I live, work and go to school in San Diego. The prices of houses are insane here! I am thinking of buying about 40 miles north of my work to get more house for my money. That would be 80 miles a day. Then on school days, it's even another 15 miles south. So that would be 110 per day. That's going to be over 25-30k a year! Right now I do 12k. Just wondering who puts on the most mileage. Daily and/or yearly?

 

hrm, I don't put that much, probably like 65-70 a day needless to say its like im chaging my oil once a month hehe

 

Same here. Im the chauffer in my apartment so I drive all the time. I even drive around at night just to relax on some tense days.

 

I put 35k a year easy delivering pizza, I have a new job now though so I'm probably down to 200 miles a week now.

 

Weigh your options carefully. If you buy in the suburbs (or the boonies) you will undoubtedly get a bigger and newer house. However, think of the time you spend driving instead of using it as quality time, the extra car expenses, the lower house appreciation, the traffic congestion (especially if you are bound on one highway). When buying a real estate, there are three factors to consider: location, location, location!

 

between work, school and play, i put on like 1200 a month, so around 15k a year, whole sh*t i just realized... thats a lot

 

I bought the car new with 32 miles in april of 1999 now I have 85000 so thats an average of around 28k a year. I drive to Atlanta alot so that's about 350 miles round trip. Daily I drive about 40 miles.

 

I have a 95, bought it new and now i have 160K miles on it.

 

i bought my max 3 months ago and i put 9k on it already so i am looking at 36k a year.

 

My 95 Had 99,997 Miles on it before it was totaled last summer, i bought my 97SE in november with 52K miles and now it has 66k miles. Hopefully ill cut down on driving at school

 

lol, you deliver pizza, too? I got a summer job at Pizza Hut driving for them. I've only driven about 500 mi. for them this summer though, so the wear and tear hasn't been too excessive.

 

I've averaged 30k a year for the last 3 years...

 

Since I got my max from my brother in Mid March of '02 (69.5 on the odo), I've put on about 12K in a 5-month span, now over 81K. this was w/ driving to school downtown, work, and driving to Flint to see pops every sunday, and to Sterling Heights often (to see a few friends)

 

I drive TOO many miles...
I put over 6K in the first month that I bought my I30. It had like 59K when I bought it not too long ago. I guess I am on pace to hit somewhere in the 40K-50K range for the year. I put over 25K in a little over 7 months on my 98 SE till it was wrecked. My work is like 45 miles from my house and my school and most of my friends are about 35 miles away. Fork out the extra cash and get a places closer if you can afford it. I can't count the amount of times I have considered selling my car and getting something dirt cheap to drive so I could afford to live closer to work!!

 

I have a 97 se. and drive 30,000 + miles a year with no problem... I love driving my max.

 

give me one or two more days, and i'll hit 170,000 on my 95. original eng and tranny still i love my car

 

I have a '97 SE w/ just over 62K miles on the odometer currently. I bought it in March of 2001 with 51K miles. When I bought it, I was 16. I didn't get my license until December of that year, so the first few months I rarely drove the car. I used it on my permit to practice and occasionally my dad used it. Now, I only drive about 1000 miles a month (house to school, house to work, occasional trip to the shore, etc.).

Later,
-Nick

 

You are the 2nd person in a "nice" car that I've ever known to deliver pizza! 1st guy was this dude in Wichita Falls, TX. he delivers for Domino's in his 99 BMW Z3! You guys are nuts, buy a $300 dollar car to do your dirty work. Unless ofcourse you just enjoy driving all day, that's cool too. I'm just concerned about wear and tear, then again its not my car. Peace.

 

i have had my 99SE for almost 6 months, and i have put a crazy 10,000 miles on it. thats roughly 2,000 per month and about 500 a week. all i ever do is drive. i love it. i would really hate to sit there and calculate the anmount of money i have put into gasoline alone.

peace

 

Im almost there, I think?

I think I dump 20k/year..

 

These posts are silly but what the hey, I've put on a whopping total of 100k in the last 2.5 years for a total of 170k on the car.

 

My baby hit 120k last night. Had her brand new since mile 5, exactly 4 years ago.

 

you guys are not the only ones
I deliver pizza as well
lol
so do a few other local org members that i know.

On my 1st max. 93 SE, I got the car with 84k miles, put on around 19k miles in a year. tranny died and various **** kept going wrong, I got rid of it.
On my 98 GXE which i got right after the 93 SE, I got it with 57k just about 1 year ago, and i have 71 or 72k miles now. So that's 13k this year.
Now i got a 97 SE 5 speed, with 115k miles, just bought it.. I am estimating 40k+ miles a year. I'm transferring to a different college, which is approximately 80 miles from my house, the on campus housing filled up quickly and i got left without a place to live, hopefully i will find an apartment close to there fast, but if not, That's 160 miles a day, + my pizza delivery job that's over 200 miles a day Although I do not have classes daily, I will definately rack up 500 miles a week with no sweat on this car. The # scares the **** out of me, but then I see how well the car drives with 115k miles and I think it will go another 115k easy.

 

my father had a 1987 mercury sable that i used to do delivery, it didn't last very long.. i had numerous problems with it while at work and off work + insurance and paying to fix it.. i rather drive something i love driving.. but yeah, it does bother me a lot

 

Got a 99 SE with 187,000 on it. Still running great. Prolly going to try and sell it by years end (will be close or slightly over 200k by then). Hope I can still get something for it (runs great, looks great).

 

I was putting on about 1000 miles a week for a while, as I live in Buffalo and was still working in Rochester. However, I recently quit that job and do all my driving in the same city. I put on 250 a week tops now.

Much nicer.

 

I bought mine in mid dec of 2000 with 18K miles on it. It is a little pass mid august 2002 and I have 83K miles on it. I'm on pace of doing about 40k a year.

K

 

Neal! Don't use your baby to deliver Pizza.

 

I thought about it a lot, trust me, Green. I think I would take a smaller, older house here in San Diego instead of a newer, bigger one in Temecula but for the $250,000 I have to spend, it isn't just older/smaller, it's in a bad neighborhood. So, that alone, made up my mind. Thanks.

 

Yikes! It sounds like you are the winner skin! 50-60k a year (depending on when in '99 you bought it). Wow. You probably spend more time in your car than out of your car.

 

i've had my car for two and a half months now and have put 7k miles on it.

 

I drive into boston everyday for school and home every night totaling about 68 miles a day... 340 a week

 

let's do some math for my bro's 00 Max SE 5sp w/bolt ons

(70mi to work) * (2 round trip) = 140mi/day
(140mi/day) * (5 days/week) = 700 mi/wk
(700 mi/wk) * (4 wk/mth) = 2800 mi/mth
(2800 mi/mth) * (11 mth/yr) = 30,800 mi/yr

On top of that, he takes the car out every weekend and uses up 1/2 tank of gas...and for vacations, he drives to his destination. So I'd estimate he does 35,000 mi/yr or better...It's not wonder he wants me to give his 93 Max SE 5sp back so he won't have to log so many miles on the 00...the 93 has 207k.
Jae

 

Check out this math.

I feel up about twice a week, maybe 3 times. I'm getting a good 450 at the end of the tank.

450 x 2 = 900 miles minimum a week.
3600 miles a month
That's over 43,000 miles a year.

And throw in my occasional road trips. From Chicago to KC, ATL, STL, WI, the list goes on.

I'm going on record now to say I will have more miles than anyone in a shorter period of time. And she still runs great.

K