How Low Is Yours - mileage that is
03 August 2004, 08:58 PM
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May 98 with 26k. I had a 'test drive' in an RX8 out of curiosity and was offered £7600 with an extra £400 for the low mileage. Big ******* deal. The car has had over £12k spent on it!!! Don't suppose I'll ever sell it now 
03 August 2004, 09:03 PM
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So, all these folk with little or no miles on their Scooby's.....
Did you buy it to drive it? or as a status symbol to sit on the driveway?
Not a dig.... a serious question cos I cannot understand buying a car like ours and doing 25,000 miles in 4 years??
Even a weekend track toy would accumulate more miles...
Did you buy it to drive it? or as a status symbol to sit on the driveway?
Not a dig.... a serious question cos I cannot understand buying a car like ours and doing 25,000 miles in 4 years??
Even a weekend track toy would accumulate more miles...
03 August 2004, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by talizman
So, all these folk with little or no miles on their Scooby's.....
Did you buy it to drive it? or as a status symbol to sit on the driveway?
Not a dig.... a serious question cos I cannot understand buying a car like ours and doing 25,000 miles in 4 years??
Even a weekend track toy would accumulate more miles...
Did you buy it to drive it? or as a status symbol to sit on the driveway?
Not a dig.... a serious question cos I cannot understand buying a car like ours and doing 25,000 miles in 4 years??
Even a weekend track toy would accumulate more miles...
I do use it at weekends, and TBH I feel I get more out of it because it feels special when I do use it. Mind you, my OTHER car is a Ford Capri
Some of my work mates point out that I rarely use it. I say, you don't wear you best clothes to go to work do you? You just wear your sloppy joes
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03 August 2004, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by talizman
So, all these folk with little or no miles on their Scooby's.....
I get at least as much pleasure from tinkering anyway...
03 August 2004, 09:51 PM
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Maybe its just me, but if I'm paying a whopping great amount of cash to buy, insure and maintain a car, then I certainly don't want it spending its life gathering cobwebs in a garage. Just MHO.
The old phrase... "its a tool, not a jewel!"
The old phrase... "its a tool, not a jewel!"
03 August 2004, 10:16 PM
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John - my sentiments exactly, thats why even though its my 2nd car (04), its still used everynight to go for that little blast, its like a drug (though never took them
) once you start you just cant stop
My phrase is "I didnt buy it to polish it, i bought it to drive it"
) once you start you just cant stopMy phrase is "I didnt buy it to polish it, i bought it to drive it"
03 August 2004, 10:48 PM
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I only put 22,000 miles on my last car in over 5 years - but then I live only 2 miles from where I worked. Don't forget, talizman, not everyone has a 200 mile round trip every day.
(Current Scooby has 1200 miles on it, and that's in the last 2 weeks.)
(Current Scooby has 1200 miles on it, and that's in the last 2 weeks.
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04 August 2004, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Johnny WR1
I only put 22,000 miles on my last car in over 5 years - but then I live only 2 miles from where I worked. Don't forget, talizman, not everyone has a 200 mile round trip every day.
(Current Scooby has 1200 miles on it, and that's in the last 2 weeks.)
(Current Scooby has 1200 miles on it, and that's in the last 2 weeks.
)Personally, I do use it, but even that coupled with leisure driving only comes to about 12k a year.
04 August 2004, 09:40 AM
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Reasons for low mileage - in our case at least, is that my son works in London so gets on the train. The car is covered on the driveway, so gets rarely used during the week.
It doesn't matter wether it's the Scoob on a rusty old Nova - that's the way it is!
In my case, I have the choice of car or bus to work, so why put more clutter and pollution on the road when I can use public transport? I usually drive to work just 2 or 3 times a week (It's only 3 miles)
Look at it this way, if I can afford (just!) to run a car that I want and can choose when I want to use it, it feels GOOD when I do! Strange attitude from some of you! We are doing you a favour by reducing the commuting congestion?
Having said all that, we often travel in convoy to shows etc. when we could easily use just one car!
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It doesn't matter wether it's the Scoob on a rusty old Nova - that's the way it is!
In my case, I have the choice of car or bus to work, so why put more clutter and pollution on the road when I can use public transport? I usually drive to work just 2 or 3 times a week (It's only 3 miles)
Look at it this way, if I can afford (just!) to run a car that I want and can choose when I want to use it, it feels GOOD when I do! Strange attitude from some of you! We are doing you a favour by reducing the commuting congestion?
Having said all that, we often travel in convoy to shows etc. when we could easily use just one car!
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04 August 2004, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by talizman
I'm not suggesting that Scobs should be used as everyone's daily commuter.
Personally, I do use it, but even that coupled with leisure driving only comes to about 12k a year.
Personally, I do use it, but even that coupled with leisure driving only comes to about 12k a year.
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04 August 2004, 10:06 AM
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johnd agree with you on this one,
mines over 2 years old and has just crept over the 14,000 mark everytime I use it I have fun and IT ALWAYS gives me a grin. Maybe because I use it so little i'm not getting bored of it so quickly. Im sure if I did 30000 miles a year in any car i'd get bored of it quicker.
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mines over 2 years old and has just crept over the 14,000 mark everytime I use it I have fun and IT ALWAYS gives me a grin. Maybe because I use it so little i'm not getting bored of it so quickly. Im sure if I did 30000 miles a year in any car i'd get bored of it quicker.
hawk
Low miles indeed.
04 August 2004, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Jake
My MY00 has 17k miles......Beat that!!!
think i did! 10k in the tvr! my00! altho it is a tvr so should in theory spend most of its life in a garage! not mine tho! ( touch wood)
ok so anybody want a tuscan ????????
04 August 2004, 07:17 PM
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You should use it more mate!
I've tried using the other halves car a bit more recently in order to keep my mileage down but i'm finding it too much of a wrench to leave my car and drive something else!
I've tried using the other halves car a bit more recently in order to keep my mileage down but i'm finding it too much of a wrench to leave my car and drive something else!