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What is average milage.

Bigcol

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I am interested to know what is the considered "average " milage for the kind of cars we drive.
In general the average mileage for cars across the board appears to be 10,000 miles per annum. At least that is what we are lead to believe When it comes to insurance and servicing.
When, however, we look to buy a car from within the fold on some websites it indicates low or high milage for the year. My question is what is the considered average for our cars. Is it the same as the national average or is it less. It puzzles me that most insurance companies put limits on policies and I wondered if this is due to the average driven or if it is a way to up the premiums subliminally.
Do we tend to do less miles due to many cars being a second car or do we get out and enjoy them and clock the miles up.
Does it even matter nowadays regarding wear and tear or is it just the risk factors regarding insurance.

 
Well at the end of the day it’s just a statistic and we all know how they can be interpreted. I suspect if it’s a weekend / second car it would generally be less than what insurance companies use as industry standard. 10/12,000 I always considered to be a daily use car average. I bought mine 6 years in and it had 19k on the clock, this just over 3k a year but I’m doing about 5k And I don’t feel I use it a great deal. I suspect insurance companies tend to look at classic car averages hence why they do 3k and 5k quotes I guess.


but it’s like the average of everything isn’t it. would You buy a one year old car with 30k on the clock or 5k?
 
In my experience predicted mileage doesn't change the insurance premium much. It's also bad for the cars not to be used
 
There is also a resale value issue. Collectable car prices can be very mileage dependent.
 
Our main car (Macan 11/19) is averaging 7,500 miles pa.

Our occasional use one (Boxster 9/16) is averaging 4,400 miles pa.

Up to you.

A key risk factor for the insurance company is how many miles you drive. I keep some basic statistics to be sure that I'm being accurate and these relate to those mileages quoted above.

HTH
David
 
My 987.2 2009 has just turned 66k so car has done 6.5 k per year and that is what I'm doing too Over the last 4 years I've had it.
always conscious of the effect on its value, but a driven car is better in use than a polished, chip free shiney one is.
our daily is a planet killing 2014 Skoda diesel, used mainly for towing the race car, and the Boxster is used more and more to minimise the diesel use....good excuse eh?

I have a lovely 1973 911 modified car and that is down to 1200 miles per year due to the attraction of the Boxster.

Higher miles equal greater risk so the premium rises far more on the Boxster than the big Skoda Superb.
my wife's Skoda Citigo costs as much to insure as the Boxster!
 
It looks like my suspicions may be correct and that the average for the cars we drive is considered to be lower than the national average For all cars. I assume that it looks to be about a half. I at least understand a little better now when milage figures are mentioned.
 
For a Boxster I would say circa 5k to 6K seems to be the average a lot of people tend to have another car.
If a Boxster is the only car and an everyday drive obviously it will see an increase.
Enjoy the sun ??
 
Boxster will see 6-7K per annum, Cayenne 8-10k per annum, Golf GTI 30-35k per annum, Peugeot van 1-2K per annum (dog shifter). If this sort of weather continues to be the new normal and Boxster values double because no one wants tin tops anymore the mileage will be irrelevant ;-)
 
We have other cars for day to day. So for just fun trips and a bit of touring mine is averaging...5k a year...including lockdown.

Having driven all over the country for work over the last 40 years (with 1,000,000 miles in sight) I wanted something different for fun driving having given up motorbikes. Not too worried about the mileage vs value. I enjoy it too much !
 
AlistairF. It appears we have followed similar, if not the same paths through life regarding work milage and bikes. Like you its not the milage versus value that matters. Possibly an MX5 would have won hands down on that score. At present resale value isn’t a concern as I hope to keep the car. The Boxster won over the MX5 due to me being a 6’3” bloater and there being slightly less space in the later.
My initial question was promoted by being asked what my estimated annual milage would be.
I found it hard to "guestimate" as like most I have a general work horse but also a couple of older classics. All of which can be thought provoking as to which to set of in.
 
My initial plan for the Boxster was to Drive through France, Spain or Italy last year. We 'did' the Targa Florio in a Fiat 500 hire car the year before and began to make plans to drive back.

Unfortunately events have got in the way so we have stuck to the UK this year. Maybe next year 5k miles will be a bit on the low side. I hope so !
 

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