# How many miles do you drive a year?

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [October 24, 2011, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002 "2011-10-24T07:42:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/1 "2011-10-24T07:42:22Z")

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Just curious, I know some of you drive a LOT.

Work Commute: 12000/yr  
Everything else: 10,000/yr (roughly)

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**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/2 "2011-10-24T07:48:21Z")

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~4000 on the 240 this year  
~20000 on the bmw this year

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**Author:** ![DUKE\_LADUKE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duke_laduke/32/6317_2.png) [@DUKE\_LADUKE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DUKE_LADUKE)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/3 "2011-10-24T07:52:54Z")

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I do about 7,000 a year

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**Author:** ![97cavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/c5a1d2/32.png) [@97cavy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97cavy)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/4 "2011-10-24T07:59:12Z")

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Been doing about 650-700 a week of personal driving/commuting to/from work is about 100 or so of those miles.

Work can range from 100 to 400 miles in a day.

I used to track my mileage and I know with my old job I did just short of 100,000 a few years in a row. I’ve easily driven over 500,000 miles and I’m only 26. Lots of windshield time in my life

I’ll just go ahead and click the 3rd option

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**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/5 "2011-10-24T08:03:32Z")

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Work commute is 30K a year. ‘Pleasure use’ for the Evo is 2K a year, and I’ll give a low estimate of 5K for everything else. 37000ish.

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**Author:** ![DeathbyRT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deathbyrt/32/6648_2.png) [@DeathbyRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathbyRT)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/6 "2011-10-24T08:03:54Z")

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350 a week for work. Florida a few times, ohio, NJ a few times, i do probably 35,000+ personal miles a year.

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**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/7 "2011-10-24T08:11:30Z")

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I put 42k on my car in the last 15 months, but now that I’m only driving 6 miles a day instead of 30 to and from work it should drop a bit.

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**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/8 "2011-10-24T08:18:19Z")

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I’ve put 13,300 on the X5d since I got it in early March, and 6,000 on he M3 between track driving and to/from track.

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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/9 "2011-10-24T08:22:17Z")

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15,000

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**Author:** ![love4boost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/love4boost/32/6658_2.png) [@love4boost](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/love4boost)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/10 "2011-10-24T08:22:51Z")

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30-40k

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**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/11 "2011-10-24T08:34:06Z")

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I might fall under the HAM category.

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**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/12 "2011-10-24T08:56:40Z")

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lets see 2 miles to were i work and back mon-fri… and couple times a month ill go to saratoga or albany for a day, id say 6k a year tops.

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**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/13 "2011-10-24T09:46:15Z")

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Less than 10k for me; 7 miles city commute to work daily + misc usage.

My goal is not to exceed 12 gallons of gas a month, which I consistently be able to do. Driving like a granny = save gas + no tickets = win.

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**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/14 "2011-10-24T10:11:07Z")

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Put 8k on the TL since I got it in June, and 1400 on the CRV in 3 weeks.

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**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/15 "2011-10-24T10:17:22Z")

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I’m probably about 8k a year.

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**Author:** ![Mike3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike3/32/6350_2.png) [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/16 "2011-10-24T11:08:45Z")

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Probably just over 10k including the bike. Could easily be under 10k though.

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**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/17 "2011-10-24T13:56:41Z")

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$35k+ ☹

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**Author:** ![TonyJ124](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tonyj124/32/6380_2.png) [@TonyJ124](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TonyJ124)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/18 "2011-10-24T14:10:07Z")

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30-40k.

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**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/19 "2011-10-24T14:25:35Z")

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I do about 30-32kmi. I got my M in May of last year with 32k and I’m about to hit 73k. Most of it photography jobs out of town, etc. Went to FL on it, PA a couple times, NYC a couple times, etc.

Going to VA this weekend to see my girl so…that’s going to add another thousand each time I go.

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**Author:** ![MoonMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@MoonMan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MoonMan)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-miles-do-you-drive-a-year/261002/20 "2011-10-24T14:29:14Z")

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being at school 3/4 of the year i dont drive my car that much but i do end up racking some miles on the drive from buffalo to albany… i hate I-90 so much so boring

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