> I'll bet that the workings get sticky with age and lube drying
out, and you
> have to push harder to activate it.  Combine that with old
brittle plastic
> and you've got breakage.  I reset that thing on the fly every
tank of gas for
> 6 years.  I figure that was 500 times before it went.  Why
didn't it go the
> first time? Or first 50 times?
>because it is a myth.

if it's a myth, then why is it a myth on volvo and saab and other
cars that use VDO speedos? my odometer broke on my 86 bus in less
than 12,000 miles. and i'd be justa pushing that reset button as
i drove off from the gas pump. my sister's dasher wagon broke its
odo in less than 5000 miles. her volvo 245 station wagon lasted
all of 8000 miles, way back when.

maybe they've gotten better. maybe it was only the pre-19xx
models. but it has happened to my fambly.
so i don't do it anymore. and i advise folks to not do it with
any car that has a VDO speedo unit.

joel