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Average monthly mileage
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Budza
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300km a week for me. AFAIk, 15 000km a year is considered average- benchmark used when buying a used car. Less than that overall means a better deal.
Boomstomp
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AFAIK 20k to 25k per year is condisered average.
Fazda
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The official trade in average is 20 000 km per year with a leeway of about 10 000 at the top end....if a car is averaging more than that, it is classified as a high mileage unit and the dealers drop their offers accordingly.
Currently, I am doing about 8000 km a month which will translate into 96000 per year, which is fairly scary when thinking of what a dealer might say!!
Currently, I am doing about 8000 km a month which will translate into 96000 per year, which is fairly scary when thinking of what a dealer might say!!
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The official trade in average is 20 000 km per year with a leeway of about 10 000 at the top end....if a car is averaging more than that, it is classified as a high mileage unit and the dealers drop their offers accordingly.
Currently, I am doing about 8000 km a month which will translate into 96000 per year, which is fairly scary when thinking of what a dealer might say!!
8000km a month? that is heavy! Thanks everyone for the input!
Budza
Executive Member
Scratch my Granny 15k then 
Perhaps that's only for us Kaapies?? 
Perhaps that's only for us Kaapies?? I think I'll have a similar mileage as you when I buy my 1st car in december.
Is a car's condition directly proportional to it's mileage? Meaning if one's car has a few kilometers, does it mean that chances are that the condition of the car will be be good, assuming ofcourse that the car spends it's time on tared roads and has never been in an accident.
And why don't we call it kilometerage (KILOMETER"AGE") instead of mileage (MILE"AGE")?
Scratch my Granny 15k then
lol. I'm doing +-1300km per month which equals to 15 600 per year. and thats in cape town
Damn you guys DON'T drive! I live in a smallish town outside JHB - so I drive to JHB each and every weekend so, about 400km's per week x 4 = 1600km's per month. That's when we don't go to Kimberley which is about 1300 round trip...we go about every second month. I bought my car in Feb 2009 with 57000km, and in Dec 2009 it had 89 000km's on...damn.
I know guys who rack up about 20 -30k km's a month!
I know guys who rack up about 20 -30k km's a month!
Fazda
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supersunbird
Honorary Master
I think I'll have a similar mileage as you when I buy my 1st car in december.
Is a car's condition directly proportional to it's mileage? Meaning if one's car has a few kilometers, does it mean that chances are that the condition of the car will be be good, assuming ofcourse that the car spends it's time on tared roads and has never been in an accident.
And why don't we call it kilometerage (KILOMETER"AGE") instead of mileage (MILE"AGE")?
I got a 2005 car with 26 000km in May last year. While it didnt have the new car smell it didn't have any dings or nicks which one might expect on a 4 year old car and the inside is and still is unblemished.
Fazda
Honorary Master
That sort of buy is virtually unheard of!!
Brilliant to find a car that's only done under 10 000/year...better leave it with me for a couple of months to get a more realistic mileage on it!
supersunbird
Honorary Master
That sort of buy is virtually unheard of!!
Well it stood still for 3 years so it did those 26 000km in the first year lol... 2005 Ford Ikon 1.3
Budza
Executive Member
Was it jacked up for it's idle time? 3 years chilling can stuff up tyres etc...
supersunbird
Honorary Master
Had new tires when I bought it... I assume the originals had perished.