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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 06:55 AM
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Do you drive a year/month?

last owner did 1k year

I am doing 1k a month

( I get 325 just going to town for bread)
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 07:00 AM
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I put roughly 4000 on mine last year. Expecting between 4-5k this year.

But I put 22-25k on my DD in a year.

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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 07:48 AM
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Drove my yellow '68 for 20k miles in 2 years = 10k miles/year!!

That included 1 trip from Clearwater/FL to Bowling Green/KY and back and my initial trip from Vienna/OH to Clearwater/FL..
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 08:09 AM
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I do 2-3K a year - mainly car shows, cruise nites and just cruzzin'. Then it is put away for the winter

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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 08:44 AM
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I drive my 3 older Vettes about 3,000 to 4,000 miles a year each. The newer one about 5,000 miles. That's about 17,000 miles a year of pure pleasure
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:07 AM
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A couple of thousand. I just put it on the road 2 months ago and the speedo dont work so its just a guess.
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:25 AM
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Our's are in storage from Oct. thru May. (winter). Our 72 we put on 600 miles, and the 79 was 1800 miles approx.
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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I put about 7-8k a year on the '88, and about 1200 a year on the '71.
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4K last year on my 81.
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Did a couple thousand last year. Have driven the old girl 12 miles this year so far.
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Between 3 and 4 thousand miles a year, here.
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3-4 thousand a year with a 1970. This is occasional use for most collector car insurance companies - as long as the car is in a locked garage.
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About 2-3K a year on mine. The biggest portion is going to Carlisle every August. I've got no hesitation driving it more than that, I just don't have the time.
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A bunch...now at 136,961 since pic taken on March 25th...

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Originally Posted by vetteman1978
I do 2-3K a year - mainly car shows, cruise nites and just cruzzin'. Then it is put away for the winter

John
SAME HERE.
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I only put 500-1000 miles on mine per year....
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In 2007 I only managed about 500 miles on the '72. But I did pull it off the road in early Sept. to do a suspension and brakes restoration. Hope for more this year, weather permitting.
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I usally put between 500 and 1,000 a year if I'm lucky.The first few years that I had her I put about 10,000 on it now it seems like every year it gets less,I guess I better take her out more!!!
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mine is my only car, lol. i already put a couple thousand on since i bought it a month ago.
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