How many times around the world have you driven?

[RegMolehusband]

Prompted by the "How much experience makes you experienced" thread in SP&L I thought I'd try to quantify and visualise the mileage I've done since passing my test as it is far more relevant than age.

Rounding up the world's circumference to 25,000 miles I estimated that I have driven the equivalent of 58 times around the world since passing my test xx years ago. This of course was not driving across deserts but experiencing the worst that the UK traffic and weather conditions can throw at me.

Any advances on 58 times from experienced PH drivers?

"Reg"

[McSam]

About halfway.

[v15ben]

Good question! I reckon I'm up to 4 and a half times around the world. Driven in 14 countries though.

[CoolC]

I passed my test in 1990, and a very quick fag packet calculation comes to approx 26 times around the world for me.

[StottyZr]

Twice :O and I'm a fifth of the way around on my third run. I didn't realise the world was so small, I havent been driving three years yet.

[Bill]

About 15 times, however I have twice driven a quarter of the way round or more in one hit. Once to Cape Town and once to Nepal

[Corsair7]

My current daily driver has been around 11 times, 6 of them with me driving.



My own record is probably about 25 times, give or take 1 or 2

[300bhp/ton]

RegMolehusband said:

Prompted by the "How much experience makes you experienced" thread in SP&L I thought I'd try to quantify and visualise the mileage I've done since passing my test as it is far more relevant than age.

Rounding up the world's circumference to 25,000 miles I estimated that I have driven the equivalent of 58 times around the world since passing my test xx years ago. This of course was not driving across deserts but experiencing the worst that the UK traffic and weather conditions can throw at me.

Any advances on 58 times from experienced PH drivers?

"Reg"

Tough one this. I passed in 1997 and reckon I've done a min of 12k/year every year. But suspect some of those years it was more like 20k or more and a couple doing 30-32k/year.

So a very rough est of 7 to 11 times.

[anonymous-user]

Probably just over half way around for me since August 2006.

[RZ1]

For the last 10 years i have been averaging about 45k miles a year, so i would say about 20 times.

[Monkeylegend]

Nearly 4 times a year for the last 8 years, and have been driving for 40 years so quite a few more times before this.

[Rawwr]

Just shy of 10 or, to look at it another way, one trip to the moon

[Funk]

14 times for me. Been driving 14 years. Blimey, that puts it in perspective - every year I drive the equivalent of one circuit of the world..!

[RegMolehusband]

Monkeylegend said:

Nearly 4 times a year for the last 8 years, and have been driving for 40 years so quite a few more times before this.

Can you not give us an estimate Monkey?

[300bhp/ton]

Monkeylegend said:

Nearly 4 times a year for the last 8 years, and have been driving for 40 years so quite a few more times before this.

Nearly 100k a year, presume you are a truck/bus driver or something then?

[extvr]

Estimate about 70+ times over the years.

[Evo]

Some would say driving round the M25 feels like driving round the world so quite a few

Probably 10 times for me.

[Monkeylegend]

Reg Molehusband said:

Can you not give us an estimate Monkey?

Well I can but think you might be taking the mick just a little bit, not that I mind though

Probably averaged 20k miles a year prior to driving for my livelihood so maybe another 20ish times or so. I am a petrolhead and it has cost me a fortune over the years.

[sinizter]

About 2x since I passed my test 2 and a half years or so ago.

[Monkeylegend]

300bhp/ton said:

Monkeylegend said:

Nearly 4 times a year for the last 8 years, and have been driving for 40 years so quite a few more times before this.

Nearly 100k a year, presume you are a truck/bus driver or something then?

About 90k per year, I run my own Chauffeur business.