Poll: How many miles do you drive per year?

[oxnardprof]

I drive about 22,000 miles per year (based on the Ford Escort 200,000 miles in 9 years).

I recieved the Prius April 2, and I have a little over 4000 miles on it. That includes one week in May when I went out of town, and did not drive it. So, I have averaged 2000 per month, projects to 24,000 per year.

We plan to use the Prius for long drives on the weekends, and the Caravan for short trips. The logic is that the fuel efficiency of the Prius is lessened in short trips.

[Mybrid]

:crazyeyes: :cry:
Just home to work and back for a year is 36,500.
Ok here is the way I see it. First off the more miles you drive the more you save in fuel cost. When you drive more than 15K a year you have added expense of maintenance and a loss in resale value per year. So ya must keep it for :?: :?: years just to break even. I think the easier way to go here is to think of how much cleaner the air is because of what you’re driving:!: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[tms13]

About 25,000 for me - 5,000 commuting and the rest is leisure travel. 80% of commuting and 90% of leisure (by distance) are on motorways or high-speed dual-carriageways at 70mph or more.

It's reassuring to see lots of large numbers in this thread - it kicks against the theory that "only town/city drivers benefit from a hybrid". Yes, I know my mileage won't be much (or any) better than a new VW TDi, but that's still much better than my previous car (which only gets 40-45 mpg with my kind of driving). I don't expect the mid-60s quoted for steady low- to mid-speed driving, but I know I'll still have one of the most efficient vehicles at any speed.

[bookrats]

I may be the lowball person for this poll.

The last 4 or 5 years, I've put about 3,000 miles max on the Civic each year -- I think it might have been as low as 2000 in 2002.

Most days I ride a vanpool to work (~30 miles away); the drive to the vanpool from my house is about 3-4 miles. There's an additional 12 miles three times a week, as I drive to the swimming pool and back.

Now, the car itself has about 220,000 miles on it. I bought it new in '87, and the first 8-9 years of its life were spent in the daily 60 mile commute every day -- so it racked up the mileage considerably. I joined the vanpool in the mid-90s.

When the Prius arrives, I suspect that my MPG will be on the low end; short trips apparently result in low MPG. (Don't know if 3 miles is considered a short trip, but I'll assume so.) On the other hand, I suspect I'll be looking for excuses to drive to work...

[pkjohna]

It's looking like about 25-27 thousand for me depending on how many road trips get thrown in. With gas prices as they are I'm much more likely to do a driving vacation than with my old car. If this keeps up I'm afraid the economy is in for a real beating.

[amped]

Around 4-6K split between 2-3 vehicles. I have a home office, my commute is to the coffee maker. For most trips over ~200 miles I'll either fly or rent an interesting car on an unlimited mileage contract.

[harryg]

cars: 2004 Tideland BC, 2000 Ford Ranger
Port Townsend, Wa

We dive between 25 -30 k a year combined, I'm retired but wife still works, she brings home the bacon and I eat it!

Harry

[Ralphmc]

One argument I hear from people on both sides of the fuel economy debate is that either they don't drive enough miles per year to feel bad about their low MPG vehicle or, conversly, don't drive enough to "pay back" a high MPG vehicle like a hybrid.

Looking at the posts on this board, it seems like many Prius owner's don't drive excessively high miles annually, which is not what I expected to see. Personally, I drive nearly 30,000 miles each year due to my job.

How many miles do you drive?

I estimate 20k per year for the next 7 years commute to work

[SureValla]

I've had mine for 2 1/3 years and I'm at 64,000.

thats 27,000/year however thats b/c i only drove 22,000 in the first year.

With my new commute of 45 miles one way to work I'm up to about 35,000 a year once other trips are factored in.

[wjterry]

Originally Posted by Momentum

One argument I hear from people on both sides of the fuel economy debate is that either they don't drive enough miles per year to feel bad about their low MPG vehicle or, conversly, don't drive enough to "pay back" a high MPG vehicle like a hybrid.

Looking at the posts on this board, it seems like many Prius owner's don't drive excessively high miles annually, which is not what I expected to see. Personally, I drive nearly 30,000 miles each year due to my job.

How many miles do you drive?

'bout 25K