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How many miles this year?

Postby busheytrader » 01 Aug 2012 12:43

My TR7V8 has another 12 month's MOT as of today - no advisories.

I use a garage close to where Robsport used to be. It's a 90 mile round trip but it's a nice high speed drive, they know our wedges very well, are used to testing Classics and Robsport is only a few miles further north if I'm after some parts.

However, the mileage between tests shows I've covered less than 800 miles in the last 12 months.[:0] If I deduct 90 mile for the return MOT trip and 50 miles for commuting to work last week, that's leaves only 650 miles.[:0]

If we hadn't experienced such atrocious weather in the UK this year it would be closer to 3,000 miles.

How many have you done?

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Postby dycecooper » 01 Aug 2012 12:53

4000 between MOTs

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Postby nick » 01 Aug 2012 13:43

I did 1466 but the engine was out for a part of the year.

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Postby FI Spyder » 01 Aug 2012 13:53

I do about 2,000 miles a year (did 5,000 last year but did 3,000 in one trip[:p]). I'm retired, renoing my house, live on an island and have two other cars as daily drivers so don't have time/opportunity to put on much mileage.



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Postby HowardB » 01 Aug 2012 14:16

Only managed 5,200 last year, which is less than my normal 6k.

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Postby darrellw » 01 Aug 2012 14:19

3500 and counting since January 1.

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Postby Odd » 01 Aug 2012 15:22

Well, it's 908 miles (1461kms) so far this VERY rainy driving season (May to Sept/Oct usually).
[Average consumption have been: 10.961 L/100km / 25.77 mpUKg / 21.46 mpUSg] And I did
3039miles (4890kms) during the 2011 driving season [09.509 L/100km / 29.71 mpUKg / 24.74 mpUSg], and
3229miles (5197kms) during the 2010 driving season [10.141 L/100km / 27.86 mpUKg / 23.19 mpUSg], and
5530miles (8900kms) during the 2009 driving season [09.326 L/100km / 30.29 mpUKg / 25.22 mpUSg], and
4524miles (7281kms) during the 2008 driving season [09.937 L/100km / 28.43 mpUKg / 23.67 mpUSg]...

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Am I the only one here that keep book on driving/fuel fills etc?!? It's a great way of knowing when it
is time to check the injection for instance. I realized it was time to ultrasonic the injectors in mid July
- when it suddenly had started to use almost twice the normal fuel...

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Postby Workshop Help » 01 Aug 2012 15:36

Kind, sirs. The more we drive our cars, the healthier they stay.

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Postby Chris Turner » 01 Aug 2012 17:53

I have done over 2000 miles in the Coca Cola car since its rebuild was finished last year, my TR7 convertible has 138,987 on the clock and my TR8 convertible has just crept over 7,000.

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Postby prlee » 01 Aug 2012 18:01

I've covered about 5000 miles in the last 12 months, usually I would cover 10k but with the weather this year I am only using it a couple of times a week.

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Postby PeterTR7V8 » 01 Aug 2012 20:32

7500 miles last year but it will probably be half that this year due to less weekends away. Stupid economy.

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Postby seven » 01 Aug 2012 20:41

Well it has to be said....Zero miles in the last 2 years[V]
Where does the time go[:(]

The car is unable to handle my driving capabilities

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Postby trekcarbonboy » 01 Aug 2012 21:02

Not enough. To many other projects that I can't sort out the brakes.

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Postby silverseven » 02 Aug 2012 01:00

-Sad to say, but very little this year [xx(]



It's been so beautiful and dry here in Quebec, that I've put easily put more than double (if not triple) km's on the pedal-bike this year that the TR7.
Originally I was supposed to use the TR as a DD, but when my new job project plans fizzled, I quickly got my old job back 2 km from home, hence make riding the bike a better alternative for going back and forth to work .... and then the electrical gremlins have kept the cars travel trips shortened, so it really hasn't been a great year for the 'rumf. THree kids,soccer and weekend shift work also greatly reduce the "free" time to play with a presently non-reliable car [;)]

I'm on the look-out for a new DD, and once I find something, the TR will definitely be yanked for a interior strip down, which may lead to "other" plans [?]

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Postby spanner » 06 Aug 2012 22:06

Had car just over 2 months and done about 2,500 miles, currently off road for ball joint, track rod end replacement, tracking but I will be back driving it to work in September!
We did nearlyy 600 miles one weekend going to a kit car show and a few other places onthe way home.
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