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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Hawkmoon on June 21, 2021, 08:13:37 PM
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This coronavirus shutdown thing has REALLY affected my driving. I knew it, subjectively, but I had no idea just how much.
I track vehicle maintenance in an Excel workbook. I had to replace a throttle position sensor today, so I dutifully noted the mileage, and then went to enter it into the spreadsheet.
The previous entry was for the same problem -- in March I replaced the idle air controller. That seemed to help for awhile, then things got much worse. It finally threw code so I could do a better diagnosis, and the code was TPS.
In three months since I replace the IAC in March, I have driven 550 miles. I used to drive that in two weeks (or less).
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We bought a car from a coworker just as the pandemic was getting going in March last year. I think we’ve put maybe 4000 miles on in that time. “Normal” for us is more like 4 months to accumulate those miles, not 15. So that’s ~75% reduction in driving.
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At the height of the “pandemic” I was getting 3 days to the mile….. :rofl:
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I wish, seems I am still on my usual 35K per year.
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I'm an essential employee.
Five, six, seven or up to two weeks in a row.
Lots of folks were working on project cars...
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No miles saved here. My wife stayed home for a couple of months, but then we moved, and doubled my commute (lengthened hers just a little bit.)
I keep hearing there's been no traffic on the roads for the past year. Well, the folks in my neighborhood never got the message. Besides that, we're only halfway through with a major road construction project.
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My mileage went down over the last year, but only because my work commute went from 30 miles a day to 5 miles a day.
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If I saved any miles, they were negligible. About the only thing I gave up was trips to downtown Boise for beer and burgers because there was no sit-down dining. Otherwise, other than about a month near the start of the panic, I did business as usual.