[Tony NZ]

Hi There, I assume this is my introductory process? Here in New Zealand I have owned my '92 968 for 14 years now! A White Tiptronic that has so far clocked up 309,000 kms on the same motor!

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[94SilverCab]

Welcome Tony (I assume that's your name) 

 

Thanks for the intro, welcome to the site.

 

It takes about 5 posts before you have full rights and access.

 

Regards,

 

Jay

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[az968]

Welcome. Impressive miles!

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[Rap]

Welcome. Enjoy the site!

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[Waylander]

Welcome

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[az968]

So this got me wondering about termimology. In the US we call it "mileage" since we measure distance in miles. What does the ROW call it, "kilomeratage"?

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[Kim]

mileage measured in kilometres. 

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[az968]

Yes, but how is the number of kms on a car referred to, like down south of you for example we call it a "high-mileage" or a "low-mileage" vehicle.  Is it a "high-kilomage" car?

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[Kim]

if it is a Porsche it is generally referred to as "worn out", especially by prospective buyers! And "carefully maintained" by prospective sellers.

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[ds968]

BTW, if you just happen to have high mileage on your car, you can't really claim you're a member of " the mile high club " ..

( and the kilometer high club is for activities in helicopters .. )

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[Kim]

FYI.  In Canada, most younger people call them kilo-metres.  Old folks, like me, call them kil-om-etres.  This has been traced back to the original Star Trek series, which was the first common non-academic use of this unit of measurement.  Canada was still using miles when this show was on. Most of us didn't even have a clue back then what one really was.  

 

I always say centi-metre, milli-metre, etc but never kilo-metre.  Always kil-om-etres.

 

Thank you, Mr Spock and Mr Roddenberry.

 

Trivia class is over now due to heat on my brain.

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