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PostPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 9:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

7000 miles in 2016.

1200 miles round trip to Des Moines
1500 miles round trip to Nags Head, NC

The miles add up fast.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:18 am    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

I don't have exact numbers as I neglected to check before i put them away this year. Best guesstimates

1964 Notchback roughly 1200 miles

1967 Bug roughly 1000 miles (speedo was broken till late fall when i refurbed it)

1971 Squareback roughly 3000 miles

1989 Doka just over 10,000 KM ( I know Stan won't count this one cus its got a radiator Laughing )


Not a bad year for me at all!
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 10:43 am    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

1521 miles in a little over a year.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

about 11k to 12k miles per year at present..
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

About 1800.

It is a daily, but I live and work in the same town.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 12:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

This year I've put about 1,300 miles on my '72 Super, since I started keeping track back in July. I try to drive it to work (20 miles each way) around once a week, plus any other opportunity I have to drive it.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 12:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

3K on the 60 down from 30K annually 12 years ago (over 300K on this one)
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12k on the 70 Bonneville pit bug (this one just turned over to 200K)
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 7:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

We actually put on a record number of miles this past summer. Went from Pittsburgh, Pa. to June Bug Rally in june, around 750 total. Then in July, went to Dayton Ohio for Kubeltreffen, maybe 800 total, plus many trips in western Pa. where we live, altogether around 2800 miles. Oh, thats in our 73 Thing.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 6:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

Happy New Year. Post up how many miles you drove in a vintage VW this year. Add a few pix too, if you got 'em.
For me in 2017:

'61 Bus: 1,894 miles
'65 Panel: 0 miles
'64 Vert: 3,079 miles
'71 Squareback: approx 2,000 miles

Total: approx. 6973 miles in vintage VWs for me this year.

In August I traded the '65 Panel bus for the '71 squareback with a local VW friend. The panel needed a transmission and had a few other issues. The squareback has a funky odometer, so I had to approximate mileage, for now.

My '64 Vert, drag racing. April 10, 2017 at Island Dragway in NJ for the AirRaid event.

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My '61 Bus, at the Nantasket, MA beach car show, June 11, 2017.

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My '71 squareback and me. Mic Mac cove Maine, Buses by the Buoy, Sept. 9, 2017.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 12:44 am    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

3900 miles for me this year on my daily '60 bug (I fortunately work very close to home!) I also haven't used her as much as normal as she has been a bit temperamental with a worn out distributor - that shall be fixed 2018!
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:33 am    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

I’ve done about 3,000 miles this year in my bus.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 8:17 am    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

Have not check yet but will New Years day like I have done in the past. Generally it comes out to be about 2500 ~ 3000 a year per car. All type 1's 68 72 73. Um the '01 pickup 6250 a year.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 10:18 am    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

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3900 miles for me this year on my daily '60 bug (I fortunately work very close to home!) I also haven't used her as much as normal as she has been a bit temperamental with a worn out distributor - that shall be fixed 2018!


Nice looking bug. I got this picture from your gallery. It also has a Judson supercharger and a 36hp motor, correct?

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 10:23 am    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

CarlosZ wrote:
I’ve done about 3,000 miles this year in my bus.


Nice Bus. Looks like you did some engine work this year?
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 10:40 am    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

gt1953 wrote:
Have not check yet but will New Years day like I have done in the past. Generally it comes out to be about 2500 ~ 3000 a year per car. All type 1's 68 72 73. Um the '01 pickup 6250 a year.


More nice bugs. I forget that some of us don't have to live without the VW fix during the winter months:).

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I didn't find the heater-box connection pipe in any discussion forums.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

Roughly 4500 miles this year in Inga, would have been higher but I spent more than half the year overseas.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 2:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

only 600 miles. Between my Wifes illness and my Moms poor health and passing life outside the old vw has kept me away. Hopeful for more miles in 2018
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 2:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

Almost 4,000 miles in 2017. Longest stint was 600 miles round trip.
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May we all have a healthy, VW cruising-filled New Year!
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 3:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

mukluk wrote:
Roughly 4500 miles this year in Inga, would have been higher but I spent more than half the year overseas.


Awesome pix! Is that bug a true daily driver, or more take it out for fun?
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 4:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven Reply with quote

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3900 miles for me this year on my daily '60 bug (I fortunately work very close to home!) I also haven't used her as much as normal as she has been a bit temperamental with a worn out distributor - that shall be fixed 2018!


Nice looking bug. I got this picture from your gallery. It also has a Judson supercharger and a 36hp motor, correct?

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Yep that's correct! Judson has given 0 issues this year - in terms of reliability I've used my roadside assistance twice this year for points and once I forgot to refuel AND accidentally kicked my reserve tap so completely ran out. I also forgot she was off the road for a month getting some minor rust repair done.
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