MK5 Golf GTI

General => Random Chat => Topic started by: ILoveTuna on May 10, 2012, 06:49:00 pm

Title: Miles Per year
Post by: ILoveTuna on May 10, 2012, 06:49:00 pm
Had the beast MOT'ed today. Dug out last years certificate before i went noticed i have only done 3,800 miles this year!!  :surprised:

Anyone beat that?
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: dodds-gttdi on May 10, 2012, 07:04:55 pm
Yeah, 15,500 miles in a year! MoT was last Thursday with no advisories. :smile:

I presume your looking for lower miles tho. :wink: and from a GTI, not a GT TDi. No worries, I'll get my coat. :happy2:
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: neil86 on May 10, 2012, 07:07:30 pm
When contracting use to average 30,000 a year nightmare.
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: rich83 on May 10, 2012, 07:13:25 pm
27000 between my ed30s last 2 MOTs  :driver: :driver:
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Matto on May 10, 2012, 07:19:43 pm
Not sure yet. Will he a year of ownership next month but with 21k on the clock since new and now 4 yes old that's an average of 5250 a year.
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Mark... on May 10, 2012, 07:21:59 pm
Only had mine about 7 months and put 10k on her  :driver:
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Post by: Saintsteve on May 10, 2012, 07:40:13 pm
Just under 3000 since April 11.
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Post by: Beddie on May 10, 2012, 07:42:44 pm
21K and a million stonechips since this time last year for mine  :happy2:
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Hogster on May 10, 2012, 07:51:51 pm
37k in 10 months and yes I should have bought a Diesel!
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: ILoveTuna on May 10, 2012, 08:03:20 pm
I guess I should drive it more!! Needs a service hardly seems worthwhile.
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: john a on May 10, 2012, 08:24:11 pm
Drive it more!!  :driver:

I'm on track to do 9,600 in 12 months, probably my lowest annual mileage in 15 years.
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: mattypgolf on May 10, 2012, 08:26:59 pm
Did 16k last year
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Post by: garrardrj on May 10, 2012, 08:54:18 pm
Did 1600 in last 12 months ! Used the bike more
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: TimJK on May 10, 2012, 08:54:56 pm
Had mine since june... done 15,000 miles so far. Just changed jobs and lift sharing now thank god, gone from 3 years old 10000miles to nearly 4 years old 25000!
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Degudodger on May 10, 2012, 09:16:30 pm
26,296 miles in the last 12 months  :surprised:
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Tamiyoman on May 10, 2012, 09:23:54 pm
4100 in 7 months, but thats heavy use for me, normally its around 4K per year!.

I just got my mum's Mk5 Golf MOT'd for her 2 weeks back, she did 612 miles last year  (Yes Six Hundred and Twelve) :signLOL:

Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: winrya on May 10, 2012, 09:39:03 pm
Had my mot last week and noticed I've done 3500 miles in the past year
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Andy on May 10, 2012, 09:41:46 pm
1000 miles a year
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Oli on May 10, 2012, 09:49:25 pm
I did roughly 3500 on my 997 in 14 months and circa 20-25k in my Transporter Kombi 180 in 12 months.
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Post by: Kregiel on May 10, 2012, 09:50:42 pm
10 k miles a year!
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Post by: Frodo-anni on May 10, 2012, 10:03:51 pm
2446 miles in 4 months of ownership since January, probably wont do much over the next 3-4 weeks as i will be doing very little work  :happy2:
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Shorty on May 10, 2012, 10:52:27 pm
Got it with 47,500 miles on it back in November, its done 49,500 miles now. I need to drive the thing more often!
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Lazye on May 10, 2012, 11:02:23 pm
My missus' Polo 1.0L used to average 1000-1400 miles a year between MOTs. I got her an Edition30 and this has done 4500 miles in its first year, I have been 'borrowing' it a little at the weekends though. Funny as I never used to 'borrow' the Polo at all... :grin:
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: DanGB on May 11, 2012, 11:51:11 am
Need to check but less than 2k.
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: andy1979uk on May 11, 2012, 11:54:32 am
I really dont understand why people buy a car, goto the expense of tax and insurance for only 2k or so per year. It would be cheaper to just get a taxi. A car is for driving not for looking at,  :stupid:
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Saintsteve on May 11, 2012, 12:40:36 pm
I really dont understand why people buy a car, goto the expense of tax and insurance for only 2k or so per year. It would be cheaper to just get a taxi. A car is for driving not for looking at,  :stupid:
Perhaps some people enjoy it for what it is, rather then driving it everywhere? Not everyone is the same.
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: MC71 on May 11, 2012, 01:33:16 pm
 I do about 5000 a year. Live 1 mile from work and I still drive otherwise I wouldnt use the ED30 more than twice a week!!

1000 miles a year

Love that. Have you had the car from new? No one will believe you when you come to sell it with so few miles on board! :signLOL:  :happy2:
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Oli on May 11, 2012, 01:56:37 pm
My missus' Polo 1.0L used to average 1000-1400 miles a year between MOTs. I got her an Edition30 and this has done 4500 miles in its first year, I have been 'borrowing' it a little at the weekends though. Funny as I never used to 'borrow' the Polo at all... :grin:

Brilliant
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Tamiyoman on May 11, 2012, 02:01:04 pm
I really dont understand why people buy a car, goto the expense of tax and insurance for only 2k or so per year. It would be cheaper to just get a taxi. A car is for driving not for looking at,  :stupid:

I would rather wave at the Taxi man and hand him a tenner as he passes rather than sit on his puke stained seats  :sick:, it's one of the many reasons some people have a car so they dont have to endure rely on public transport  :happy2:

Last time I took a bus it was for a 2.5 mile journey to go pick up my car from the night before, the bus driver took me for nearly £3!!!, petrol is expensive these days but jesus h christ, paying £3 for a bus lurching from one stop to the next to get you to your destination approx area (well a bus stop some half a mile from where you left your car anyway!), no thanks!  :happy2:
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Oli on May 11, 2012, 02:30:18 pm
I really dont understand why people buy a car, goto the expense of tax and insurance for only 2k or so per year. It would be cheaper to just get a taxi. A car is for driving not for looking at,  :stupid:

Mmmmmm, let me think 997 or use a taxi to go everywhere for my thrills! Doh

And the idiot remark of the day goes to ..........(please fill in the blank  :wink:)
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: Andy on May 11, 2012, 08:09:56 pm
I do about 5000 a year. Live 1 mile from work and I still drive otherwise I wouldnt use the ED30 more than twice a week!!

1000 miles a year

Love that. Have you had the car from new? No one will believe you when you come to sell it with so few miles on board! :signLOL:  :happy2:

had my tdi from new--its a 54 plate with 45k on the clock--before i changed jobs i used to do 40 miles a day,now i do a mile aday thats if i don't walk to work
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: dmac1969 on May 12, 2012, 03:10:44 pm
I bought my GTI in Sept 2010 with 37500 on the clock , its now sitting just over 49000. Last years service was carried out on June 2nd 2011 and by then it was sitting on 42200 , so it looks as though I will have done about 7000 in the year between services. Looking through the service book , my car did 10500 in its first year , 4800 in its second , 12000 in its 3rd , 10000 in its fourth , 5000 in its fifth and as I say is on course for 7000 in its sixth. It has had 4 owners before me so you can see their vehicle useage varied somewhat!  :driver:
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: dmac1969 on May 12, 2012, 03:18:35 pm
37k in 10 months and yes I should have bought a Diesel!

 :surprised: It must never be cold!!
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: ConeKiller on May 12, 2012, 04:05:21 pm
10k in 10 months in the GTI

my grandad died a few months ago, had a 2002 plate corsa, as he was ill and didnt drive for so long the car has 7000 miles on it from new, every year serviced and mot'd!
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: MC71 on May 12, 2012, 05:11:04 pm
^^^^ similar thing, my mum passed away 4 years ago, didn't drive for 3 years before that and her V Reg 206 xsi (which she had from new) has about 19000 miles on it. My old man kept the car for the family to use when our cars are in the garage etc. Car has done 253 miles between services, I looked it up today. Oh cracking little motor as well!
 :happy2:
Title: Re: Miles Per year
Post by: garrardrj on May 12, 2012, 06:01:18 pm
My Dad retired 8 years ago and kept his van (Bedford Rascal) just used it to go to the dump. Did 400 miles in 8 years , passed MOT every year , never serviced covered in rust and during its last year it was stolen due to it being easy to steal ! Ran out of petrol 2 miles from dads house ! He had it from 1995 at a year old and had it serviced once because it was free !
Got £180 for it when i drove it to the scrap yard end of last year