how much do you drive?

[CRaSHnBuRN]

Always listening to everyone talk about gas mileage got me to wondering just how many miles people like us drive on average. I know I'm at the lower end of the spectrum, but where does everyone else sit?

For example, in one year I've put 8000 miles on my tacoma, 5000 of which would be driving around town, and out to my parents, with the other 3000 being long range trips. I ride the bus to school, which really helps as well. When I had my chevy, I bet I didn't put close to that many miles on it, even when I dated a girl in austin and was making weekly trips up there

[95discovery]

dont know about how many miles exactly, but i drive back and forth from here to blinn 3+times a week (more than once in a day between classes), various errands, and i go home every other weekend or so to work on stuff. So ill burn almost a whole tank of gas, 20 or so gallons, in a week (AWD=10mpg=owned)

[CRaSHnBuRN]

you live on campus? Curious why you don't ride the bus out to blinn?

[95discovery]

you live on campus? Curious why you don't ride the bus out to blinn?


shh

in other words i dont know, i just like driving.

[sasquatch]

i've put about 6000 on my truck in 4 months

[JeepPhisherman]

I drive, on average, 300 miles a week, but then again, I'm working right now so I'm not a typical student.

[TMatheaus]

i would say that i drive bout 12000 miles in a year living up here

[CRaSHnBuRN]

shh

in other words i dont know, i just like driving.

I used to be like that. I've lived on bus routes most of my time up here, and never used them. One of the stops was like 30 ft from my apartment door, yet I drove. Finally one semester a friend borrowed my truck and didn't have it back in time, so I was forced to try to catch the bus. Since then I've never driven to campus again, unless it was under special circumstances. Its just so much easier to ride. No traffic to fight, I can sleep or study on the way, no fighting for a parking spot (I used to park in zachary when they oversold the number of parking permits every semester), and the bus normally drops closer to my classes than the parking lot was. Now if they could only solve the waiting time problem I would be set. My old bus route had a bus running every 10-15 minutes, but the current one its more like every half hour

[CRaSHnBuRN]

Give us a little bit of a break down, so we can see where those miles come from. Do you work, go home alot, commute to school, etc.

[uglyota]

I finally made it 3 months before I hit 3000 miles (on an oil change) recently, so I guess that means I normally drive over 12000 a year, but a great majority of that is running out to Mississippi. I ride my bike or the bus to school, at first because I was too cheap to get a parking pass and now because morning traffic is stressful and I really enjoy riding my bike to school, so I tend to only get in the car 3 or 4 times during the week and that is almost always to drive less than 20 miles. Put in a few more miles on a typical weekend, maybe 100-150?

[jerryg79]

8-10 miles per day. I rarely go anywhere on the weekends, except when someone is in town. Almost all of the miles on my truck can be attributed to 1-1/2 trips to htown and back and to clayton and back. I have 14k and I bought it in June.

[BMFScout]

~200 miles a week to work, another 20-30ish on the weekends, unless it is a road trip weekend, then who knows. A few weekends ago I made a Dallas-Austin-College Station-Dallas trip. So commuting alone is ~10k miles, Another 1500 for normal weekends, at least 5-6 trips to college station,~400 miles, 2400 miles, I would say easily 15k miles in a year. That's $1500 a year in gas at $3 a gallon, that is bull****.

I'll tell you why I don't ride busses or whatever, even when it was convenient. Public transportation sucks. Get a motorcyle.

[uglyota]

I used to think public transportation sucked, but it turns out I live near a bunch of sorority houses so the scenery's not so bad, even though I get dumber overhearing some people's phone conversations.
Public transportation can be relaxing and convenient once you figure it out. Go hang out in San Jose, Costa Rica if you think it would be great if everybody was on a motorcycle

[jerryg79]

I used to think public transportation sucked, but it turns out I live near a bunch of sorority houses so the scenery's not so bad, even though I get dumber overhearing some people's phone conversations.
Public transportation can be relaxing and convenient once you figure it out. Go hang out in San Jose, Costa Rica if you think it would be great if everybody was on a motorcycle

There are people who live here and ride the train or bus into NYC everyday. I would shoot myself if I had to do this everyday.

I want to get a street bike, but its scary enough around here in a car. New Jersey Drivers + a round-about = Loop of Death.

[uglyota]

Lots of people park at the Kingwood park and ride and pimp the bus downtown an hour each way. They listen to music, read the paper, read a book...better than sitting in 59 traffic for an hour

[TMatheaus]

ok a little bit of a break down, back and forth to school, prolly bout 150 miles a week, then on the weekends that i go home i will put over 500 miles on my truck, i would have to say around 6000 of the miles is from driving around up here and the rest would be road trip/hiway miles

[jerryg79]

Lots of people park at the Kingwood park and ride and pimp the bus downtown an hour each way. They listen to music, read the paper, read a book...better than sitting in 59 traffic for an hour

why would you be on 290 :flipoff2:

[jerryg79]

why would you be on 290 :flipoff2:

damn it you fixed it

[uglyota]

I knew you were gonna catch that...the last few times I've been into Houston I've sat in 290 traffic, but I was coming from here, not Kingwood

[Shaggy]

I have been averaging 3000-5000 a month for the past 3 months... but that is a little more than i usually drive... if i take a certain job offer i got it will be atleast 1000-1500a week... sucks

[Reckless]

Since Sept. Ive been a lil over 20,000, since first of March, 8,000. No wonder im broke.

[Renegade]

Ive had my truck almost exactly one year and im at 35,500 miles already. Almost 3000 miles per month. Too many damn road trips.

[agjohn02]

10000 and i bought the truck in july

[Doug Krebs]

If you're a freshmen or sophmore you could probaby buy a motorcycle with the gas and parking spot savings buy the time you graduate.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I have almost 30k on the ford, had it for almost 2 years (will be in july) and I am home for 45 days out of the year to drive the ****ing thing. It doesnt help its 12 miles to the gas station, almost 40 to the mall or movies. I do love my stroker, but the 11mpg **** is going to have to go. It better start breaking in pretty quick. Or maybe I need to keep the banks turned off and lighten up on the skinny pedal a bit. It sure is fun smokin those little cars and trucks with my monster though. TEE HEE HEE. :flipoff2:

[CRaSHnBuRN]

I used to think public transportation sucked, but it turns out I live near a bunch of sorority houses so the scenery's not so bad, even though I get dumber overhearing some people's phone conversations.



yeah, that used to be the route I lived on. Lots of eye candy, little intelligence. At least with the new route the people aren't packed in like sardines in the mornings.

[uglyota]

now there's your problem...morning's when all the suckas go to school...less of a crowd in early afternoon :D

[CRaSHnBuRN]

yeah, but you're kinda fawked when every class you need is only offered at one time. Can't do much to rearrange your schedule when there is no way to rearrange it

[Sharpe]

Well in the year I've had my crewcab I put 25,000 miles on it. My truck gets 10 mpg, 11 if I get stuck behind some ******* going 65 on a 2 lane road.

500 miles round trip going home, once or twice a month. I only take my truck sometimes, we usually take Amandas because it gets twice the mileage (Banks equipped cummins 2500 :gigem: ).

600 miles round trip for club trips, once a month or so.

Driving all over the known world buying **** that I dont need.

When I spend any amount of time at home, this is when I really drive alot. The area that encompases "home" for me is Port Aransas, Corpus Christi, Kingsville and Falfurias. Driving between these towns results in me having to fill up 3, sometimes 4 times a week. This is probably where most of my mileage comes from.

Oh yah, my mom still pays for my gas :flipoff2: . She *****es at me if I drive too much though...

[CRaSHnBuRN]

how far do you think the job at the hotel would get you if your mom cut off your gas supply? :flipoff2:

[redcagepatrol]

work truck - about 30K/year (52 mile one way to office - my closest place of work)
Dodge - 8K/year now
Tacoma - 15K/year

[Sharpe]

Well when I dont leave town I actually dont drive that much. I take the bus to school and back, and only drive to Amandas apartment (1 mile away) or work (~3 miles away). When I stay in town for awhile, by the time I need gas, I cant remember the last time I filled up.

But yah if I was cut off, ALL of my work money would go towards gas and I would still have to cut back on my driving...

[agjohn02]

Oh yah, my mom still pays for my gas :flipoff2: .



no wonder you didnt mind getting the big block beast

[CheapJeep]

I average 25K a year. I drive alot when I'm home in Conroe, but I also rack up the miles from going to horse shows and hunting trips.

[J Cooper]

to school and back, round trip 1.5 mile a day
sometimes to HEB round trip .7 miles

my new motor has 13 miles on it

... at least thats what my new speedometer says :flipoff2:

[AggieTJ2007]

Well I put 20000 miles on the jeep last year. Most of that is between dallas and CS, and Dallas and South Texas. When I was at A&M I drove like once or twice a week at the most. Right now I drive 40 miles round trip to work 5 times a week, plus 90 miles to dallas every other weekend or so.

[davido]

Google maps says my office is about 500 yards from my house. I ride my bike most of the time when the weather is nice. I think i can go a month on a tank of gas. :D But it still costs 10 freakin' dollars to fill the tank. :(

I have 56k on my truck. I got it Thanksgiving 2002. It's been to CO x2, W. TX x4, LA x2, S. TX x3 and MANY trips to Houston, Round Rock, and the river. Probably in the 17k/yr. range. I'm milking my extended warranty. :D

[texasxj]

I drive to school-2 roundtrip
Then to work 5-6 times a week~20 roundtrip
SA-maybe once a month or every 3 wks-280 roundtrip + who knows around SA.
And then coast trips,wheeling,fishing etc.
Since feb of last year I have put 25K on the ticker.
So yeah at a whole 11.8 mpg at 65-70, cruise,exhaust,intake, under 2000 rpms except for when truck gets pissed going up an anthill.

You do the math cause I dont want to know!

[tigweld]

my office is only 6 tenths of a mile from home, but I still seem to put 40-50 thousand a year, 300 mile day's are not uncommon.