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Old Jul 28, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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Is 80k miles on a 2000 gt good? It will be at 80k come january, im in iraq right now, but i was just wondering if an average of 10k miles a year was a really good average or not.
 
Old Jul 28, 2007 | 10:19 PM
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yes that is pretty good mileage. Alot better than what im getting a year.
 
Old Jul 28, 2007 | 10:54 PM
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i used to put 20000 on a year but now i dont drive far
 
Old Jul 29, 2007 | 09:45 AM
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I got just over 80k on my '02! So yeah.... your doing pretty OK!
 
Old Jul 29, 2007 | 10:06 AM
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I just pushed 100K on my 2000. 10K a year seems good. Even for parking it in the winter.
 
Old Jul 29, 2007 | 10:11 AM
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I had 60K before 3 years was up... now I'm back to driving 24 miles a week. I'll never see 70 at this rate.
 
Old Jul 29, 2007 | 04:53 PM
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I have 59k on my 2000.
 
Old Jul 29, 2007 | 09:20 PM
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49,7XX on my 03.
 
Old Jul 29, 2007 | 09:25 PM
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ive put 22,000 miles on since ive owned it from april of 04.

 
Old Jul 29, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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I had 37k when I bought my 2000 in July of 2003. Now I have 70k. That's 33k in 4 years, but I put quite a bit on in the first year if I recall. In the last two years, I think I have put 9k on it.
 
Old Jul 30, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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I'll brag a bit, my 203 GT has just 14,653 miles. I drive it everyday 1/2 mile round trip to work.
 
Old Jul 30, 2007 | 01:58 PM
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Yeah my mileage is pretty low for my year, but since i bought it in April, i've put almost 4k on it. Ha.
 
Old Jul 30, 2007 | 02:15 PM
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35k on my 02
 
Old Jul 30, 2007 | 05:13 PM
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I have a 2003 Sabb with 41k on the ticker and a 2002 Suburban with 95k.
 
Old Jul 31, 2007 | 02:48 PM
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i guess 80k isnt bad...but jadartt has us killed with the 1/2 mile round trip everyday...lol. I live on base and walk to the shop but when its time to cut loose you GET THE HELL OUT OF THE BASE...
 
Old Jul 31, 2007 | 05:58 PM
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49,7xx on my '03...i'm gonna have to start drivin' in reverse to roll the odometer back a lil...























lol i hope everyone here knows that doesn't work.
 
Old Jul 31, 2007 | 06:40 PM
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I have 180K on my 2000...
 
Old Jul 31, 2007 | 08:24 PM
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Bought an '02 with 62k and it has 74k now, but its pretty much been parked since Jan and has a new engine with less than 1k miles on it.
 
Old Jul 31, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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Ive got 18k on my 04
 
Old Jul 31, 2007 | 10:47 PM
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33,000 on my 2003. bought it with 14,000 in october of 05
 
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