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The relation of atomic units to the corresponding SI units involves the values of the fundametnal physical constants, and is therefore not exact.

From the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 80th edition.

200,000 and still going...

Well, by the time I get home tonight, I'll have 200,000 miles on my car. I bought it new back in 1994, a shiny dark red Saturn SL, my first car, and it still runs pretty good. At the time I couldn't drive stick, and I couldn't afford automatic, so my brother and father taught me to drive stick. Sure, it's showing its age, and I've had a couple of expensive repairs (like having the engine rebuilt), but it has generally treated me well. It still gets 35mpg. It needs new shocks (struts?), and if I keep it much longer it'll need a new clutch and exhaust system -- both are still the original.

I had only had it for two weeks when I got rear-ended in the rain, pushed into the car in front of me. Both the car behind me and the car in front of me needed a bit of body work, but my Saturn had a scratched rear bumper, and the hood ornament popped off. Saturns are made out of some kind of springy plastic that bounces instead of dents.

Hmmm...maybe I can keep it to 300,000?