first year driving...

Deleted User 234324 · 10 Dec 2010 at 22:30

I do ~7-9k a year depending on whats happening socially, most of the time im local so do very little maybe 10-15 miles a day, but occasionally i do 300-400 mile trips to see family but thats only 3-4 times a year.

Like others have said figure out what you do daily, multiply by 365 + 20% extra. Should give you plenty, if you start to get close to that number, part way through the year, notify your insurance company.

mark baylis · 11 Dec 2010 at 16:37

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Justintime · 11 Dec 2010 at 16:41

Average 14k a year, though some years are way over. Estimated life mileage is about 200k so far as theres been two years with over 25k.

andy_mk3 · 11 Dec 2010 at 16:41

I did around 12k in my first year, that was an average of 40 miles a day for work and a couple of trips to cormwall (360miles each way).. it soon adds up. I put down 8k miles on the policy and never thought anything of it!

Jono8 · 11 Dec 2010 at 16:52

Lol, why are people all posting what mileage they do annually?

This will bear no relation as to what the OP is going to do.

Justintime · 11 Dec 2010 at 16:54

Well the point was already made, so the thread topic has changed. No sense wasting good thread.

Jono8 · 11 Dec 2010 at 16:54

Justintime said:
Well the point was already made, so the thread topic has changed. No sense wasting good thread.

fair enough i suppose

Overlag · 11 Dec 2010 at 21:17

Jono8 said:
Lol, why are people all posting what mileage they do annually?

This will bear no relation as to what the OP is going to do.

because his question was "How long is a piece of string?" and we compared mileages?

gbradders123 · 12 Dec 2010 at 01:09

Justintime said:
Well the point was already made, so the thread topic has changed. No sense wasting good thread.

quite true, i did 25k a year when at uni, all social, all in cars that did under 30mpg. i am now very poor.

how easily is it to lift the 6k limit if you realise it is way off? i would price that up before i commited!

Scania · 12 Dec 2010 at 02:57

buckeejit said:
I started driving 10 weeks ago and have only covered 1100 miles.

I do that in 3 days.... sometimes less!

PardonTheWait · 12 Dec 2010 at 03:00

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
I do that in 3 days.... sometimes less!

I bet I do way more standing in shops than you. Sometimes I stand there all day!

Scania · 12 Dec 2010 at 10:20

PardonTheWait said:
I bet I do way more standing in shops than you. Sometimes I stand there all day!

I had years of retail work until I picked a career where I am generally warm & paid to sit on my arse all day.

Problem solved!