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What do you consider as average for a car's annual mileage?
#21
I put in about 5,000 miles a year on my car, although I take metro to work everyday so it's more of a weekend car and for running errands. It has about 118,000 miles on it now, as an 87' Toyota, and I expect it to last for a good while longer. So far the only major repairs (over $400) needed are the ones I've caused to happen. It's nice not having a monthly car payment, I just pay that amount into an ING savings account so if I ever need to get a new car I know I'll have the money.
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#22
[quote davester][snip] I wouldn't touch a used car with more than about 60k miles on it (unless it was a vintage car)...the best years of the cars life are coming to an end at that point and the years of troublesome repairs will be coming up in a few 10s of 1000s of miles.
It depends upon the car. I remember my mechanic's comment when I turned 100k miles on my '94 Corolla. He said "Hell, it's just getting broken in."
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#23
Insurance gives us a break for less than 7500 a year.

Knew someone who was a caddy in the PGA -- 36K per year (for each of the 4 years they did it).
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#24
I used to average about 10,000/year but with the new job I am running about 18,000. My car has 106,000 on it now and it is a '97.

I'll be looking for a new car this spring because my current one is just too small for this job. Sad I will be posting before too long asking for buying and selling advice. Smile

DM
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#25
I pretty much walk where ever I need to go. I work from home. Wife works a few blocks away. Still I drive about 12k/yr. In January I'll probably drive to San Diego and back. That's about 2600 miles round trip.
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