I was IMing a friend and mentioning how much I drive... I actually thought about it this time and came up with this:

1996 Contour GL Zetec ATX:
  • Purchased in Sep 2002 with 114,000 miles
  • Traded in Sep 2004 with 160,000 miles
  • Driving 500 miles a week back and forth between home and a job
  • Delivering pizza for about 10 months
  • Trip from Iowa to Ft Sill, Oklahoma back to Iowa
  • Trip from Iowa to Sheppard AFB, Texas
  • Driving around Texas for about 4 months (in the 100Ã?°+ summer)
  • Trip from Texas to Iowa to Montana
  • 46,000 miles I've put on it in 2 years
  • Average of 23,000 miles per year
  • That doesn't include the ~3-4 months it was not driven due to it eating alternators, basic training, and early phases of 7.5 month tech school
  • So minus the time it was sitting, that's ~27,500 miles per year

    1998 SVT Contour Duratec MTX:
  • Purchased in Sep 2004 with 75,000 miles
  • Currently June 2006 with 101,000 miles
  • Drove from Montana to Iowa back to Montana (2 times)
  • Drove from Montana to Iowa
  • Drove from Iowa to Wyoming
  • Drove from Wyoming to Idaho
  • Drove from Idaho to Montana
  • Drove from Montana to Seattle
  • Currently driving around in Germany
  • 26,000 miles I've put on it in 1 year, 9 months
  • Average of ~15,000 miles per year
  • That doesn't include ~9-10 months of my tranny issue and me being in the desert
  • So minus the time it was sitting, that's ~26,000 miles per year

    All together:
  • 45 months actual time
  • 19,200 miles/year (actual)
  • 31 months adjusted time
  • 27,900 miles/year (adjusted for down time)
  • And that's only from age 18 and up... I didn't keep track of mileages on the 9 cars I had from age 14-17!

    So either way I look at it... I drive too much!

    Anyway, carry on!


  • Goin' Round Traffic Circles @ 50Km/h!!! \m/ -- 1998 E0 SVT #2119 of 6535 \m/ -- 2003 Sentra SE-R Spec V