I love you Acura RSX

Last Tuesday, my Acura RSX hit the 100,000 mile mark. It happened as I was coming home from work, exiting at Lake Ave on the 210 freeway. When I bought my car a little over 5 years ago, I had no idea what kind of adventures I'd get into with it. I also had no idea it would be so dependable, and low maintenance. In fact, before going green was fashionable, my car was getting 35 mpg. It now averages around 32 mpg due to years of wear and tear.

Unfortunately, Acura no longer makes the RSX. Honda makes a Civic sports coupe that sort of takes its place. The performance is pretty similar on paper. When I brought my car to the Acura dealership last month for a 10,000 mile checkup, one of the car salesmen offered me $8,000 for the car, which is pretty good considering it's mileage, age, and a couple of scratches. I'm not in the market for a new car, but it was nice to know my car is in demand.

Anyways, as I was watching the odometer and celebrating (quietly to myself) 100,000 miles, my front driver side tire exploded as I pulled up to the stoplight at the top of the ramp. My car was celebrating so hard it blew out a tire. I slowly rolled a quarter mile down the street to Discount Tire (very convenient) and had a new one put on. The tire was only 6 months old and still under warranty, so no harm to the pocket book was done.

I got to wondering what are the odds that a tire blows out at exactly the 100,000 mile mark. I don't really know how to calculate it. I don't know if you can. The odds are so high, it seems like a "lottery moment" to me. That is to say the odds are so high you'd have to live many lifetimes for an incident like that to happen again.