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mukluk
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 Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven |
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Roughly 4500 miles this year in Inga, would have been higher but I spent more than half the year overseas.
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Awesome pix! Is that bug a true daily driver, or more take it out for fun? |
Thank you for the compliment. The bug was originally intended as something just for fun, but periodically and as of late been pressed into true daily driver duty. The nice thing is those duty requirements are now coming to an end, for retirement is come to my doorstep and driveway... I look forward to the prospect of more road trips now. 
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SeamusBlack32
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 11:45 pm Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven |
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I am currently puting about 24,000 miles a year on my 1968 Beetle. 80 miles a day round trip. She hasn’t let me down yet. 
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Stanagon
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SeamusBlack32
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven |
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Thanks Stanagon. I’m really enjoying her. I even get a little excited when something is off cause it means I get to learn something new. Now I’m working a bunch of overtime to save up for a paint job.
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Mid Engine Bug
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven |
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Compared to most of you, I am slacking big time. 400 miles in 2 years. About 100 of those miles have been on the track though. Thats got to count for something.
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Stanagon
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Stanagon
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SeamusBlack32
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:47 pm Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven |
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Man that’s a good looking driveway!!
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Stanagon
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Stanagon
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 10:54 pm Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven |
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After a 6 month rehab of a car that languished in a back yard for 24 years, it looks like I’m going to break 10,000 miles... in 6 months.
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oprn
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| Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 8:09 am Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven |
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Last year on this one we did:
Two 1200 km trips to Vernon BC
One 500 km trip to a family rebellion in Edmonton
One 850 km trip to a VW event Lethbridge
One 600 km trip to a VW gathering in Calgary
Three 160 km trips to Provost
Various little trips into town and back for a total of about 5,200 km. We had plans for more but work and life get in the way.
Oh ya! And a half a dozen km on the ice racing track.
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Stanagon
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olspeed
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| Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven |
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My Ghia was getting run 3000 miles a month in the summers as a commuter car... no ice time up here anyway so sometimes March thru October but more often April to September, this was from 2003 up until the time I retired two years ago. It did great with monthly oil changes and a basic tune up at the start of each season, now it just gets the summertime grocery run and still does just fine.
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jeffrey8164 
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| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:04 pm Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven |
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Im jealous.
Mine hasn’t seen one mile since 2004.
Soon, but not yet.
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mikec4193
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 7:09 am Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven |
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I had to add to this thread...
The 1968 VW that I had for almost 1 year I think I did maybe 200 miles, the 1970 Beetle that I had I drove off the trailer and maybe 300 feet down the driveway into the garage...that one I had maybe for 6 months...
I don't drive them much at all...too scary to drive them where I live...
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Stanagon
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EasternNotch
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2018 11:46 am Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven |
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I think my VWs are put away for the year... time to look back on the fun miles from 2018:
'61 Bus: 0 miles (trans. is still stuck in 3rd gear)
'64 Vert: 1,416 miles
'71 Squareback: 4,786 miles
Total: 6202 miles in vintage VWs for me this year.
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nice year Stan!
for me :
1964 Notchback : about 15 miles just for a couple runs to get it out and about
1969 Fastback :3200 miles
1969 Type 34 : 256 miles
1964 panel : minus 8 feet ( only has reverse)
1989 Doka 12000 KM (water cooled and doesn't really count)
looking forward to 2019
-Lucas
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2018 11:48 am Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven |
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I broke the 10,000 mile mark before 6 months passed, shooting for 11,000 in six months.
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EVfun
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2018 11:53 am Post subject: Re: Yearly miles driven |
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Since I live in the city I don't rack up a lot of miles. This year the '57 Bug picked up 3230 miles and the '04 Tacoma less than 3000 miles (it only has 57,600 miles on it.) My '64 Mini-T exactly 0 miles, its been taking up a garage stall all year but now has a good used transaxle (I hope, I trust the seller) and new engine sitting in it.
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