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Originally Posted by MJBO

YMMV.

I put over 10000km on my 2014 Vanquish in less than six months. 30000km on my first M3T in less than two years.

Originally Posted by Machinebuilder

The nicer and more valuable the car is, the less likely you end up driving it.

Depends on the person and situation - After driving an RX7, Integra, then TL-S most of my life, I've had a 1/2-ton truck as a daily for the last 9 years (motorcycle & track/toy hauler transport duty). Kept the truck and picked up my 2023 M340iX as a commuter in early April and have put 7k miles on it in these last 3 (grin-filled) months... most of those miles have just been a mix of lazy and spirited cruising: out to the local lake & back roads, to SF & Sac (live in East SF Bay), or taking the long route home from work.

That said, it was just the other day that I realized how many miles I was racking up and decided to cool my jets... I'm not going to avoid driving it, but I can't stomach the depreciation hit I'd see on this car if I kept a 20k+ annual average, let alone 28k

Then again, I tend to assume a car is a sunk cost the moment I buy it, helping tamper the "just a little more, faster, nicer" itch while shopping, which is why I don't buy new and don't buy at the top of what I can afford. With that assumption going in, and my typical ownership term of 7-10 years, it's a pleasant (surprise? bonus?) getting then-market value for them when it's time to sell for the next ride.