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John Byrne
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Posted: 14 March 2026 at 3:18pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
That’s me! My 30 year old Jag, bought new in 1996, yesterday ticked over 45,000 miles for the first time. That’s 1500 miles per year.

Working at home will do that.

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Brian Miller
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Posted: 14 March 2026 at 3:45pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply
Good lord. My 2018 Corolla had 33,000 miles on it when I got it in 2019. It
now has 198,000.
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John Cole
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Posted: 15 March 2026 at 5:08am | IP Logged | 3 post reply
My 2018 Chevy Cruze has 25,000 miles on it..

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Bill Collins
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Posted: 15 March 2026 at 7:35am | IP Logged | 4 post reply
My previous car was 15 years old with 25,000 miles on the
clock when i changed it 7 years ago. I only changed it
because i was travelling more then the 1.5 miles to work i
usually did, plus i wanted air con. If i keep this one 15
years, which i intend to, i will be 70!
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Evan S. Kurtz
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Posted: 15 March 2026 at 1:32pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply
Even with the limited travel during the pandemic and working 5 kilometres from home, I've put just over 80,000km (49,700 miles) on my Tesla Model 3 since Sept 2018. 
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John Byrne
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Posted: 15 March 2026 at 2:09pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply
My 2001 PT Cruiser has about 49,000 miles. It’s the one I drive the most, to the grocery store and whatnot.

I tend to anthropomorphize my cars—always have—so as they grow older I resist suggestions that I upgrade. Wouldn’t seem fair to a pair of “old friends” ho have served me so well and been gently treated in return.

I admit, as a child I was deeply traumatized by the end of the Classics Illustrated version of BLACK BEAUTY. It’s stuck with me for seventy years!

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