He said he’s looking to find a year cut-off because he doesn’t want one with the old mechanical odometer that could easily be rolled back. There’s a post from a guy over at Ford Truck Enthusiasts that asks what year Ford switched over to digital odometers. The switch to digital odometers made milestones less exciting, but it has also reassured used car buyers that the car’s mileage is accurate because rolling back a digital odometer is not possible. Selling a car that shows 67,000 miles is far easier to sell than one that shows 102,000 miles, and unsavory sellers regularly partook in this dishonest behavior. They were also fairly easy to roll back in an effort to commit fraud. They were unremarkable devices, but sure made the change from 99,999 to 100,000 miles a lot more fun because of that slow roll of the five zeros. Analog odometers were a car staple well into the 1990s.
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