Re: So just how many miles do you do a year?
 

*waves* I see it more as saving time by multitasking and combining two endlessly-recurring life tasks, shopping and exercise.

Mr Kodokan probably does about 3-4000 miles a year. When we moved here we deliberately got a house that's 4 miles from his work, so he does less than 2,000 miles for commuting, given vacations and business travel. He bikes there sometimes, too, as it only takes 5-10 mins longer than driving and doubles up as exercise for him.

I lived without a car for years in Europe, and plan to go back to doing so as soon as we no longer have to live in dull suburbs for school districting purposes. So this is like a practice run to see how practical that is in the US.

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:lol:

I pushed Mrs P to buy a house about as far away from my office as I thought I could get away with, no doubt beyond what most people would consider "reasonable". :unsure:

I also plan to buy as many cars as Mrs P will allow me to. Unless I win a major lottery prize I am unlikely to challenge Jay Leno, but with lottery money I would certainly give it a shot! :nod:

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The problem I had with living close to work was that I would more often take the car and come home for lunch instead of cycling to work. 5-10 mins by car, 15-20 by bike.

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Hubby 20K - 25K, The Dude and myself have racked up around 12K between us.

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The other issue we've found that being close to work also means if there's anything up, the missus is the first one called to check things out.

Like confirming that the alarm going off is because they're being robbed, rather than someone trying to shag the ATM at midnight.

Because, all that money spent on security is just for decoration :/

Re: So just how many miles do you do a year?
 

You and Mr K would get along roaringly well on this matter. His personal record for number of cars simultaneously owned is 7 or 8 (he lived on a farm with plenty of outbuildings, and not all of them actually worked). He has had 2-3 for most of the years I've known him; currently it's two, but there's mutterings about adding a third and taking up rallying this year. That'd push his annual mileage up a tad!

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Ouch :(

Re: So just how many miles do you do a year?
 

around 20k on one car and 15k on the other

Re: So just how many miles do you do a year?
 

So today I have an oil change scheduled for 3k miles since the last change in... November. Definitely driving more than I used to.

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3,000 miles? :blink: You must have been drinking the Koolaid! :lol:

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That equates to around 15K per year... Seems about right.

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I was talking about the oil change interval! :nod:

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Meh it's a rule I've always gone by.

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Same here.

Cheap maintenance.

If I could, I would have the oil come out the same colour it went in. :)

Re: So just how many miles do you do a year?
 

Ah ok.

I like frequent changes myself. It's not like it costs much.