So just how many miles do you do a year?
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In England I'd put on 8k a year and ended up with my VW Polo on about 105k miles. Plenty of stuff went wrong with that car. I certainly wouldn't have kept bailing it out if a trip across the pond wasn't imminent.
Here I'm certainly driving further. Time will tell what that equates to.
Here I'm certainly driving further. Time will tell what that equates to.
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Re: So just how many miles do you do a year?
Bought car in June 2015, has now 20,500miles on it. so about 12-14,000 per year.
And hubby's car another 10-12,000 per year.
And hubby's car another 10-12,000 per year.
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We used to put right on 25,000 a year on our Accord, and about another 5,000 split between the F250 and the Mustang.
Then little Miss P started school, so we could no longer commute together, so now it's about 25,000 on the Accord, and 15,000 on the F250, and a couple of thousand on the Mustang.
BTW the Accord has recently passed 320,000 miles! A bunch of things are still original, including the clutch, starter motor, and suspension.
Typo, "work".
Then little Miss P started school, so we could no longer commute together, so now it's about 25,000 on the Accord, and 15,000 on the F250, and a couple of thousand on the Mustang.
BTW the Accord has recently passed 320,000 miles! A bunch of things are still original, including the clutch, starter motor, and suspension.
Typo, "work".
Husband did around 40-50k back in the UK. Zero here, he hasn't even bothered with getting an Il license.
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Bought my car in August 2015; it has around 4,500 miles on the clock.
I've recently got a lovely new electric cargo bike, and have a goal to do more bike miles than car miles in 2017. It helps that I have a teen learning to drive - whenever we go anywhere now, I toss him the keys so he benefits from more practice, and I benefit from not having to count those as my driving miles for my challenge
I've recently got a lovely new electric cargo bike, and have a goal to do more bike miles than car miles in 2017. It helps that I have a teen learning to drive - whenever we go anywhere now, I toss him the keys so he benefits from more practice, and I benefit from not having to count those as my driving miles for my challenge
I bike a lot too. I did around 3000 miles last year, lower than the UK, but I'm aiming for at least that again this year. I'm in a winter bike challenge with some friends to see who can get to 1000 miles between Jan-Mar first. I'm on 184 since New Year's Day, but it was really icy yesterday and even the studded tyres slipped on some roads.
Good luck with your miles.
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Around 5000 in my Challenger - less than 1000 in my F-150. Most of my work miles are off the ground, or courtesy of Uber.
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Yep, most of the miles on our car are my daughter driving to school if she's (who said deliberately?) late or if it's too cold for a 30 minute walk. My son used it for his 10 mile round trip to college occasionally too, but he was more than happy to take the bus usually.
I bike a lot too. I did around 3000 miles last year, lower than the UK, but I'm aiming for at least that again this year. I'm in a winter bike challenge with some friends to see who can get to 1000 miles between Jan-Mar first. I'm on 184 since New Year's Day, but it was really icy yesterday and even the studded tyres slipped on some roads.
Good luck with your miles.
I bike a lot too. I did around 3000 miles last year, lower than the UK, but I'm aiming for at least that again this year. I'm in a winter bike challenge with some friends to see who can get to 1000 miles between Jan-Mar first. I'm on 184 since New Year's Day, but it was really icy yesterday and even the studded tyres slipped on some roads.
Good luck with your miles.
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This is my new bike-as-minivan, good for transporting many pounds of groceries, and people too!
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Between 7-15K mile...really depends if we go anywhere or not but even going nowhere puts up a chunk of miles.
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We bought our car in 2009 with about 36K miles on the clock and it's almost up to 100K, so around 9K/yr average I guess.
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I checked the odo earlier - 6319 miles in 15 months. It's our only car, just my daughter and me as drivers.
Lots of posts on here talk about doing so many more miles as a norm, but ours have reduced by almost 90%. It wouldn't be the case, however, if we didn't have access to very good public transport and live in a very walkable and bike friendly community.
Lots of posts on here talk about doing so many more miles as a norm, but ours have reduced by almost 90%. It wouldn't be the case, however, if we didn't have access to very good public transport and live in a very walkable and bike friendly community.
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12500 miles in last 27 months, having checked my records. All commute, except about 1500 leisure, touring Florida.
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Some interesting replies. From what people have responded, they do not do many more or less miles than they would in the UK. I was expecting more people to say over 20k
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The thread seems to have attracted a disproportionate number of people who make a virtue out of giving up their time as well as ease and convenience - specifically at least two non-working housewives who ride their bicycles as a means of regular transport.