Date:         Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:55:26 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: How many miles do you drive per year?
Comments: To: "Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks" <gary2a@telus.net>
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According to the US EPA, the average annual mileage is 12,500 miles for
passenger cars and 14,000 miles for light trucks.

On 1/25/06, Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks <gary2a@telus.net> wrote:
>
> >Wonder what the yearly mileage differences are between here and the
> >US. I do between 35 and 40 000km a year here in Finland. (half of it
> >on ice...)
>
> 1 mile = 1.6 km
> 1 km = 0.62 miles
>
> I drive 10 to 12,000 kms per year.  80% city driving.  I live in the inner
> city, no commuting involved.
> The trip computer in my car says my average speed is 35 km/h for city
> driving.
> So if I drive 10,000 km per year at 35 km/h that's 285 hours sitting in
> the
> car, or
> 45 minutes per day.
>
> I'm told the average vehicle in North America gets driven about 20,000
> miles
> (32,000 kms) per year.
> Assuming city driving only, that works out to 2 1/2 hours per
> day.  Assuming
> combined city/highway it's probably still 2 hours a day.
>
> We are spending a lot of time in these things........
>
> Gary Lee
> http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/vw.htm
>
> * Add your yearly mileage to this thread*
>



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