I get the impression that these engines wear out quickly

[Jeph]

Originally Posted by humara

wouldn't that be IS instead of IMS? or is inter mediate 2 words now?
i guess that's worse than IBS?

Yeah, and if we're getting into semantics, isn't "100M miles" actually 100,000,000 miles?
I'd say that's an "old" engine. (I'd also say it's reliable.)

[Paul]

In accounting terms m = 1000, mm = 1,000,000

[Jeph]

Originally Posted by Paul

In accounting terms m = 1000, mm = 1,000,000

And in Roman Numerals, M = 1000, MM = 2000

However, accounting terms are generally associated with currency. Furthermore, "m" could also be "meters" or "miles." All in all, an ambivalent abbreviation.

I like the commonly used "100k" which hopefully won't get confused with 100 kilometers. And watch out for "100K" which would be 100 degrees Kelvin <- And that would be a COLD engine, not an OLD one.

What a tricky world of grammar we live in!
-I mean, "What a tricky world of grammar in which we live!"