Does anybody drive less than me?

I bought my loaded crew cab F-150 new in 2018. I'm retired and only have taken it on a couple of long trips One from Louisville metro area to New Orleans and the other to Kansas City. I keep it garaged and have under 20,000 miles on it.
 
dm1215 said:
I only put about 100 to 200 miles a month on mine, and a tank of gas can last me two months.
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This is just like me. In fact, I actually filled the 27 gallon tank on my F150 only 6 times all of last year!! I also changed my auto insurance to where I am paying by the mile. It is saving me 50% over what I used to pay.
Larry
 
GypsmJim said:
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 don't recall seeing a lot of 2 door Bonnevilles. Does it have the 301 in it?
 
How do you get the gasoline to last that long sitting in your tank for many months and/or even years?
 
The last truck I had was leased. 3yr lease and when I turned it in at the end to get another, it had 9K miles on it.
I ended up buying that next truck outright. I've had it for 2yrs and 4mo now. and I'm at 7400 miles.
About right.
I like the once a yr oil changes too.
 
Bald1 said:
I don't recall seeing a lot of 2 door Bonnevilles. Does it have the 301 in it?
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Yes. It also has the limited edition full vinyl top instead of the cabriolet 1/2 top.
 
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Maddog 521 said:
How do you get the gasoline to last that long sitting in your tank for many months and/or even years?
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I stabilize the gas when I put it in. The car lives in a very dry garage. I usually add a few gallons every year to freshen it up. I have an antique boat that suffers the same fate and she runs good all the time as well.

Ethanol gas was the greatest thing to come along since sliced bread. Why, you say? Because it gave everyone an excuse to not have to blame their problems on poor maintenance.
 
SeaFoam and StaBil work great for stabilizing gas. I use SeaFoam in everything. Along with buying 90 octane ethanol free gas if I know something is going to sit through winter. Like motorcycle or outboard
 
Certainly not me. I bought my last commuter at 85k miles, sold it after 5 years of commuting with 201k on it. For 3 of those years I commuted 5 days/week, 160 miles round trip to work...more than half on a windey 45mph coastal "road" that slid into the ocean about every 6 months.
 
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Two years ago my dad went into a nursing home. I started driving his pickup. A 2014 with 20k miles. I have over doubled the mileage plus drive my own pickup
 
Ii have a 2018 Subaru Outback with 19000 miles on it. In 2020, I was in and out of the Hospital a lot and I put less than 1000 miles on it that year. I am retired now and do not travel much.
 
Rustyt1953 said:
Same here only with the addition that my mom never drove a car either.

That all got to where they needed to go.
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Years ago many women didn't drive. Back then we didn't even have a car for 6 months of the year. Heck, we didn't even have a telephone! A pay phone and a delicatessen for bread and milk was only a block away.

Living in the city you either walked for groceries or took a bus to go to the doctor. Our driveway barely fit a car and it was so long the best you could do was shovel a walking path. Regardless, the street was narrow and not on a snowplow route.

I remember when Grandma & Grandpa moved to the suburbs. The house actually had a phone in it. One day Grandpa called up my Mom in excitement because a plow had actually driven by his house.

For my parent's 25th anniversary Dad bough Mom a brand spanking new Pontiac. Now, at 40 years old my Mom got a driver's license.
 
lihpster said:
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
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Sounds like it but then again if your not out your not spending money so that's always nice. But I would definitely put some gas treatment in it so it don't gum up the fuel pump or filter anything Lucas oil brand is the best in my opinion
 
I have A 2014 Kia soul I bought new with 31000.
And a 2003 f250 sd I bought in 2006 now at 74000.
 
I should win this. I've been averaging 600 miles a year on the older Toyota I bought 3-4 years ago, and nope, I don't drive anything else. It's almost humorous. I drive so little that it's a constant challenge to find somewhere to drive to every couple of weeks just to keep the battery charged.

What happened was that I broke the car habit about 18 years ago and went 15 years without one. I live in a neighborhood where almost everything is only a few blocks away, so I could pretty much walk everywhere I needed to go. For the more distant exceptions, I had a bicycle, got a ride-share, or took a bus. In the thick of the pandemic, though, I became leery of getting in strangers' cars or crowded buses, so I broke down and bought a car. It does come in handy once in awhile, but I'm so out of the habit that I almost need to make a special plan to drive it.
 
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