KM's in Cars

BlackMale · Post by **BlackMale** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:24 pm

While we are on the useless open slather threads, here is 1 that I have been thinking about this week.

How many km’s do you think you would cover in a car in a week?

I was thinking about not including the commute to work and run to the shops, wkd 4WDing n stuff however you could include. I was thinking about this as I have just received a NEW work car this week - read so new that the car has gone from the dealers to me. When I got it, it had less then 40km on the clock and in less then 1 day I had put more then 150km (hard city flogging kms) on it.

I am interested in the comparison as I know that some of us driving is a huge part of our jobs – and traditionally for my job this is not necessarily heard of – so I am just interested to see where this fits.

So, How many km’s (approx) do you think you would cover in a car in a week?

Fang · Post by **Fang** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:32 pm

I am sure I don't drive as nearly as much as some - My most is 2000km in a week - am expected to drive witin a 400km radius for work. The 98 Daewoo Nubira was a trooper.

My VZ Commodore I got new in May 06 has 32,000 on it already

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:36 pm

my first car, a 2002 AU fairmont was given to me with 36,000 kms on it at the beginning of 2004, by the end of 2004 it had well over 150,00kms

Ths SS commonwhore siting in the driveway was put there with under 50kms on it, and in the first year it did well over 100,xxx's as well...hehee, but i will include that in a year i will drive to adeialdie from perth a minimum of 4 times a year, and also head up to exmouth 2 or 3 times a year as well but that is usually in a landbruiser

so i think i can qualify as a heavy driver on the road, and this is NOT including the many many kms i do in work truck/ work ute every day of the week

i did a calculation of the amount of fuel i use in 12 months and its a scary figure...shall not be puttin up :P

dave

Lapsed · Post by **Lapsed** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:11 pm

i cover any where between 700- 1200kms a week.

waggaclint · Post by **waggaclint** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:20 pm

Jaffa wrote:
I was thinking about not including the commute to work and run to the shops,

So, How many km’s (approx) do you think you would cover in a car in a week?

with what you said id only do 100km if i include going to work etc i do 650km aweek..plus id say around 40 to 50km a day at work....

oh what sort of car did ya work give ya..anything good...

Post by **Alex** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:34 pm

well, i cover about 60km a day to work and back, and heaps of driving on weekends(fishing and stuff) this also includes bog laps around freo with the focals going full blast and exhasut crackling...usually go through 1-2tanks a week..

alex

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:44 pm

at my current rate of driving and not including the commute to work which is fa anyway- i do about 300km a week. a tank of fuel usually lasts about a week and a half depending on how hard i flog it.

KERAZY · Post by **KERAZY** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:20 pm

i do about 80km if I'm lucky. Usually about 60.

subanator · Post by **subanator** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:11 am

Mine is the opposite, I would commute around 300-450kms per week, and the work ute would only do 20-30kms in a day if it was lucky on a good day around the refinery.
We still have 15y.o. utes that have under 100,000kms still on site! Hopefully gone soon with lease vehicles.

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:31 am

I go through approximately 1 tank of fuel a week in the Suby which is approx 400-450 kms (now that I think about it probably slightly further now the 27's are on).
The commute to work is hardly anything (7 minute drive) and most mornings I drive directly to a callout instead anyway.

Post by **Captain Obvious** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:05 am

i do about 50 in the commute to work in my car and depends what i do on the weekend, a few weeks ago i clocked up 700kms from friday arvo to sunday arvo!!!! then i do around 300 in the work ute!!

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:42 pm

I do about 50km a week driving to work/shops ect.
Once i get to work its in the Hiaces. Up to 500km a week in them
But when TEC is on, its about 300-350km a week.

schultzie · Post by **schultzie** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:49 pm

i do 500km a week traveling to work then usually 200 odd km in the subee on the weekend .. and in the work truck anything from 100km a week to 1000km and get paid for all the time i sit in it.. and in traffic

Chris_Rogers · Post by **Chris_Rogers** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:39 pm

on average - 1500-2000 / wk usually. depends on workload.

Brumby Boy · Post by **Brumby Boy** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:08 pm

not including to work about 400km's a week, including to work 500ish.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:52 pm

about 500 in the Brumby each week, only a 5k return trip to work though, but then about 2,000 k in a week in the work car. Then there is the quick blat up the highway in the old Ford