Does anybody drive less than me?

[lihpster]

On 12/14/2024 I bought a used Toyota Camry. At the time, the only legal vehicle I had was a motorcycle with 20-year-old tires on it. I needed a legal vehicle and something that I could haul groceries in. It had relatively low miles on it, and I plan to keep it that way. However, I may have been overdoing it. I filled the tank on 1/10/2025 and I still have half a tank. I just checked and I have driven the car 605 miles since I got it. I think I need to get out more.

 

[blackdeuce]

I haven't checked my mileage recently, but I bought a new BMW right at a year ago. I bet it doesn't have 1000 miles on it (probably half of that). When we go anywhere, my wife likes to drive, so I let her (she has a Mazda CX-5). If we go very far, I set up my laptop in the backseat and work. For local travel, I'll take our POS 2004 Toyota Sienna around town (275k miles). My kids think I'm nuts. lol.

 

[old bear]

On 12/14/2024 I bought a used Toyota Camry. At the time, the only legal vehicle I had was a motorcycle with 20-year-old tires on it. I needed a legal vehicle and something that I could haul groceries in. It had relatively low miles on it, and I plan to keep it that way. However, I may have been overdoing it. I filled the tank on 1/10/2025 and I still have half a tank. I just checked and I have driven the car 605 miles since I got it. I think I need to get out more.View attachment 736815

 

[old bear]

I got my 2017 BMW in august 2020 with 24,000 miles on it. It now has not quite 50,000 on it. I gas it up once a month wither it needs it or not.

 

[LVSteve]

I'm uncertain if I have put diesel in my SUV more than once this year. I'm not sure if I have put any in my diesel sedan this year. Some of this is due to retirement, and a lot of it down to my ingrained habits having been raised in the land of expensive gas, England. Any time a vehicle is started, it will be visiting multiple places in one trip. I am not one to be continually "nipping out".

 

[Rustyt1953]

Ten years ago I voluntarily surrendered my DL. I had muscle tissue removed from the left side of my neck and jaw with irreparable nerve damage. This resulted in unannounced violent neck spasms that would pull my head down to my left shoulder. Very painful.

The first time it happened I had two grandkids in the car with me and a spasm caused me to run up on a curb and barely miss a parked car and a pedestrian. That scared me to think I could injure my grandkids or pedestrians. I quit cold turkey.

Don't miss it as I can still get where I'm going.

 

[JET4]

My 2018 Toyota 4Runner only has 16,000 miles on. We bought it in Aug. 2018. Only driven it 300 miles this year since the last oil change in Aug. 2024. We drive the 2011 4Runner most of the time.It has 150,400 miles on it.

 

[67tempest]

When I worked at a Buick dealership an old couple had their Buick Century towed in for a dead battery. I took the information from the vehicle and found it was over 2 years old and had less than 50 miles on it. I asked the husband why the vehicle had such low mileage. The owner said they bought the vehicle new and parked it in the garage in case they needed it. After it sat for over 2 years they finally had somewhere to go and found out the battery was dead. The battery was replaced under warranty and we installed a battery maintainer, telling the owner to plug the maintainer in as soon as they put it back in the garage, I never saw them again.

 

[arjay]

I’ve been averaging 6000 miles/year over the last five years. My 20 yr old explorer is gonna outlive me
(I had a stroke that affected my balance and right side that year. I’ve improved since then, but when I’m tired the right leg suffers from lag and the fine motor skills are gone. I don’t tailgate anymore nor am I aggressive …usually! )

 

[dm1215]

On 12/14/2024 I bought a used Toyota Camry. At the time, the only legal vehicle I had was a motorcycle with 20-year-old tires on it. I needed a legal vehicle and something that I could haul groceries in. It had relatively low miles on it, and I plan to keep it that way. However, I may have been overdoing it. I filled the tank on 1/10/2025 and I still have half a tank. I just checked and I have driven the car 605 miles since I got it. I think I need to get out more.View attachment 736815

I only put about 100 to 200 miles a month on mine, and a tank of gas can last me two months.

 

[Farmer17]

I've averaged over 30,000 miles/year for decades and most of it is just driving around the OKC metro area visiting my construction projects but we take a lot of road trips also. However at 66 I get tired of driving quicker than I use to but my wife doesn't mind taking over when I'm ready for a break.

 

[oldbrownhat]

How about these two?

 

[Bro. Dave]

...well, I live in Texas. In case you haven't looked at the size of Texas all I can say is that I drive (as we polite folk say) "the living daylights" out of my vehicles. In my area anything under 100k miles is advertised as "low miles."

 

[JohnRippert]

I averaged about 3,000 miles a year on my personal car back when I worked, since I mostly drove the company car. Since I have retired I think I am driving even less. Plus, I am splitting driving duties between my KIA Sportage and the Honda Odyssey every week or so. Which means even less miles per car.

 

[JcMack]

In Nov of 2007 I bought a new 2008 Chevy Colorado. It currently has 31,000 miles on it. So about 1,700 miles a year. Tomorrow is a scheduled road trip for supplies, so another 6.5 miles on the truck.

 

[LVSteve]

...well, I live in Texas. In case you haven't looked at the size of Texas all I can say is that I drive (as we polite folk say) "the living daylights" out of my vehicles. In my area anything under 100k miles is advertised as "low miles."

When visiting Texas a couple of Christmases ago, someone from my stepson's in-laws family asked about the mileage on my 2014 SUV. I told him 45k, but he repeated it back as 145k. When I corrected him, he came over majorly baffled.

 

[GypsmJim]

I bought a brand spanking new Pontiac Bonneville on Leap Day in 1980. It has been my pride and joy now for over 44 years.

Living in Buffalo, NY, my plan was to keep it as a "family car" and never drive it in the Winter on salt-laden roads.

As such, every October after an annual coat of wax, he is put in the back of the garage and covered up, waiting for Spring.

As luck would have it, back in about 1990, my son broke his arm and I was out of town with the other car on a business trip, so the wife pulled off the cover and took him to the hospital. I came back home 3 days later. As more luck would have it, the day was warm and sunny, so I got him out, washed the undercarriage thoroughly and got the cover back on.

As the years went by we were able to get another car and "Old Blue" was fully retired. Now he gets driven about 60 miles a year, and mostly to Cruise Night.

What's most interesting that here is a car with NO computer and a carburetor. Yet, he even runs quite well with 3 year old E10 gasoline.

Just had him out two days ago after 6 months idle. Started right up and ran like a champ. Last year I had a local classic car appraiser look the car and make me an offer. The price was 50% more than I paid brand new.

They don't build them like they used to....

 

[lihpster]

I bought a brand spanking new Pontiac Bonneville on Leap Day in 1980. It has been my pride and joy now for over 44 years.

Living in Buffalo, NY, my plan was to keep it as a "family car" and never drive it in the Winter on salt-laden roads.

As such, every October after an annual coat of wax, he is put in the back of the garage and covered up, waiting for Spring.

As luck would have it, back in about 1990, my son broke his arm and I was out of town with the other car on a business trip, so the wife pulled off the cover and took him to the hospital. I came back home 3 days later. As more luck would have it, the day was warm and sunny, so I got him out, washed the undercarriage thoroughly and got the cover back on.

As the years went by we were able to get another car and "Old Blue" was fully retired. Now he gets driven about 60 miles a year, and mostly to Cruise Night.

What's most interesting that here is a car with NO computer and a carburetor. Yet, he even runs quite well with 3 year old E10 gasoline.

Just had him out two days ago after 6 months idle. Started right up and ran like a champ. Last year I had a local classic car appraiser look the car and make me an offer. The price was 50% more than I paid brand new.

They don't build them like they used to....
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I see you take care of it. Looks beautiful.

 

[Rudi]

OP is right. You don't drive much.

 

[Breakaway500]

Most of my driving is on track. I average about 1-2k laps a year (2.3 miles per lap) so about 3500 miles a year. It’s only 36 miles round trip to Whiskey Hill, which is the only thing that keeps me in this horrid state…