What is considered "average mileage"????
Le Mans Master
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From: Charlotte North Carolina
I put about 5,000 miles on mine in March, and about 3,000 miles this month. I expect to average 3500 a month. I am going to drive mine into the ground. Nothing left for the next guy. Maximum miles and smiles per dollar for me.
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From: Prattville AL
Ive had my C5 since late July and it had 14,100 miles on it. Now it has around 29K. Daily driver to school with a 100 mile round trip commute to school at least 2 days a week, and I drive other cars within the family often too. 
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From: Shiloh Ohio
I have not looked at one for a while but there used to be a table in the NADA book that would have you add or subtract based on so many miles per year. Did not matter what car it was. I am going by memory but I think it is 15K per year is the average, any more you subtract any less you add to the value of the car.
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I have an '04 Vette plus two other cars and two Harleys (yeah I know, why does a single guy have so many vehicles? Guess it runs in the family. My brother has nine cars; one for his wife and eight for him!) so its hard for me to pile mileage up on any one vehicle 'cuz I rotate driving them.
But to answer your question, my guess is that I'll put about 6k on the Vette this year.
I think ideally its best to put enough mileage on a warranty car so that when the warranty's time expires the car's mileage should be as close to the warranty mileage limit as well, then cut back on driving after that. I'd be real disappointed if my 36 months ran out and I only had like 20k miles on the car that had a 36k mileage warranty.
My philosophy is, use a car to its maximum factory warranty limits so any weak parts can break during the warranty period and hope like heck those that don't will last as long as I own the care thereafter.
..rickko..
But to answer your question, my guess is that I'll put about 6k on the Vette this year.
I think ideally its best to put enough mileage on a warranty car so that when the warranty's time expires the car's mileage should be as close to the warranty mileage limit as well, then cut back on driving after that. I'd be real disappointed if my 36 months ran out and I only had like 20k miles on the car that had a 36k mileage warranty.
My philosophy is, use a car to its maximum factory warranty limits so any weak parts can break during the warranty period and hope like heck those that don't will last as long as I own the care thereafter.
..rickko..
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My car is a bit over 5 years old (I've had it for a little over four of those years - was driven by a dealer for the first 10 months) and it now has 26K on the car. But in the last few years, I have only been putting about 3K per year on the car.
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Mines an 02 model but I didn't start driving it until June 03. It's a daily driver and I have just about 17k. Thats about 8.5 k per year.
