How many miles per year do you drive?

[heyheylbj]

I just looked at the roll-call thread on who has 150k+ on their engines, but I noticed there wasn't one for us heavy users who are behind the wheel quite a bit

I was thinking something like:

Vehicle: 03 Civic LX
Miles a Year: 23K
Total Miles: 24K
Oil / Filter: Redline 5w20 + K&N
OCI: 3K filter, 6k full change
Occupation: Musician, Student, Teacher, IT

I'm using Redline 5w-20 and have been using K&N oil filters. This change it's going to Mobil 1 filters and my remaining RedLine. Most of the miles are highway going to and from gigs and teaching lessons. It's funny how your driving style changes when you drive a lot. When I was 19-20, I would be hard as nails on my engine and drive like a fool. Now I'm 22 and sigh with resignation when the rice rockets in my area pass me like I'm standing still.

Anyone else drive a lot?

 

[Palut]

Bought a car ('95 Accord 4cyl) with 90k miles on it March 03, had 120k on it in March 04. Now I drive even more, since I do pizza delivery in addition to my driving for errands and fun!

 

[Ugly3]

Chrysler Town & Country
3800 V6
150,000 miles on it
drive 25,000 miles a year
use Mobil 1 5w30
consumes 1 pint in 5,000 miles
change oil every 10,000 miles
use Purolator Pure One filter
economy - 22 city - 28 hiway

 

[SteveD2]

Only about 5-6000 miles a year in my Jeep. I still change the oil 5 or 6 times a year...

 

[rjundi]

2004 WRX Wagon
24k miles/annually
Current odometer: 4500 miles
Oil change every 3750 miles with Valvoline dino/Subaru OEM filter at dealer

occupation: software contractor

 

[K-Man]

1997 Ford Escort wagon
36,000 miles annually
256,000 miles on odometer
Red Line 5W40 + Motorcraft FL-400S
Filter change 3K, oil change 6K
Typical highway mileage now ~32-35 mi/US gal

Correctional officer

Driving is for family matters and interests/hobbies/day trips; live in rural area

 

[Virtuoso]

'94 Taurus SHO ATX
118k on vehicle, 22k miles/year
GC @ 7.5-8k intervals, Wix filter.

 

[Schmoe]

Honda....24K per year
Cutlass...15K per year
F150......4K per year

Where I'm at, you drive to do anything.

 

[oilpan49]

Hey,

Vehicle: '98 Ranger, 2.5L 4banger

Miles per year: 8K miles average

Miles on truck: 66K

OCI: 6K + filter. Currently using M1 0w30SS and Motorcraft FL-400S filter

Driving style: 70% city - 30% highway

Occupation: self employed detailer, soon to be an Amsoil Dealer

 

[2533a]

1991 Toyota Pickup
Total Miles 117,000
Annual Miles 20,000 (started with this last year due to a new job)
Oil Mobil 1 10W30 with a Toyota filter, 5K OCI

Going to change the oil in about a month at 5K and run some Mobil 1 5W40 for 10K.

 

[XS650]

Three cars/trucks.

I put 99% of miles on the Corvette, 20% on the Acura and 90% on the truck. Wife does most of the rest of the miles. Large majority of trips in all vehicles are over 5 miles. For some reason 10 mile trips in the Corvette often turn into 100 mile+ trips We also avoid heavy traffic (it's not fun). These driving patterns are for the last 2.5 years, since we have been retired.


Vehicles: 96 Corvette LT4/00 Acura 3.2TL/95 GMC S15
Engine: 5.7L LT4 V8/3.2L V6/4.3L Vortech (W code)V6
Miles a Year: 12K/8k/5k
Total Miles: 50,000/87,000/101,000
Oil: M1 10W-30 on all three (1)
Filters:Fleetguard Synthetic Media/Napa Gold/Fleetguard Synthetic media.
OCI/FCI: 6k miles on all.
Occupations: Two retirees
Oil Consumption in 6k miles: 0/~.25 quart/~.5 quart

Notes:
(1) Mobil Delvac S1300 15W-40 while using ARx recently, did/will go back to M1 10W-30 when done with ARx cycle.

 

[Patman]

I drove my last few cars about 18,000 miles per year but I will do more than that now that I've got my dream car (a 98 Corvette) I've been averaging 500 miles per week so far since I got it 6 weeks ago. And I'll be doing a 1000 mile round trip with it next weekend too. I figure I'll average closer to 25,000 miles per year with it now. I'm having so much fun driving it!

I'm using GC 0w30 in it, with a K&N oil filter and K&N air filter. My first few intervals will be 5-6k, but in the future I'll go longer in the summer time (most likely I'll run one interval each year from May to October, then do two oil changes in between that time)

 

[TomJones76]

1996 Chevy Caprice with an LT1. 84K miles, drive 18K per year.

 

[tweeker43]

Vehicle: 02 subaru impreza 2.5rs
Miles a Year: 23K
Total Miles: 60K
Oil / Filter: pennzoil (blend) 10w30 summer, 5w30 winter (was using mobil1), purolater
OCI: going for 5K with pennz, was at 7.5K
Occupation: manufacturing engineer

Vehicle: 96 kawasaki vulcan
Miles a Year: 5K (last couple of years)
Total Miles: 21K
Oil / Filter: golden spectro, kaw oem filter
OCI: 4K

 

[D Stewart]

Vehicle: 03 Toyota Corolla S
Miles a Year: 80,000km +
Total Miles: 155,000 kilometers
Oil / Filter: Mobil 1 10-30 + Toyota filter
OCI: 20,000km
Occupation: Inspector

 

[Sparkman]

Me:

Vehicle: '01 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 AW4
Miles a Year: Don't know yet, probably 30k'ish
Total Miles: 47k
Oil / Filter: Amsoil AFL 5w-40 and SDF-15
OCI: 7500 unless analysis dictates otherwise
Occupation: Electrical Engineer

Wife:

Vehicle: '99 Subaru Legacy Outback, Phase I 2.5, 4EAT
Miles a Year: 30k
Total Miles: 165k
Oil / Filter: Amsoil AFL 5w-40 and SDF-20
OCI: 7500 unless analysis dictates otherwise
Occupation: University Career Counselor

 

[Kestas]

2500 (summer car)
3000 (winter car)
500 (classic car)

I just don't drive much anymore. This works out to no more than one oil change per year for each car.

 

[SteveD2]

Vehicle: 1992 Mitsu Eclipse 1.8L
Miles: ~ 203,000
Miles a year: ~ 45-50K
Oil/Filter: Various (currently Delo 400 15w-40) w/ Super Tech filter
OCI: 2500-3500 miles
Job: Self-employed
Cost per mile: ~ 0.015 - 0.040 cents (w/o gas). around 0.08 - 0.15 cents with gas.
MPG: 34-35 hwy, don't know city

[ September 18, 2004, 03:08 AM: Message edited by: Larry Oo ]