Average yearly mileage?
Average yearly mileage?
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ehasler

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8,579 posts

312 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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Now that my car is a year old, with over 10,000 miles on the clock, I was wondering how many miles other people do in their TVRs.

I've seen lots of cars that appear to only do 2-3k a year, and I just can't understand how you can have such a great car and not drive it!

I'm interested to see what the highest and lowest yearly mileage is!

rods

1,798 posts

282 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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10k, if its not raining then its the TVR.

mrsPhill

32 posts

271 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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Phill managed 25,000 miles in his Chimaera last year...

Had to get it serviced 4 times - ouch!

tvr4ever

644 posts

289 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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About 7500 a year, some of our clubmembers do only a 1000 miles a year.

Fred

Mrs Fish

30,018 posts

287 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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We have done nearly 16,000 in ours now and we have had it 14 months. That did include a 2000 mile trip to Europe though

Big T

1,337 posts

283 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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Ed, 10K in a year and you still can't drive it properly...tut tut....

I did just over 16K in the year I had my Cerb...two services and the rest...pricey but worth it...what's the point in owning these cars if they're not driven...How do you get to learn them properly if you only do a couple K a year??

blueyes

4,799 posts

281 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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Mrs Fish said:
We have done nearly 16,000 in ours now and we have had it 14 months. That did include a 2000 mile trip to Europe though


Snap!

That's scary!

ehasler

Original Poster:

8,579 posts

312 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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Big T said:
Ed, 10K in a year and you still can't drive it properly...tut tut....

I guess you had a good view of my driving at Vmax... From behind me!

ropey

372 posts

281 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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Had my Chim for nearly a year now, and have done about 10K miles (not bad considering I walk to work too!)

It's my only car, plus me and the GF drive down to see her folks in Cornwall 2-3 times a year. Even more so this year as she was working down there for all of April.

I love driving, especially the Chim - I bought her for having fun in, not for sitting idle. When we were down in Cornwall over Easter with 2 friends of ours, they had their little Peugeot 106 with them, and we could have all gone in their car for the whole weekend. But that wouldn't have been half as much fun as blasting around the cornish roads with the top down!!

Ropey

zzr1200

913 posts

280 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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I've done less than 8000 in the Chimp since I bought it 12 months ago, I average about 8000 thousand in the Mondeo, but have done 36500 on the bike in only 20 months!! (460 miles a week going to work).

Paul

Ed and Big T - did you get my e-mail??

ehasler

Original Poster:

8,579 posts

312 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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zzr1200 said:
Ed and Big T - did you get my e-mail??
Yep, I replied last night - did you get it?

johno

8,593 posts

311 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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I have owned 2 TVR's in nearly 4 yrs. So far I have covered 75,000 miles between the 2 of them ...

The S did over 50,000 miles in my hands in 2.5 yrs and the Griffith has done 25,000 in the remaining time (1 and a bit yrs)....

Adored both cars, and am therefore currently averaging between 18 & 20k a year.

However, this year I made the effort to buy run around and have put 6k on that already, saved putting it on the Griffith though !!!

Big T

1,337 posts

283 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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zzr1200 said:
Ed and Big T - did you get my e-mail??
Yep, eventually, thanks...will reply to you soon fella..I block mails from your domain so sorry chap.

Mark.S

473 posts

306 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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15000 1st year in 400, 10000 2nd year in 500. And thats without commuting anywhere!

B19TOY

543 posts

313 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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58000 miles over 6 and a bit years puts it at around 9000 miles per year.

judas

6,232 posts

288 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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11,000 miles in 16 months in the Tuscan, and 6,000 miles in 8 months in the Chimaera

That's a monthly average of 1,437.5 TVR miles a month between me & Ace-T (718.25 each), or 8,625 TVR miles a year each

andy4200

5,124 posts

302 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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Heading for around 10000 miles for the year, none of these involve work of any sort, and I've only been in the UK for a grand total of 109 days

I think it works out around 2500 miles a month roughly

zzr1200

913 posts

280 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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ehasler said:

zzr1200 said:
Ed and Big T - did you get my e-mail??

Yep, I replied last night - did you get it?


Can't get my home e-mail from work and forgot to mail in my work address, I'll pick it up tonight.

Paul

sacha

509 posts

283 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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11,000 miles since last september in the tuscan, but that for me was being carful! Picking up a t350 on thursday (cant wait) it has around 4k on the clock, would not be suprised if it has around 20k by the end of the year.

Anyway, the more you drive them the better they get!!!!

dannyboyo

2,392 posts

308 months

Tuesday 11th May 2004
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I've done 30k in one and a half years of ownership.

I've just got a cheap(er) insurance policy, but it limited to 7.5k a year. Which means I need a 2nd car.

Not sure I can face the prospect of driving something else knowing my Tiv is sitting at home doing bog all!