Stupid odometer question

[forestb]

I am trying to figure out my odometer reading on my auto meter gauge. I am assuming that the read number is miles and not tenths of a mile. Meaning that I have 38,032 miles on my odometer. The only reason I am unsure is because that seems like a lot of miles for the amount that I have been driving. I know that the easiest way to answer my question is to just drive the truck but I have an oil leak right now and I need to let my insurance company know by tomorrow

[Warrens69GMC]

Black is miles, red is tenths of a mile

So 3803.2 miles

[cwcarpenter98]

I agree with Warren

[forestb]

That is good. I don’t know how I possibly could have put 38 thousand miles on the truck. It seems odd that they would only have enough spaces for 99,999 miles.

[cwcarpenter98]

Maybe they think the majority of their customers won't drive the vehicle more than 100k miles?

I probably put less than 5k miles a year on my truck because I split my driving between my Dakota and my C10. I definitely drive the Dakota more during the summer because A/C

[Wrenchbender Ret]

All old vehicles just went to 99,999 miles. Thats about all they would last back then.
George

[AcampoDave]

Originally Posted by Wrenchbender Ret

All old vehicles just went to 99,999 miles. Thats about all they would last back then.
George

Yep, remember what a big deal it was when you "rolled it over"?
Edit: BTW Forrest, what are the black markers around the bezel for?

[forestb]

Originally Posted by AcampoDave

Yep, remember what a big deal it was when you "rolled it over"?
Edit: BTW Forrest, what are the black markers around the bezel for?

My speedometer doesn’t match up with my actual speed so I used an app on my phone to figure out what my speedometer reading actually means and then put markers on it so that I can tell what speed I am actually going. I know that there’s a plastic gear in the transmission that you can change out but I am Awfully lazy.

I knew I couldn’t have driven 38,000 miles. I mostly drive a gas sipping Honda with ac to work.

[cwcarpenter98]

Mine is off too It reads about 5 mph slow for me, so fairly easy to guesstimate. I tried changing the driven gear, but currently, I need to change both the drive and driven gear to make it correct. I hope that's not the case for your truck!