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Terry
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Joined: November 4th, 2009, 4:00 pm
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Location: Confederate state of South Yorkshire
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 Re: Mileage Jameswallace wrote: ...........when you first past your test, driving is exciting
it wears of dont worry...
driving a 2cv is always fun but driving in a principle becomes boring
 Errr no ....  I guess I do about about 4k per year in the 2CV ......[and about the same in my C4] .....and about 4k on my [various] bikes too .....its all enjoyable. I'll never tire of driving/riding ...... [btw ....been biking for 45 years,driving for 38 years .....and I hate going anywhere in wifeys Daewoo .....when she says "I'll drive" ....  ] T.
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Joolz
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Joined: January 5th, 2009, 5:48 am
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Location: Haven't a clue
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Re: Mileage I've done a bit over 10,000 miles in the 6 1/2 years I've had my car,  . 2,000 of those were to Czech and back, both legs of which were solid stints! That's despite the fact it's been my only car for the last couple of years, I live in a small town, walk to work, and don't get out much,   . Admittedly I have the bike as well, but I've put less than 8,000 miles on that in 9 years. It's ironic really, for someone that spends most of his time playing with vehicles, I've rarely got anywhere to go.
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Russell
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Joined: November 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm
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Location: West Sussex, U.K.
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Re: Mileage Interesting. I've been doing between 40k and 60k miles a year for the last 5 years, I didn't really consider that a high mileage at all , but it looks like it's relatively high compared to everybody else. I wonder if there's a correlation between a 'high' mileage and an unreliable car. I did 60k in my old ami in about 12 months and it only suffered two fairly minor breakdowns. I've only done 20k in my red 2cv and the bloody thing has started to fall apart. It's not even that old, so maybe it's just coincidental?
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Sean
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Joined: April 22nd, 2009, 11:06 pm
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Location: Ecosse
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Re: Mileage james2cv wrote: Done just under 700 miles in two weeks and I'm on a 4500 p/a limit. If I keep that up it'll be about 18000 a year then if my sumz iz correct. dont you have a "spare" speedo? 
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Tom Duckpower
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Joined: August 18th, 2009, 10:31 pm
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Location: Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands
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Re: Mileage 2cv: ±17000 km a year Ami: limited to 7500, but already reached that after 5 months.. Luckily the speedo cable broke
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james2cv
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Joined: April 18th, 2009, 8:01 pm
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Location: Paris/Manc
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Re: Mileage Sean wrote: james2cv wrote: Done just under 700 miles in two weeks and I'm on a 4500 p/a limit. If I keep that up it'll be about 18000 a year then if my sumz iz correct. dont you have a "spare" speedo? That's the plan. Or might just disconnect the thing 
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Rhythm Thief
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Joined: March 10th, 2010, 12:37 am
Posts: 1927
Location: Alone in my polytunnel with my pitiful competition onions
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Re: Mileage Russell wrote: Interesting. I've been doing between 40k and 60k miles a year for the last 5 years, I didn't really consider that a high mileage at all , but it looks like it's relatively high compared to everybody else. I wonder if there's a correlation between a 'high' mileage and an unreliable car. I did 60k in my old ami in about 12 months and it only suffered two fairly minor breakdowns. I've only done 20k in my red 2cv and the bloody thing has started to fall apart. It's not even that old, so maybe it's just coincidental? That's because the Ami is built to a far higher standard than any late model 2CV. That's why I bought it ... 40-60 000 miles a year is a lot in anyone's book though.
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Russell
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Joined: November 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm
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Re: Mileage I don't really see it like that though. Our works sprinter had done 180k when I started there which was a month or so after I put my 2cv on the road. It did 30k with no maintenance and was still running fine when we chopped it in last week. my 2cv's been serviced 3 times in that time, it's done 10k less than the van and had only done 60k before I bought it!
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Little Louis
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Joined: February 8th, 2009, 12:07 am
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Re: Mileage Shit build quality, you should sack the bloke that re-did it.
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Russell
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Re: Mileage Yup. He's a fucking idiot.
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