# How many miles does your primary automobile have on it? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 1, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-primary-automobile-have-on-it/611423 "2012-02-01T15:24:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-primary-automobile-have-on-it/611423/61 "2012-02-06T04:59:52Z")
Very low mileage on my 2002 Mazda – still under 60,000. Still kind of mind boggling, though, that I’ve driven about every mile of that myself, and it doesn’t seem a lot, but it’s more than twice around the world. We live in remarkable times. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-primary-automobile-have-on-it/611423/62 "2012-02-06T05:05:21Z")
My 1994 Ford Capri Club Sprint (Form Mercury in the US, I believe) just passed 62,000km=38,750 miles. And it’s just been used to teach my stepson to drive, which put something like 5,000km on it in a year. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-primary-automobile-have-on-it/611423/63 "2012-02-06T05:12:39Z")
I just bought it in December. I already have 8800 KM on it (about 5500 miles.) I drive a lot for my job. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-primary-automobile-have-on-it/611423/64 "2012-02-06T05:22:19Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > My 1994 Ford Capri Club Sprint (Form Mercury in the US, I believe) just passed 62,000km=38,750 miles. And it’s just been used to teach my stepson to drive, which put something like 5,000km on it in a year. This makes we wonder if American tend to put miles on their cars than people from other countries. I’ve been averaging about 6,000 miles a year, which is about half the national average. But then I found [this table](http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/bar8.htm), apparently my driving is practically girlish. I didn’t realize that men drive about 50% more miles than women. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-primary-automobile-have-on-it/611423/65 "2012-02-06T15:53:37Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I am really surprised that so far there are only two people over the 250k mark. I mean, I knew those would be rare, but not THAT rare. We’ve never kept a car past around 130K, and I think I’ve only ever even **known** one person who kept a car that long. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-primary-automobile-have-on-it/611423/66 "2012-02-06T18:59:36Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > 114K on a 1995 GMC Sonoma. I bought it with 96K 5 years ago, so I average 3,600 miles a year. It’s a daily commuter but I live on an island. Our ‘Island Car’ is a '86 Volvo wagon. The odometer failed in 2003 at 188k, so the mileage is estimated at about 220k. Great workhorse; leaks some oil but doesn’t burn any - guess it’s a keeper. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-primary-automobile-have-on-it/611423/67 "2012-02-06T19:34:37Z")
92 Olds Cutlass. My Great Auntie bought it with 182 miles, I received from her in 2002 with 43K on it. It now has 150,200 on it. I drive it frequently in the summer - an average weekend will have 200 miles added, easily. Other than that, I maybe add 30 miles/week. ---
**Author:** ![smaje1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-primary-automobile-have-on-it/611423/68 "2012-02-07T00:34:53Z")
My car was at 44,444 as I drove into work this morning. It’s a nice number, and it made me happy. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-primary-automobile-have-on-it/611423/69 "2012-02-07T08:59:53Z")
270000, 1999 VW Passat TDi (diesel). We got it with 65000 on the clock 7-8 years back. I’m currently doing at least 500 miles a week commuting, and have done for 7 years. Actually (following an unfortunate episode with a flood across the road that hydraulic-ed a piston), the engine has just been swapped with one that has only done 100K, and the clutch was replaced at the same time. The rest of the car is great, and the cost of the repairs seems to be worth it to me (and I’m getting better mileage from the new engine). I’ll run that car into the ground. Si ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-primary-automobile-have-on-it/611423/70 "2012-02-08T00:25:33Z")
Is “gazillion” a word? I have no idea how many actual miles is on our 88 Econoline van but it’s far more than 300k. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-primary-automobile-have-on-it/611423.md?page=3)