getting to you in USA

This may sound like I have had a few but HAF is teaching me more about the real you than all the movies and tv progs etc.
For example, tio2honda in the General tech sector talks about his 93 2dr with 386k miles on the clock, thats an average of about 25k p.a. Based on what I now see as garbage, i thought Americans were not real drivers but just used their cars to go shopping and flying on long journeys. Mind you, HAF is about people who drive non-US cars so perhaps we are talking about the more intelligent people because Detroit makes great engines but puts them in rubbish running gear. So despite your corruption of the English language [ just think how much better your lives would be if you had lost the war of independence ! ], you are probably nice people to know and perhaps American COUSINS actually means something.
Here's a new string : the average mileage of the average motorist in the UK is said to be 10k according to Insurance companies. I do about 15/20k. I know the Canadians do intergalactic mileage although beats me where they find to go. I was surprised to discover that the Australians actually had the horseless carriage. So, Yanks, what about your averages ? Lets set up a league table of tall tales.

U.S average per year is 12-15,000 miles, in a larger city it's not uncommon for someone to commute 30mintues to an hour one way to work.

well im in high school and I put on about 12k a year.

you are very wrong about americans flying everywhere. Think about how much bigger the US is than european countries. Americans have to drive to get places. Europe is a much more centralized society. We HAVE to drive to get places. You dont.

As for your revolutionary war statement, if i could id reach through the internet and slap you with a fish.

btw, our govt sucks major @$$ right now. and the avg american is not the sterotypical person you see in movies.

welcome to the internet.

when I think of the british the very first thing that comes to mind is Monty Python and the search for the Holy Grail....

Well few yrs back i bought a 2000 Daewoo Lanos it had 17k when i bought it, when it died on me it had almost 64k thats like 45k in less then 2yrs....I'm known to put lots of miles on my cars...and for the people in the UK, You live on a Island so you dont put many miles on your cars..just to cross my state id be like driving from Brighton to Glasgow....and most ppl there drive less then 10miles roundtrip to work..when most of us can drive up to 25-80 miles easy roundtrip...so thats my 2cents...i know bout uk cuz i have a b/f in Derby with a American Pontiac Firebird...

ENGLAND-WHERE BAD FOOD MEETS BAD TEETH!
 
Just kidding! (but the truth will free you).
I'm running about 14,000 miles a year.

Im Happy to see that all my people are keepin it in the good conversation sense..Thanks all of you !
 
                                WheelBrokerAng

Well i drive 25 miles one-way to work 5 days a week... And I am driving 8 miles to school one-way... I have no idea how many miles a year I go though. Its definately a bunch.....

Dont forget that Europe is a very large continent without inpenetrable borders so long journeys are quite common e.g i have driven  to Southern Spain several times - about 1k miles. Wherever you go in Europe you will see cars from every state. Also think about this -85% of Brits have passports and I read that the figure for the USA is about 20%

Knights on horses ride past my home every day.

I have only one thing to say to you - fast food joints and American beer. [That's two things]

My motoring is mostly leisure driving in our national parks. 500 miles on a weekend quite common.

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As for your revolutionary war statement, if i could id reach through the internet and slap you with a tea bag.

I put about 18,000 in a year of owning my accord.  I'm guessing this year I'll put maybe 25k?  I commute to grad school twice a week about 150 miles round trip.  Thank god the accord gets pretty good mpg.  No way I could have done that commute in my former vehicle.  I was lucky to get 14 mpg on the freeway.  Luckily my job is probably 5 miles away and the school I sub at is at most 5 miles away.  The gym is probably 10 miles though, sigh, but it's a good gym. 

I've avg about 12.5k a year since I got my car. I've only put 88k on the car since I got it in 01.

I guess that since you fit the profile, we can make you an honorary Brit.

Prior to retirement, I taught in what you would call grad. school I think [ my students were taking Hon. degrees ] . You obviously value education and appreciate that sacrifices are inevitable. Good luck with your studies !

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I guess that since you fit the profile, we can make you an honorary Brit.

 
Sorry, I have a french background.
 
One of my aunts is from England though, 60 some years old and still has her accent.

I recently spent a week in the UK and thoroughly enjoyed it. The Transportation Museum in Coventry is well worth seeing. All of the people we met were very nice and wanted to know all about Texas thinking it it a large desert.........far from it mate. My lady is from Coventry originally and enjoyed returning "home".

Since I'm a retired old fart I drive only 2500-3000 miles annually. Cheers!

We used to own most of France too

From one old fart to another, cheers to you also. Presumably you do most of your mileage on horseback.

We in North America think that we are the big-engine kings, but back in 1865 we were just babes in the woods compared to what existed in Britain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM4IgahKHNY&feature=related

I smell Posting Whore!!!!

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Also think about this -85% of Brits have passports and I read that the figure for the USA is about 20%

also think about this:

the total area of the entire continent of europe is 10,180,000 km², with 48 countries within that area. that leads to an avg size of 212,083 km² per country.
the total area of our entire COUNTRY is 9,826,630 km². thats almost 46 times the avg size of a country in europe!
we have much less of a need for a passport than you all in europe.

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We used to own most of France too

 
And you're proud of that?

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From one old fart to another, cheers to you also. Presumably you do most of your mileage on horseback.

 
Last time I was on a horse was 40+ years ago......and it kicked the hell out of me! Noble beast my arse!