Niagara Falls, Ont., man put 1 million km on his car. He wants to drive 1 million more
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"Bro, go for one million."
That's what Arun Ghosh's friend told him after his car odometer clocked 500,000 kilometres.
So he did.
The 38-year-old Niagara Falls, Ont., man, who describes himself as being "really, really passionate about cars and driving," told CBC Hamilton it took years, but he finally achieved his goal of covering one million kilometres in his vehicle — a 2014 Honda Accord.
On July 30, when he was about 100 kilometres from his goal, Ghosh set out with friends to reach seven digitals.
Their trip began near the Peace Bridge, at the U.S. border, which to Ghosh symbolizes the opportunity he's found in Canada since moving to Welland, Ont., from Cherthala, India in 2017.
When Ghosh drove the millionth kilometre, things didn't go as he'd hoped.
"I expected to see one, triple zero, triple zero," he said.
But instead, the odometer froze at 999,999.
"I didn't know what to do."
Ghosh is now appealing to Honda to provide a custom, seven-digital odometer to not only log his achievement, but also keep up with the next million kilometres, which he hopes to do.
A local Honda dealership told CBC Hamilton they are looking into the possibility for him.
When Ghosh came to Canada as an international student at Niagara College in 2017, he bought his "dream car," he said. The Honda Accord with a V6 engine had 90,000 kilometres on it at the time.
Ghosh quickly started adding to that.
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