R50/53 The joy of mileage or what have you put on your MINI?
#1
So, I've had my MINI for almost a full eight months. Today I hit 14,000 miles. People tend to cringe when they learn my mileage to ownership ratio. I say if they didn't make the car so much fun to drive my miles would be lower. My other arguement is if they can find a way to get me where I need to go without driving I'd like to see them do it. (Though, what fun would that be?) My only worry is my rapidly diminishing warranty and what I'll do if I need repairs. Bah.
No big point to be made. But, I figured I could find some sympathy here and a few others who just about "live" in their MINIs.
No big point to be made. But, I figured I could find some sympathy here and a few others who just about "live" in their MINIs.
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I just passed one year of ownership and 20K miles last week. Still running well. I've never put on more than 5-7K miles in a year on any car...of course the new 50+ mile commute every day starts adding up. Reading posts around here, 20K in a year is nowhere near the highest mileage total, though. I've read about a few closer to 30K miles/year. I'm pretty sure those people don't sleep much, though...
#10
19 months and just about to turn 40K! Guess which
will come first: five years or 50K? Yeah, yeah...
My commute is not much, except that I drive around
the state occasionally for my job. Also, I'm always taking
trips to wilderness areas for backpacking.
This car is the best purchase I have EVER made!
Godspeed.
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will come first: five years or 50K? Yeah, yeah...
My commute is not much, except that I drive around
the state occasionally for my job. Also, I'm always taking
trips to wilderness areas for backpacking.
This car is the best purchase I have EVER made!
Godspeed.
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#20
1 year 3 months. 25,000k on her. I have too much fun driving to even care about miles. That's what I bought it for, to drive it. I learned this from my dad. He's a driver too, and on the forum he frequents, guys boast and brag about only having 400 miles on their car. My dad counters with "I get more enjoyment out of my car in a day than you guys get in years." It's a Corvette forum. I still can't ever see myself buying a car and not driving it.
Craig
Craig
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bought mine in september 20 of 02 and have about 60,000 miles on mine shesh and ive been watching my miles,i know of one on the site with 80 sumthin, im sick i tell you sick their is onley a few cooperS's with this milage last time i checked and the funny thing was we onley have one mini dealer in michigan and i was my dealers first oil change and first checkup back in eastpoint, i was putting on almost 1000 miles a week in some cases once they gave me a loaner bmw and i pute on about 2000 miles on that car, they never gave me another loaner thou after that, hmmmm!
anyway best miles are coming soon im shure,
anyway best miles are coming soon im shure,