Mileage Two: How many miles do you cover in a year??

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Mileage Two: How many miles do you cover in a year??

Post by catgroom » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:09 pm

Hi!

Thought Jimmy's post was a great idea,so it inspired me to add this one too!

How many miles do you do in your 480 per year?

Me? 40000 average.Basically its like a mint 480 thats being given the life of a carefully driven company car!


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Post by dave » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:08 pm

In the clio 5k lol
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Post by martinholmesuk » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:19 pm

15840 miles per year just down the M4 + whatever I do social wise.

I seem to have done loads of miles since being back in the UK.
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Post by clubman_dan » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:20 pm

last year, probably about 15k in 480s
and about 1k in my mini :lol:
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Post by Darren » Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:36 am

Since getting the 480 last September I've did about 7-8K. Dire need of a service, still trying to get a couple of bits though.

From August 2004 up to September 2006 I covered about 40k in my Mini. The poor engine did that on two services, too!

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Post by Macaroon » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:46 am

Reckon I'm on around 4-5k but I really should know as I have restricted mileage on my insurance.
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Post by Agwa Moose » Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:14 am

Usually somewhere around 10k, but I seem to have done a bit less than normal so far this year

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Post by Big Brother » Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:16 am

I do about 15,000 now, used to do less than 6,000
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Post by bbf » Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:42 am

around 3000 miles per year. no need to drive to work or something. mainly social wise.
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Post by ForZe » Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:36 am

Around 18/20k, all in the 480
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Post by Roo » Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:46 am

Zero in the 480 but it looks like its been to the moon and back with the amount of problems i'm finding. :(
I'm averaging roughly 16-18k per year in whatevers on the road at the time.

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Post by JJ » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:31 pm

Last few years it is about 10.000 miles/year. The first two years after I bought the car (and before I got my T613), it used to be about 25.000 miles/year.

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Post by ICFM » Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:14 pm

This week - 800 miles so far and it's only Thursday.

Generally only 20 -30K a year
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Post by rpruen » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:33 pm

480 last year: 28 miles

Van: I seem to average about 1200 miles a week

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Post by chris1roll » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:37 pm

480: about 3,000 this year I reckon, now on 125,300 That works out at just 7K per year over its lifetime.

740: 16,000 this past 12 months, in just under a year it will be on 200,000!
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Post by dave » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:03 pm

I just did 7 miles in the Clio.

Back in the garage now :rofl:
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Post by jimmyanderson123 » Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:55 am

howdy, reckon I do somewhere around 35k-40k a year plus social side of it. but now company car has arrived that will probably drop to about 10k.

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Post by coyote1980 » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:36 pm

I do about 13.000 - 15.000 km a year, but am planning on getting a 850/V70 to take some of the work of my 480's shoulders before next winter :)
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Post by jimmyanderson123 » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:54 pm

yeah the v70 is a good car used to have a v90 which was very good and used to eat up the mileage without a problem. should look at them!! there pretty cheap for a top of the range one. :D
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Post by chris1roll » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:46 pm

chris1roll wrote:480: about 3,000 this year I reckon, now on 125,300 That works out at just 7K per year over its lifetime.
And if it wants to do many more it had better stop messing me about!! :angry:
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