Yesterday, I finally broke out of the garage for a drive. Ahhh. Anyway, March seems to be the official start of my "Pagoda season" each year. Generally, the hard-top comes off, and if any mechanical stuff is due, this is the time. So last night, I decided to look back over my records and calculate my mileage per year since I got my car (1987). I found the results kind of interesting...
(March to March)
From 05-06 2858 miles
From 04-05 1988 miles
From 03-04 2982 miles
From 02-03 1180 miles
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From 1992-2001 990 miles a year average
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From 1987-1991 3106 miles a year average!
These results reflect a couple notable trends:
In the most recent block (2002-present) mileage is up. This clearly corresponds to my joining the online Pagoda community! I tend to drive shorter stints but very often.
In the middle block (1992-2001), I was coming off a rebuild and I think I babied the car. Plus a few actual babies during this time.
In the early years, I was young and restless Pagoda owner. A lot of those miles came from roadtrips to Tahoe, Las Vegas, up and down the California coast. I was pretty fearless (until that rebuild [:0])
Any other long-term owners want to share some numbers?
James
63 230SL