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Posted: **02 Jan 2013 00:22**

2012 Tally: 22 days out in the TR7, 527 miles. [:(]
Sad totals for sure. I put double the miles on my bicycles even. Considering I wasn't able to sort out the brakes till the end of August its not so bad.
2013 goal...double the miles. (at least) [:)]

Craig '75 2.0 FHC

Posted: **02 Jan 2013 01:31**

about 1000 kms total from April to December....the electrical gremlins inside my dashboard cut down on my wedge time traveling, and most of the kilometers were done this fall once I finally located the problem
...... but the odometer did hit 60,000kms this year[:D][:D]

-I also do a fair amount of cycling...and it was such a nice summer the bike got used primarily over the car both for pleasure and back + forth to work!

Ron.

Posted: **02 Jan 2013 05:14**

Hi,

Just short of 1500 miles for both cars [:(] Had loads of show's cancelled due to the cr4p weather [V] [:(] Last year, got to be better this year PLEASE !

Done about 100 miles already this year [^] As far as bike milage, use that every day for work approx 10 miles a day so looks like same as you gents done more on a bicycle than my TR's

Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

Posted: **02 Jan 2013 08:40**

I was same 300 mles

hope this year is better.

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Posted: **02 Jan 2013 09:38**

Zero miles again [V] although it has been moved around in the garage to sweep the floor [^]

Triumph TR7 DHC
Triumph 2.5 Estate
Bentley Eight
Renault Laguna Estate
Mercedes 320SLK
Jaguar X-Type Estate
Kawasaki GPZ

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Posted: **02 Jan 2013 11:25**

About 5000 miles in the TR7 so down considerably on 2011. Given the cost of fuel that ain't a bad thing.

Number of problems - nil. (No change on the 2011 figure there then.)

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Posted: **02 Jan 2013 12:50**

Approximately 1500 km and no trouble. With the bicycle much less.

Henk

1980 TR7 US Convertible
1978 Mini Clubman Estate

Posted: **02 Jan 2013 13:44**

Not sure how many miles/Km. but used it exclusively from mid July till end of September during which we had no rain. Retired so only driving is to into town for supplies (often used for an excuse to go for a drive with that sun shining bright). Went over to Vancouver for Van Dusen on Victoria Day weekend, ABFM Picnic in the Park on Fathers Day, Brits on the Beach on July 21, Filberg ABFM on August 18, ABFM Portland 21 (740 Km.)

No where near 2011 were I did over 4,700 Km. in one trip.[8D]

- - -TR7 Spider - - - 1978 Spitfire- - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - Yellow TCT

Posted: **02 Jan 2013 14:56**

Not sure how many days in total but between May and October covered around 2700 miles (split between two insurance years due to a 2000 mile limit on the policy). Mostly these miles were a week long tour of Scotland in May and a long weekend in Wales in October. Not sure why people are talking about bicycles but mine is in much worse repair than the TR7 and didn't go anywhere at all in the last 12 months.

Gordon
GRD 1980 Brooklands Green 2l FHC
OVC 1980 Platinum Silver 3.9l V8 FHC (sadly now sold :-(

cost of fuel etc. too much for a now retired person)
Bedford, UK.

Posted: **02 Jan 2013 15:41**

Just checked my records. This year it will only be about 1000 miles which is well down on my usual 5/6000. Anyway 2013 will see it in the 10CR which will add 2.5-3K miles of great driving.

Happy new year to everyone

Posted: **02 Jan 2013 15:42**

Quite a sad year for me.

DHC only been out 3 times, covering just over Â±500km.
FHC was used slightly more, 13 days covering Â±3500km.

One of my worst TR7 years so far, my illness didn't help there [B)]
But 2013 should be better ... famous last words [:D]

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Posted: **02 Jan 2013 17:34**

I think I did roughly 1000 miles of smiles in 2012. Head gasket is now weeping. Only gonna get a few more miles on her before I gotta replace it!
After that, next up is the new braided clutch line, oil pump (thats been dripping and driving me nutz [:p]), fog lights and Drive Her! [8D]

Johnny

Posted: **02 Jan 2013 17:36**

I clocked just under 6,000 miles in 2012, my first full year of using the TR8 as my daily driver.

Darrell Walker
66 TR4A IRS-SC CTC67956L
81 TR8 SATPZ458XBA406206
Vancouver, WA, USA

Posted: **02 Jan 2013 18:41**

I only managed 53 miles last year! Lets hope 2013 comes with better weather.[:(]

Posted: **02 Jan 2013 21:09**

Happy New Year TR7 people
Went for a spin on New Year's Eve around the lanes of the north Lakes with my brother in law whose flashy new Tahiti blue car in 1975/6 inspired my own interest in TR7s over the years.

The odometer now reads 38,001 miles whichis 3,308 miles more than car had when purchased in April. Most of the mileage has been made up with a trip to Newark Kit car show (600 odd miles round trip in a weekend), sunny day?

commuting and recreational trips around and about.
Insurance limit is 5k and I think I will be somewhere near that come the spring, car is going fairly well but would benefit from a bit of tuning and the ubiquitous electric gremlins ironing out!

atb
Mike

Near Penrith and the Lake District