My car is officially old!

"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
02/09/2016 at 13:28 • Filed to: Tucker

My little road warrior crossed 100,000 miles today! Here are some fun facts.

I bought the car new 3 years, 340 days ago (1,435 days total = 47.83 months). Converting that into miles, here are some fun stats:

Average yearly mileage: 25,445.3 miles.

Average daily mileage based on 100,000 miles: 69.7 miles.

Average monthly mileage based on 100,000 miles: 2,090.7 miles.

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Miles over the past 12 months: 44,890.2 miles.

Average daily mileage past 12 months: 124.7 miles.

Average monthly mileage past 12 months: 3,740.9 miles.

Wow, dating Miss Tesla nearly doubled the mileage I put on my car over a yearly period.

I kinda feel compelled to repair Tucker and race on to 200k.

DISCUSSION (16)

Ash78, voting early and often > Mercedes Streeter
02/09/2016 at 13:32

Think about how many times your car has covered its own length in 100k miles. That’s like twice as many times as most other cars.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Mercedes Streeter
02/09/2016 at 13:34

Kudos not many smarts see that kinda mileage. Hell I have a daily commute and a 5.5 year old car, only on 43k.

Big Bubba Ray > Mercedes Streeter
02/09/2016 at 13:38

Holy hell you drive a lot! Honestly I didn’t think a Smart could make it that far haha

Mercedes Streeter > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
02/09/2016 at 13:38

I regularly see 2008s and some 2009s with jusst a little over 100k...and those are 7 and 8 year old cars. I’ve yet to see a 2010+ smart hit 100,000, and the US smart community tries to track mileage. :)

shift monkey > Mercedes Streeter
02/09/2016 at 13:41

whoa that's a lot! You've got the second highest mileage smart I've seen.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Mercedes Streeter
02/09/2016 at 13:42

125 miles a day. That’s a lot.

Mercedes Streeter > Big Bubba Ray
02/09/2016 at 13:45

One of my missions from buying the car on day 1 was to see how quickly I could hit 100k. xD

64Mali > Mercedes Streeter
02/09/2016 at 13:59

so is that like 150k in Smart miles?

Mercedes Streeter > 64Mali
02/09/2016 at 14:09

150k in smart miles, 200k in old Kia/Hyundai miles. lol

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Mercedes Streeter
02/09/2016 at 14:11

How did you get the little pictures on the speedometer?

Mercedes Streeter > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
02/09/2016 at 15:06

I removed the old speedometer (it was literally just a couple sheets of plastic), scanned it, then made my own version with rage faces instead of numbers.

Mercedes Streeter > shift monkey
02/09/2016 at 15:08

I do definitely have the highest mileage 2010s era smart in the USA! :) The highest American smart on record has about 250,000 miles.

There’s a diesel in Canada that’s almost pushing 400,000 miles as well. :)

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Mercedes Streeter
02/09/2016 at 15:09

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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Mercedes Streeter
02/09/2016 at 15:39

I drove 25k miles in the first year of Miata ownership. But most of those miles were over weekends (weekdays only averaged about 20 miles per day). I have never been in a Smart car but I imagine it is not much different from a Miata in terms of interior space (with the top up). If I had to drive that many miles with that little amount of space, I think I would be pretty unhappy. I would say a good 75% of the miles I racked up were with the top down which is much more doable for sure!

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Mercedes Streeter
02/09/2016 at 19:10

That’s a lot of miles per year. I do about half of that every year.

Thus for me, a sub-$5000 car can last 3-5 years.

Did some of the graphics on your speedo change? I thought the Top Speed was supposed to be Cereal Box Guy and not Guy Spitting Up...

pip bip - choose Corrour > Mercedes Streeter
02/10/2016 at 02:45

my 12yo Lancer is about to hit 600,000km