"The days of our life are seventy years, or eighty if we have the strength. Yet the best of them are only hard work and sorrow. For they are soon gone and we fly away." Psalm 90:10, NLV
In 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Warner "Auto-Meter" as optional equipment on his Model T cars. This tool soon became known as the speedometer and included an odometer that tracked how far the vehicle had been driven. By 1920, most vehicles had these.
Over the years, it became obvious that if the odometer readout was lower, the vehicle was worth more! Somewhere in that early automotive horse-trading era, the...