milage
Today, on my drive home from work, I'll go past the 70,000 mile point in my truck. It's now 6 years, 6.5 months old. That's 206 miles per week or 10,705 miles per year....
It still runs quite well but I doubt I'll keep it much longer. Probably sometime in March I'll trade it in. I really want a Honda CR-V but I can't quite get myself to go past the $20k mark for a vehicle so I'll probably get something more modest.
The Hyundai Elantra sedan, around $14k, is nice albeit low powered; maybe I'll get one of those. Since I don't put many miles on my truck, the gas milage isn't a big factor for me regardless of gas prices.
My truck averages 27 mpg and anything above 25mpg is fine. The CR-Vs are around 30mpg and the Elantra gets about 28mpg.
UPDATE: It's 14 miles from work to home so I hit the 70k mark about a third of the way home. I remember it being a big thing with my brother and I when we were kids, watching those numbers slowly turn over. Usually 5 digts were an event, we never had a car long enough to see 6 digits move. Unfortunately those joys of childhood fade as we get older and since so many mileage displays today are LCD, there's no fun involved of seeing those number physically move.
It still runs quite well but I doubt I'll keep it much longer. Probably sometime in March I'll trade it in. I really want a Honda CR-V but I can't quite get myself to go past the $20k mark for a vehicle so I'll probably get something more modest.The Hyundai Elantra sedan, around $14k, is nice albeit low powered; maybe I'll get one of those. Since I don't put many miles on my truck, the gas milage isn't a big factor for me regardless of gas prices.
My truck averages 27 mpg and anything above 25mpg is fine. The CR-Vs are around 30mpg and the Elantra gets about 28mpg.
UPDATE: It's 14 miles from work to home so I hit the 70k mark about a third of the way home. I remember it being a big thing with my brother and I when we were kids, watching those numbers slowly turn over. Usually 5 digts were an event, we never had a car long enough to see 6 digits move. Unfortunately those joys of childhood fade as we get older and since so many mileage displays today are LCD, there's no fun involved of seeing those number physically move.
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Were you born in NC? I was born in NY and moved here to NC from GA around 7 years ago.
I have a feeling the CRV will cost you less in repairs and headaches (no data to back it up though!).
Judy, I've only had two cars that I went past 100k on and both were on their last legs when I traded them in. I just don't take proper care of the things. More oil changes and tuneups would keep them far happier!
Teresa, I guess if you're not driving it much it's a waste of money to get a new one. My truck is from '99 so it's a lot newer than your car. What's the mileage on yours?
I don't believe any of the cars we had when I was a child had 6 digit odometers, Dave. I know my first car didn't. When the insurance adjuster looked at it, she asked me if it had rolled over since I had less than about 55,000 miles on an almost 11 year old car. I just didn't drive far most days. With the second, I drove close to 100 miles a day to work for 4 or 5 years -- thus the large milage toll even though I've driven very little the last few years.
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Sadly, my gas mileage is likely no-where near yours :(
Glyn, you beat me, man. I guess I'm harvesting the fruits of those two wins last week. Now it's my turn to drink bitter wine. As for an '84 Olds... trade up!
Happy Thanksgiving David!
Lois Lane
Our Windstar van - we're such staid parents - is just a baby. We'll be keeping it for a while. At least it has a sunroof, leather seats and a ton of doodads to keep us comfy and occupied. I've never even had a vehicle with power windows before this one, so it's been a bit of a kick thus far.
I know what you're thinking: I'm a Luddite. Weird, eh?
Michele says hi, BTW. Good to see you again this weekend!