How many miles do u drive per month and are they interstate or a mix? I drive 6000 to about 9200 a month, maintenance is a big deal to me. Mostly interstate driving.
2000-2500 a month depending on my schedule (Mostly highway), which changes from time to time. Maintenance is a big deal to me as well. I get asked by my family why I change my fluids so often.
I'm at the other end for a non-retiree, I guess: closer to 900 miles a month, about 80% city, though I get in a 25-mile round trip to the suburbs about 5-6 times a month, and a longer road trip every 3 months. At the moment I'm going for a 6-month, ~5400-mile OCI with synthetic bought on sale.
My commute is about 1200 miles a month and maybe add another 200-300 for weekend stuff on average. So 1500 miles total.
I'm doing 6 month OCI's with rotella T 15W40 going in, in April, and rotella T synthetic 5W40 or 0W40 for the October change.
9000 mile 95% highway OCI's on HDEO should be good from what I read in the UOA section.
Currently about 3000/month, and has been for the last 4 years. Next month I move into an apartment closer to work, so it'll go down to about 800/month or less. Can't wait for the extra cash to be in my pocket!
Over the winter, roughly 1700/month between the 4 vehicles.
I tour with a non-profit group during the summer and last year I put almost 5000 miles on my old Malibu just for the touring alone, so over the next 3 months that'll bump my average up to 3500/month, give or take a couple of miles.
I do about 3000 a month mostly city driving because of my job, I do occasionally spend about 20 to 40 minutes on the highway on my days off if I need to get across town for something.
Before I got sick and couldn't work anymore I would normally drive approx 18K to as much as 20K a year over the last 5 or so years. It varied month to month so it is hard to say on that other than an average based on the yearly figure( so approx 1500-1700 a month ). Being self employed it depended on where the job( new home construction )was located as to how many miles I put on in a month. It also went way up during hunting season.
These days it isn't a lot. At this rate I will put fewer miles on the truck in 2-2.5 years than I did one year when I wasn't sick.