Our 2004 silver Honda Pilot reached 110,000 miles on August 31, and 111,111 on September 4.  In between, 111098 (11 10 9 8) went by unnoticed, but I was ready for 111213 (11 12 13) on September 9.

I try to keep a record of where the vehicle was each time a thousand mile mark passes, so I will be watching for 112000 and 113000.  And this year, if I drive few enough miles, I might be able to show the date on the odometer!  I could park the car for two months and drive just enough miles to reach 111513 (11/15/13) on November 15.

As I write this, It’s too late for any date prior to November 12 (11 12 13), and I usually drive about a thousand miles each month, making it unlikely to eke out 113013 on November 30.  But I will watch and hope. 

It will also be a low mileage feat to match the date next year; the first possible opportunity would be 120114, for December 1, 2014.  If somehow I hit that day, then I would just have to drive 100 miles each day thereafter to show the date on the odometer for the whole month (120114, 120214, 120314, …, 123114).  That would be very cool!  After that, the mileage runs out of months, and I don’t want to switch to a European Day / Month / Year display.

For anyone with a brand new car, the first future odometer day you can look for would be 1114, 1/1/14, January 1, 2014.  That’s because any day left in 2013 will have at least five digits (e.g. 9/10/13 is 91013; 10/1/13 is 10113).  In any case, stay alert and check your mileage; there may be a cool odometer number combination just around the corner.  Literally.