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Just had the 924 in for it's MOT... which bar a bit of an exhaust repair and a re route of the front brake pipe flexies passed with no advisories but checked the mileage and I've done less than 4k between mot's and I do literally use her every day! Thought it may be fun to see what mileage everyone does between MOT tests?
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Aug 24, 2015 10:46:08 GMT
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10to12k per year in the mk 2 Transit Families V8 Range Rover classic does 6 to 8k
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bortaf
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Aug 24, 2015 10:56:46 GMT
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P100 does about 8K a year, the 106 is av 400 a month so far (only had it 3 months) and the other cars usually 2K ish per year with me drving, difficult to say acuratly as i share 3 cars, with the Ex(escort Mk6),youngest son (Mk6 fiesta) and eldest son (astra 1.7 TD) and have 2 myself and then there allways others i buy sell or get to use thoughout the year ?
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R.I.P photobucket
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Del
South East
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Aug 24, 2015 11:31:47 GMT
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Granada did just over 7.5k last year, which included a jaunt to Ireland and back, and just over 5k the year before that. It's not really a 'daily' driver, but it's all I have to drive.
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bazzateer
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Imping along sans Vogue
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Aug 24, 2015 11:58:10 GMT
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Took my 318is in for the MoT test on Friday. 320 miles since the last one, still on same tank of fuel. Must drive it more!
The 320i daily covers about 4-6k. The Imp about 1-2k. No commuting in my own cars so that helps.
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Last Edit: Aug 24, 2015 11:59:09 GMT by bazzateer
1968 Singer Chamois Sport 1972 Sunbeam Imp Sport 1976 Datsun 260Z 2+2 1998 Peugeot Boxer Pilote motorhome 2003 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE (daily) 2006 MG ZT 190+ (another daily) 2007 BMW 530d Touring M Sport (tow car)
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Aug 24, 2015 14:11:27 GMT
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Up until a few years ago I was doing over 20k miles per annum in my 205 GTi, and to its credit it did so without issue and proved as reliable as a modern would. You did need to be pro-active in terms of maintenance to keep on top of potential issues before they developed into problems though, but it proved that you can use a retro car as a high mileage daily if you so wished These days the 205's only tend to get used as a daily in the summer months with the 306 workhorse dealing with the daily slog the rest of the year and thus I probably only do circa 5-6k in the 205's.
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1990 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 // 1991 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 16v // 1992 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 // 1999 Peugeot 306 Meridian HDi Estate
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Aug 24, 2015 14:33:09 GMT
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15k in the past year in my Diesel R18.
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1966 MK1 Cortina 1971 Hillman Super Imp 1985 Volvo 360 GLEi 1986 Volvo 340 1.7 1990 Mercedes 190e 2.0 1993 Peugeot 205 STDT
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106e30
Part of things
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Aug 24, 2015 14:45:51 GMT
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My 318IS has done 22K this year so far. did 600 this weekend alone. Not bad for a car that is coming up to it's 25th birthday. Haven't had too many issues but did need a new fuel pump a couple of months ago.
did not enjoy driving it during winter though, waiting ten minutes for a postbox to form on the rear window is not ideal
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Own 1991 BMW E30 318is Owned 2002 Peugeot 106 1.1 1979 BMW E12 520/6
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Aug 24, 2015 14:57:06 GMT
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Somewhere around 8-10000kms a year on the '85 G20 6.2 diesel The Granada 2.3 i had would be the top earner, being my second car, so i did over 40000kms on it in one year!
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Aug 24, 2015 16:15:32 GMT
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Around 12-15k miles in my Celica, done 10k miles in 9 Months so far, with 35mpg average, happy with that!
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Aug 24, 2015 21:03:30 GMT
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I do about 4-5k a year in my 84 Honda Civic and the old boy never skips a beat:)
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'84 Honda Civic 1.3 AH The Daily '86 Nissan Leopard F31 The Weekend Cruiser
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kabman
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About 3000 a year in a Beetle these days but a few years back I was driving a different '68 Beetle and did 40,000 miles a year (110 miles round trip to work each day and to my girlfriend's in Cardiff every weekend, plus the odd trip to Europe). I don't remember any particular reliability problems but having to change the oil and adjust the valves every 3 weeks (3000 miles) was a bit of chore.
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Jez
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Aug 25, 2015 11:24:15 GMT
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done 10k miles in my 1990 Benz 300TE this year.
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1990 VW Golf GTI G60 2014 Skoda Octavia RS
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Aug 25, 2015 12:50:04 GMT
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my Honda Concerto did about 16K in it's first year, now it's about 10K a year
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Honda Concerto driver
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lilbob
Part of things
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Aug 25, 2015 13:17:38 GMT
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Hardly a retro but i do about 7000 a year in my 03 corsa and swmbo does about 6500 a year in her saab work wise i do 1500 a week
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