How many miles a year do you do?

[rob13]

Just out of interest, how many miles a year are you guys doing in your minis? Are many still daily drivers or are most of them now becoming weekend/hobby motors?

[fwdracer]

About 5K/year - still as a daily driver to/from my place of work. The biggest mileage MOT to MOT in my Mini was 26K. I'd call it's current usage semi-retired

[Plank]

3000 a year in the 1000 which is my every day car (I walk to work) and 2000 in the S engined toy. Not much really, but a fried of mine still thinks they are "gross polluters" because of thier ages (16 and 40) and should not be used at all!

[love machine]

Well, a few K. I have been working in a place where a crazy spec mini is good for getting to work. Probably about 1000 miles between engine outs. Off the road again for an "engine out"

[fwdracer]

Plank said:

3000 a year in the 1000 which is my every day car (I walk to work) and 2000 in the S engined toy. Not much really, but a fried of mine still thinks they are "gross polluters" because of thier ages (16 and 40) and should not be used at all!

Ask your mate how much more carbon footprint you'd have belched out if you'd taken the trouble to buy a new car or keep replacing your car with a new one every 12months. Ask him if he has any idea of the energy and resources required to make a new car....

Old cars (properly maintained) are guilt free motoring in the new enviro-lentilist age.

apologies - rant over - this is not any form of threadknapping!!

Edited by fwdracer on Tuesday 13th February 08:54

[molineux1980]

Mine is my only car so probably around 10k. Its been very reliable so far. Had 19k when I bought it, now has 45k. Even got me down to Dover a couple of years ago. Aren't motorways hell in a Mini with a loud exhaust!?

[timelord]

Done over 6k since July in our clubby estate,seems to have taken over as daily driver.Between our two minis over 12k a year easily,West Cornwall is a long way from everwhere!

[Ace-T]

Bought it 3 years ago with 33k on it. Now has 62k. Daily driver along motorways and A roads. Some people would not like to do this but that little car has got me out of situations a bigger car would not have been able to. Love it.

Ace-T

[bluminidriver]

Latest one has done 11k in 2.5 years in daily use. All local stuff,the last one (1983 mayfair) we passed on to a new owner with 120k on the clock and it is still licenced today - so you can do big mileages, but I remember one we had about 20 years ago and did 26k in 2 years. Someone told me the main brgs don't like motorway constant speeds and yes you guessed it the oil seal went. I did not wait for any bearing problems and sold it quickly after doing the clutch/seal. Great cars for short runs, but a bit tedious on long runs (but worth it to hear that exhaust note through town).