That's the whole point (the car bit, I mean), which Hagar also referred to with his age.
The car started it's life at 000000 miles, and Hagar started his life at 0 years, 0 months and 0 Days etc.
When Hagar turned 1, he had been alive for 1 full year. ;D
Unfortunately, someone, and I have no idea who, decided to call the first 12 months immediately after the YOOL, as the year 1 AD (probably some Roman idiot!! :D
When it was really year 'dot', nix, nada, bupcus etc .
So consequently we now celebrate the finish of our decades and centuries at the end of the 9th and 99th year instead of the end of the 10th or 100th.
It really should be remedied!!..............lol ;D
By the way Webb, I'm not entirely sure what the significance of the Jewish calender is, but I seriously doubt it's the 'creation of the world'. The world has been around a little longer than 6000 years or so....... ;D
I have quite a good Tora. One of about three in the whole of Australia
I think it counts from Noah (that would be around the right time) or perhaps some other significant 'start over point' for humanity. ;D
I have a really good Tora. One of onlt about 6 in the whole of Australia...............lol ;D
( A joke, we don't have a very large population of Jews, in fact most Australians have never met one!).
I'll have to check and see if there's anything in there about the beginning of "recorded" time.
Either that, or pop along to one of the three or four Synagogues in the whole of Sydney, and ask the Rabbi. ;)