depth car guy/gal coverage, but nice to see old cars getting some wider "cred"! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

*EDIT: The abbreviation above of "mm" or "MM" is from Roman Numerals for 1000x1000 = 1,000,000 or million.
So that's 2,700,000+ miles as of the show, 2,500,000+ miles as of the HS&E article linked below.
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post Mar 15 2012, 01:26 PM
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Here's a link to the HS&E article for those interested:
http://www.hemmings.com/hsx/stories/2011/1...n_feature1.html

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What's a mm mile???

2.7 Millimeter Miles? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Mar 15 2012, 12:39 PM) *

What's a mm mile???

2.7 Millimeter Miles? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)


mm = abbrev. for million used for dollars in our spreadsheets, financial analysis, etc. for 40+ years.

News journalists tend to use M instead, so use whichever works in your mind! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

However, I understand your confusion coming from the land of mm's! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

PS - It's actually & technically "MM" - from Roman Numerals for 1000x1000, but IMHO & that of most doing such financials & proformas use lower case so it doesn't visually overwhelm the data presentation.

Sorry to corn-fuse the readers out there! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
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QUOTE(Tom_T @ Mar 15 2012, 12:49 PM) *

It's actually & technically "MM" - from Roman Numerals for 1000x1000


I've used that forever and never knew why. Thanks.
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QUOTE(DBCooper @ Mar 15 2012, 04:43 PM) *

QUOTE(Tom_T @ Mar 15 2012, 12:49 PM) *

It's actually & technically "MM" - from Roman Numerals for 1000x1000


I've used that forever and never knew why. Thanks.


Yeah, after Andy's comment I was afraid folks would think I meant "millimeter miles" for a Hot Wheels sized one! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Mar 18 2012, 01:35 AM
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always liked the P1800
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this is from when Volvo was volvo and saab was Saab two swedish panzerwagens (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
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QUOTE(Tom_T @ Mar 15 2012, 11:49 AM) *

QUOTE(SirAndy @ Mar 15 2012, 12:39 PM) *

What's a mm mile???

2.7 Millimeter Miles? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)


mm = abbrev. for million used for dollars in our spreadsheets, financial analysis, etc. for 40+ years.

News journalists tend to use M instead, so use whichever works in your mind! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

However, I understand your confusion coming from the land of mm's! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

PS - It's actually & technically "MM" - from Roman Numerals for 1000x1000, but IMHO & that of most doing such financials & proformas use lower case so it doesn't visually overwhelm the data presentation.

Sorry to corn-fuse the readers out there! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)


It may be common to money folks but to an engineer two lowercase ms are always going to read a thousandth of a meter. The clearest abbreviation for million would be mega since m is problematic for numerous reasons mille miglia is a thousand miles even though Mille sounds to us in the states as million.
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QUOTE(worn @ Mar 18 2012, 08:09 AM) *

QUOTE(Tom_T @ Mar 15 2012, 11:49 AM) *

QUOTE(SirAndy @ Mar 15 2012, 12:39 PM) *

What's a mm mile???

2.7 Millimeter Miles? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)


mm = abbrev. for million used for dollars in our spreadsheets, financial analysis, etc. for 40+ years.

News journalists tend to use M instead, so use whichever works in your mind! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

However, I understand your confusion coming from the land of mm's! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

PS - It's actually & technically "MM" - from Roman Numerals for 1000x1000, but IMHO & that of most doing such financials & proformas use lower case so it doesn't visually overwhelm the data presentation.

Sorry to corn-fuse the readers out there! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)


It may be common to money folks but to an engineer two lowercase ms are always going to read a thousandth of a meter. The clearest abbreviation for million would be mega since m is problematic for numerous reasons mille miglia is a thousand miles even though Mille sounds to us in the states as million.


2,700,000 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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