I should say, it is a Dodge Colt, 4 door.
Really? What are you driving?
I’ve put 7000ish miles on my car since I got it at the beginning of last June, so I figure I’ll be at about 9000 when it’s been a year.
My 2001 Sentra has 18K miles.
DH has a 2003 Dodge truck - I just mailed off the 7th payment on it and he has 17K miles. He averages about 21K a year. A car t-boned his last truck and over $4K was deducted from the value for high milagecringe
My former workplace was about 12 miles away from where I lived. At that time I was driving a 1988 Toyota Tercel. It racked up about 900 miles a month. In the 6+ years that I owned it I put about 58,000 miles on it, or about 744 miles per month on average. It had nearly 121,000 miles on it when I turned it in and I don’t suppose it would have made it much farther than that.
My current workplace is less than five miles away. I traded cars a few months after starting this job and now drive a 1995 Nissan Sentra. I’ve had the car for almost two years now and I’ve put less than 10,000 miles on it so far. On average I put 400-500 per month on it. It currently has about 73,000 miles on it.
My new 2003 Matrix is 1 year, 8 days old today. 39,1xx Kms on it today.
For me this is perfect since I got the extended 200K KM warrenty for 6 years. Works out that when I’m finished paying for my car, my warrenty will finish.
In the last 12 months, I’ve put almost 31,000 miles on my Honda Crapwagon, 18,000 of which are between Toledo and Chicago.
I’ve had my car (96 Saturn SW2) since Sept ‘02 and I’ve not yet put 3K miles on it. Wife drives 99 Merc Villager we’ve had since Dec 2001 and we’ve put about 10K miles. It’s the mommymobile, only short trips around town, doctors, grocery store, zoo, park etc. And I just drive mine to work and back, little else. I can’t imagine driving like some of you are. That many miles means that much more fuel, and it ain’t gettin’ cheaper.
My 2000 Mitsubishi Galant, bought brand new in March 2000, has less than 13,000 miles on it, or about 360 miles/month. Actual mileage per month is less, plus a couple of big trips. They’re mostly city miles, though. The car sits idle Monday - Friday most weeks, but it’s invaluable for weekend duties.
I bought my car in October 2001, and to date have put 37 000 miles on it. It’s a lot, I know, but nothing compared to the way my parents rack 'em up.
-M
My 2002 Honda Civic will be a year old next week and that will be just about the time I hit 20,000 miles.
A few months ago I gave up worrying about how fast I was piling on the miles… it is a car after all and this is what its for.
I lease a 2002 Saturn, so miles are key. I always pre-pay for 15,000 miles per year in case I get transferred or do some heavy tripping. However, for my last two leased vehicles I averaged only 12,000 miles per year, right at the included limit.
Mrs. Lorenzo averages about 6,000 miles per year which didn’t help at all at her last lease termination because used car values were really in the tank compared to residuals.
Public Service Annoncement: leasing is a non-starter for so many people because of the mileage restrictions. I have seen well meaning people crushed at the end of a lease. Guy leases car and promptly loses job. Finds lousy job 50 miles from home and does not want to move. 14 months into the lease the warranty is exhausted. He is on track for 86,000 miles at 36 months where he can either pay at least $10,000 in penalties, not to mention 4 tires and any out-of-warranty repairs, for a car he will never own. He gets nothing other than the pleasure of walking away from his mistake.
Or, assuming a $20,000 purchase price, for $10,000 he can re-finance this out-of-warranty vehicle that has a cash value of only about $4,000. Not pretty.
I have a 1996 Pontiac Sunfire. I average about 12,000 miles a year, give or take 500 miles for each visit to my parents’ house.
Lorenzo, I can understand a business leasing a car, but I’ve never been able to make a lease make sense for the individual. And you’ve painted a grim picture of a potential outcome. I’m truly curious and not at all desiring to cast shadows on you; can you explain to me why an individual might lease?
My 2000 NeoBeetle that I’ve had for 35 months (3 yrs 4/1) has 20,801 miles, coming out to a tad under 7k a year. My auxilliary 92 Cabriolet had 55k when I got it in 97 and has 87k now, coming out to about 6.5k a year, but most of those were from when it was my primary vehicle and I had a 50 mile round trip commute. Mr. Ben, tho has a 2001 Passat wagon with 48k miles which we got 4 months after we got the Beetle. :eek:
So I’m detecting that I’m way above and beyond the average miles per year put on a car or truck. At this rate, I’ll have hit 150k a year after I pay the damn thing off. But at least 90% of the mileage is highway miles.
Tripler
Maybe I should start renting?
I put about 10,000 per year on my '88 Fiero.
I have a bit of a drive into work, so I end up driving between 2100 and 2300 miles each month. Almost all of this is highway mileage, but even so that’s a good bit of wear on a vehicle. I currently drive a 1989 Isuzu pickup (it was cheap). I only get about 16 miles per gallon currenlty, so I fill up on a daily basis. Between the gas and a monthly oil change, I’m seriously thinking that a new car with better gas mileage would end up saving me money. It’s something I’ll have to look into when I have some free time.
-Belz
I had a 1988 Nissan Pulsar NX SE I drove for three years and sold with 122,000 miles on it. 41,000 a year. I tended to date women from out of state.
You live in Miami and dated women from out of state??? You gotta move closer to the state line man! Ideally you’d move to Rhode Island…lotsa women across the line in any direction, and not far to get there. ‘:D’