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How much do you drive?

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:30 am
by vhoward1122
I have had my Vibe for almost 3 years and have only 13,000 miles on it. I bought it new from the dealer. Just driving around town and back and forth to work. Occasional drives over 200 miles. Just replaced the battery last week. That is the only thing I've had to do other than normal maintenance. I love this car.

Re: How much do you drive? (vhoward1122)

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:41 am
by lovemyraffe
I've had mine for 3 1/2 years, I've put on about 70,000 miles or about 23,000/year.

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:14 am
by ponta2147
I've had mine for a year, it came with 600 miles on it (new) and it has over 19,000 miles on it right now. This is our second car/business car, aka my car. My husband has another vehicle that he got before me.

Re: How much do you drive? (vhoward1122)

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:36 am
by TONY TAT2
In 18 months, a tad under 9k miles

Re: How much do you drive? (vhoward1122)

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:39 am
by 03VibeOttawa
I've put b/t 22,000 and 27,000 kms on my car every year.

Re: How much do you drive? (vhoward1122)

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:40 am
by djkeev
Quote, originally posted by vhoward1122 »I have had my Vibe for almost 3 years and have only 13,000 miles on it. I bought it new from the dealer. Just driving around town and back and forth to work. Occasional drives over 200 miles. Just replaced the battery last week. That is the only thing I've had to do other than normal maintenance. I love this car.Whoa!! Hardly broken in!! Battery probably died from lack of use!I've got an 07 with over 80,000 on it. Purchased new, late summer 07. early enough that the 08's weren't out yet.

Re: How much do you drive? (djkeev)

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:17 am
by star_deceiver
I've had mine for a year and a half and I'm about to roll over 50000kms.

Re: How much do you drive? (star_deceiver)

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:39 am
by 808 Vibes
Both 2006's...I guesstimate Frosty at 42k + and Neptune at 45k + Neither get driven very far anymore since I don't need Lamaze classes anymore hahaaaa. Currently, both usually go no more than 2-5 miles one way.

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:27 am
by KITT222
I've had my Vibe for three weeks and already put 300 miles on it. 78,216 when we got it, 78,5XX now.

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:08 am
by cptnsolo77
Bought Vibe @ 38k, now @105K after 3 years.....22K a year.Replaced 3 door handles & a starter so far.

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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:40 am
by vibenvy
I drove my '09 GT off the lot April 11, 2009 with 76 miles (driven from another dealer to the one I bought it from). It now has 18,639 miles. My mom drove her '09 GT off the lot May 23, 2009 with only a few miles on it (can't remember the exact mileage, but it wasn't much). She now has 18,710 miles. Whenever we go places, we switch off which Vibe we take so our mileage stays pretty close which is nice.

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:06 am
by j42.snyder
Picked my '09 March 21/09. Had 2km on the odo when I first looked at it, 5km after PDI and fuel fill by salesperson.Currently at about 58,100km. That's just over 36k miles for those that didn't go metric.So far, only oil changes and new front wiper inserts.

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:14 am
by 09vGT
I bought mine at the end of July last year in 09. It had around 26,000 on it.. now it has 63,500.. lol

Re: How much do you drive? (vhoward1122)

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 4:32 pm
by Neouka
Bought my base 03 used in November 2006, had 92,000 km on the clock.So I just passed owning it for 4 years, now it has 202,000 km...So that's about 27,000 km/year. I think the furthest I've driven it on a roadtrip was Chicago.Have had to replace the battery (almost time for another new one), the tires (have separate winter and summers now), under-hood fuse box due to a melted alternator fuse, serpentine belt, both front wheel bearings, front brake pads and rotors, front right brake caliper, cat-to-axle exhaust pipe and flange... oh, and the transmission a few days ago! Replaced the clutch while I was at it.Aside from that, decent enough car. About time for something new though.

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:42 pm
by Bedlam
on my 07 Vibe i bought it brand new in Nov of 06. Traded it in on my SRT less than 2 years later with 126,887 miles.put 50k miles on my SRT last year and 37k this year until i bought my second Vibe (03 base in mid summer).put 15k miles on the Vibe with mixed driving between the 2 cars.The Vibe platform has done well for me. It is constantly loaded and making trips all over the place and still runs strong. I think I'll have one for a long time although the next one might be a AWD.

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:21 pm
by Ls1jorge
My 05 base bought July 09 @ 69k & 1year 1/2 later I put 55k miles. Now has 124kMy 98 Firebird Formula bought in Sept 08 had 140k & now 171k & still running strong

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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:53 pm
by AZViking
When we bought our 2003 in 2005, it had 34,400 miles on it. As of this morning, it has 96,799 miles. When we lived in AZ, my commute was 50 miles a day round trip. Now that we live in South Dakota, my round trip is around 18 miles.

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:48 am
by midnighthunder89
I got mine with 50 miles on it I am at 20000 a year later I dont drive much when I am at school but I drive 511 miles one way to school and usually go home like 6 times during the year so 12 trips at 511= 6132 miles a school year.

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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:19 am
by cq358
I picked up mine at Oct 11/08 ..build date was Aug 08. As of today 18 790km I don't drive anywhere far..

Re: How much do you drive? (vhoward1122)

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:56 am
by epcIII
My odometer currently has ~146000mi. on it and I drive around 140 miles M-F for work.

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:11 am
by vhoward1122
Yeah. Everyone drives more than I do. I like the reliability knowing I can go get in it and go somewhere if I want to. Good fuel mileage and good looks. Happy Holidays everyone!

Re: How much do you drive? (epcIII)

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:13 am
by Bastranz
Gosh some of you guys really are hauling. I can't imagine a 140 mile commute each day!For me, I got my lovely Vibe in April of '09 at 72,227. Now I'm above 114,060. I have a 50 mile commute (roundtrip) plus I take my mom to work and school as well. Not to mention this is also my "work car" for meetings and other duties in various locations.Never thought I'd be driving so much, though! It would be more fun if gas would stay below $3 a gallon and I didn't have to pay tolls for my commute!

Re: How much do you drive? (vhoward1122)

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:39 am
by tpollauf
Quote, originally posted by vhoward1122 »I have had my Vibe for almost 3 years and have only 13,000 miles on it.I'm right on pace with you Bought my 09 GT in May 2009 and tomorrow it will be getting winter snows mounted on steelies AND get it's FIRST oil change all at 7235 miles On the downside I'm sacrificing my Vibe to the wife for the winter so she can park her 09 G8 GT Driving a commercial work truck all the time keeps the Vibe in the garage quite a bit. Neither of our Pontiacs has seen salt or snow yet until this winter. The Vibe is the chosen one

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:05 pm
by rAERRK
66,000 / 6 years

Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:03 am
by ramenboy...
my commute is an easy 60mile round trip 5 days a week. bought my o4 in o4. just over 168k on the clock.go vibe go!!!!

Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:44 pm
by fl_gal
my base 03 is closing in on 100k miles. bought it a few months ago. I can drive anywhere from 50~200 miles daily, depending on the workload (courier).this is the 4th vehicle i've gone thru this year, just bad luck and bad cars with bad problems. First car that i haven't had to worry about at all and I'm LOVING it. havent had 30mpg avg in ages I'm looking in upgrading to a newer model, that's just how much I love this car.

Re: (fl_gal)

Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:07 pm
by csxt8058
Been a year and 4 months since I got my Vibe, had 400 mi. on it, dealer had to go get it. I'm almost at 12,000 now, I have a 14 mile round trip to work every day, plus various long distance trips during the summer, although we try to take my wife's car once in a while, she has a shorter daily drive than I do! JR

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:02 pm
by IMakeVibes
169,450 on the Vibe.42,500 on the '02 Grand Prix.145,300 on the '95 4Runner.Got the 4R and the GP new, picked up the Vibe in August with 167,200.

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:27 pm
by audiovibe
I put a little over 8k on the Vibe in the last 4 years.

Re: (audiovibe)

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:00 am
by IMakeVibes
Quote, originally posted by audiovibe »I put a little over 8k on the Vibe in the last 4 years.Wow, and I thought I don't drive much...

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:28 am
by KITT222
Just checked today, and the Vibe passed the 78,800 mark. 584 miles in just a few weeks. Woo!

Re: (IMakeVibes)

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:40 am
by audiovibe
Quote, originally posted by IMakeVibes »Wow, and I thought I don't drive much...If it helps the wife put 86,xxx from June 03 until Nov 06, All I really did in the past with the vibe was Vibe meets, MP3Car meets, and various audio meets, it sat in the garage from November until mid April, This will be the first winter the Vibe will see snow since 06, though I still haven't taken her out.

Re: (audiovibe)

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:10 am
by star_deceiver
Rolled over 50000kms today!!!

Re: (star_deceiver)

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:07 am
by DeClerq
Bought new in Aug '03, has 62,338 miles on it.

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:29 am
by GenuineVibe
Quote » Rolled over 50000kms today!!! I am almost there, 49000kms on my vibe. I put on the textbook 20000kms per year and I am at 2 1/2 years of ownership. I drive at least an hour a day everyday (~70kms) with a few 6 hour round trips (~550kms) per year to visit my parents. I love this car