Hmm, I’m retiring from my 3-day a week job at the Centre of Aviation Medicine
in July, but I can’t see my mileage going down much. I’ll still fly for the
RAF, although being over 65 then I’ll never fly solo again.
I still can’t envisage complete retirement, but there’ll be more time for
photography.
Chris
C M I Barker | Gamlingay
> On 28 Jan 2019, at 23:44, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> That's pretty low mileage. When I was working I was putting about 15,000
> miles a year on a vehicle. Since I've been retired it's down to about 5,000.
>
>>
>> Chris, I'm not going out in the cold to check, but, IIRC, it's around
>> 75,000.
>>
>> My 12 year old Volvo has less than 12,000, and it gets most of my
>> current driving. The Lead Mechanic at the dealership said I needed to
>> drive it more, to keep the sensors clean. Few Volvo owners know that
>> their 5-speed automatic can be manually shifted. I've found that
>> cruising around town manually in 3rd will result in better mileage and
>> cleaner sensors than occur in Auto and 4th. Of course, highway driving
>> is in Auto and 5th.
>>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
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