How many k's do you do in a year?

[vanman_75]

35 in the prado 25 in au , and around 5 on the blackbird, so 65 this year which is about my average ks every year .usually more though as I've been flying / traveling a lot this year

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

Ok... you win.
It is a Ford right???

Protest lodged.... see post 14

[scottyg938]

80,000+
But most of that is in the company car, my personal car, around 20-25,000

[galaxy xr8]

Originally Posted by brett7777

It sounds like the AU is not having too hard a life.

It lead's a very good and easy life, I would say 90% of that 60,000klm's I've done would be hwy aswell, as it is only used for weekend/holiday adventures, and getting out of the town.

[Evgeni]

I do around 50000k a year - use my car for work as well as personal km's.

[Kevaclone]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

Ok... you win.

It is a Ford right???

Nahhh he doesn't
I did 1 million klms and went through 3 trucks in just over 5 years from 2000 to 2005 driving a fuel tanker

someone else mentioned 220,000/year

I was doing 6000ks a week for 3 weeks in Jan this year

back down to 1/3 of that now
still driving tankers but much more relaxed now.... phew

I do about 160klm a day to get to and from work in my car(BA ute)
between that and my cruiser I have done 120,000 klms in 2 1/2 years
Wife's prado has done 90,000klms in 2 1/2 years

Least klms goes to my old XE, it did less than 100,000klms in 9 years

[S.D.M.F]

[QUOTE=brett7777]so low. what sort of car?

BA XR6 ute. I have other cars, work vehicles and bikes that are used.
I do take it out every now and then.

[SSD-85]

About 10k a year. In an AU however, that doesnt bat an eyelid.

[dave351cid]

200 000km in 9 years for my BA ute = 22 222km per year average. havent done so many this year but about 35 000 last year.

dont keep track of the XB but proberly about 1500 - 2000km a year for the last couple of years.

also do a lot of km in the work utes and trucks .

[EDManual]

about 75,000 a year.

I wear out cars about every 3 years.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by EDManual

about 75,000 a year.

I wear out cars about every 3 years.

I guess wear depends on the kind of driving you do over the distance covered. For the first half of my Festivas life it was clocking up mega kays mostly on the freeway and wore very little other than tyres.

On the other hand, my wifes first car is a Mirage, 4 years newer with half the km of my Festiva and it looks shocking.... all city driving...

[Pepscobra]

Unfortunately not enough... 2007 BF Cobra, 12,000kms.

[XR6T0Y]

Last year to this, just under 20k

[Vincenzo]

Originally Posted by EDManual

about 75,000 a year.

I wear out cars about every 3 years.

Becoming airborne over bumps in the road it is not surprising.

[V3RSAC3]

Don't even get me started! Lol.

I do about 700km's p/w in my Territory (work car) and between 400 - 450km's in my Chrysler (toy/weekender). So that's:

Territory - ~36,400 p/a
Chrysler - ~23,400 p/a

TOTAL: ~59,800

I have problems!

[GT 160]

I do about 1400 a fortnight to and from work, so roughly 36,000. Wouldn't have a clue what my personal K's on top would be.

[blackf6]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

Ok... you win.

It is a Ford right???

No Kenworth, but I wear a ford cap.

[flappist]

The biggest run I have ever done is a Falcon was back in the late 70s I was a newspaper contractor for Mirror and drove from Torbanlea just north of Maryborough to Rockhampton and back 6 days a week dropping off bundles to all the news agencies. The trip was about 800km for that worked out to be about 250,000 km a year. I was 19 at the time so under current rules I would have been on green Ps.

The car was a pine lime 4.1 manual panelvan fitted with the sundowner pack. It was sold after about 20 months and replaced with a burnt orange XD 3.3 auto.

Those were the good old days when there were no speed cameras or mobile radars and doing 120 meant you were being constantly overtaken....

It is amazing how much better your driving becomes if you stick to the 5 Ps.
Practice, practice, practice, practice and umm.........practice......

[Jason[98.EL]]

30-40 thou a rear for me with regular trips to melb from geelong

[BA-XT]

For those of us who do small amounts of ok (say less than 10,000km) what sort of service schedule do you keep? I'm dropping the oil every 5 months in my BA. Will probably be lucky to be 2,000km on it.

[Cooper69S]

900pw just getting to work and back, plus weekends, about 55k per year. when the July vfacts figures come out, one of the Territorys will be me - so those 55k kms are much more comfortable now than they used to be in the company car VE commo

[H.G]

I thought Id already replied to this.. but since Ive bought my ute on the 7th june.. just under 102k
as of tonight it has 109 something something something....
rounded out at 7000k in just under 2 months.

[Ford_The_Win]

Originally Posted by Mr_BA2003

For those of us who do small amounts of ok (say less than 10,000km) what sort of service schedule do you keep? I'm dropping the oil every 5 months in my BA. Will probably be lucky to be 2,000km on it.

Engine oil & filter every 5,000 km (every six months or thereabouts). I service the transmission two or three times a year. I want it to last as long as possible and from what I can gather the easiest way to do that is keep the oil fresh and not drive like a ******. Diff oil once a year. I am in need of a new radiator and all the hoses replaced which will probably happen later in the year - the car runs slightly cool most of the time so it's not a major stress - but otherwise new coolant every 2 years. Also in dire need of a new power steering pump and idler pulley so that'll have to happen at some stage (sigh)

[Vincenzo]

Originally Posted by Mr_BA2003

For those of us who do small amounts of ok (say less than 10,000km) what sort of service schedule do you keep?

Approximately every 5,000 km.

[Squish]

I do a reliable 40,000km a year, and have since I started driving, except for one year where I lived about 2km away from work, and I did around 15,000km. I only live around 20km from work/town now, but I have an....active social life

Oh, and this was in an '88 Honda Prelude, a 2000 AUII Wagon, a '93 Toyota Dyna (named The Dynasaur), an '04 BA XT, and now a '10 FG XR6.

[Revolver]

Got the blue beast (94 NCII V8 'lane) in jan 05 at 196 on the clock. It died in 2010 with 440,000.

Picked up the red one (Same car) also at 196,000 in dec 05. Gave it to my dad & he handed back to me when the blue beast died on oct 2010. Got it with 342 showing & she's just gone 402, heading for 3. With a major major service at 400 flat. On average I will do 1000++ but with less work now than I had it has dropped. That was 1000 for work + whatever there was on the weekend. Some were 400+ weekends just doing run about stuff that I couldn't do during the week while at work......


It was around 55-60k in millage per year but has dropped to around 40. Maybe 35 min.

[Iggypoppin']

About 25-30k a year. I live close to work but I drive around a lot, friends places etc. have just recently cut down on that to save petrol.

[crymoarpls]

Originally Posted by brett7777

thread title

i do about 12,000.

[Kil4Collingwood]

only had the BF since march, but am on track for 80000, reckon will be nudging 100000 per year next year on, 95% highway.

[Jastel]

My taxis do about 180,000kms per year but rarely get more than 60kms from home....