How many miles on your Mini SE?

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moncureww said:
After 7 months of ownership, I have 13,251 mi / 21,325 km.

I'm loving the car and drive it nearly every day for work and pleasure in the Washington, DC, area.

I have a Grizzl-e Level 2 charger at home, and I'm getting ready to install a NEMA 14-50 circuit at my parents' house 60 miles away in Virginia so I don't have to keep fast charging when I take trips to see them (and I can charge up while I'm having dinner at their house).

This car has been a big cost saver for our family - the lower maintenance and fuel costs compared the last car I owned are significant. Financing the car and charging at home continues to be less expensive than owning, maintaining, and operating the nearly mint but high-mileage P2 Volvo S60 turbo sedan I used to daily drive.
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My buddy and I used to love our gen-1 Honda Insights. Later, I got a second gen-1 Insight but he switched to a Chevy Volt and moved from Florida to DC, leaving his job as a power-company lawyer to become an environmental lawyer.

Two years ago, when I replaced my 2nd Insight with my wonderful SE, I started telling him how much fun I was having and campaigned for him to test-drive an SE so he could have fun driving again. Naw, he loves his gen-1 Volt too much to consider going all-EV.

I feel guilty for shying away from the 600-mile drive to force him to drive my SE. My reticence sort of made his case for him.
 
Going into the new year and after 15 months, we have now racked 7,300km.

Only had a single issue with the car, replacing a faulty AC blend door actuator.

Oh, and I curb rash once
 
13.5 months in and we just passed 4,000 miles.

Low miles so not much to report money wise:

$39.79 in public charging (1x 400 mile round trip and 1x 230 mile round trip)
$0.00 in home charging (free overnight)
$0.00 in repairs
$0.00 in maintenance

Just under 1 cent per mile so far…
 
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We hit 1 year with our MINI SE on Nov 6 at 12,369 miles. So we're driving just about 1000 miles per month on average.

As of today (2 months later), we have 14,078 miles.

Rob
 
Qisl said:
Are you sure it is entirely free overnight? I, too, get free electrons from my electricity provider, but I still have to pay Oncor a delivery charge.
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Delivery charge is added and subsequently credited (on the same bill).
So completely free but people need to be careful as the day rate is massively hiked to compensate, and more so as I went with their green energy supply, but due to adjusting our AC and using the house as a thermal battery we were saving 27% over the year vs basic flat rate. And then we added the two cars so genuinely free.
 
Cool mileage day:

A palindrome (12321)

A wheel (12345)

All single digit prime numbers (12357)

Ok, 1 is technically not a prime number, but cool day anyway.


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Update, 7200 miles since July 25 2022, Almost hitting the 6 month mark.

Also here is how much it cost during that time, Also some of that was solar power but still considers the cost per kWh during the time frame.

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rlozano said:
1040 miles in 3 weeks.
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After about 15 months, I only have about 5300 miles on mine. No mechanical issues. No exterior scratches at all, but I do have a few tiny window "dings" from pebbles/debris hitting the windshield and the driver-side front window. I have one speeding ticket, and immediately after that started using the "limit" feature. Nice!! I drive my car to work only 2 days per week, about 14 miles, I think. Some mornings when I get to work my battery says it can go 112 miles without a charge. Love the regen! On the rare cold days, I love the heated seats and heated steering wheel.
 
At 6 1/2 months, I'm at 7,000 miles. No real issues yet.

Mostly commuting and daily stuff. A two trips of around 200 miles. One of 700.
I've discovered that if driving through the night, I can catnap in the passenger seat while it charges.
 
Wednesday will be 1 month with the car, almost at 1,000 miles. So far it has been great.

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insightman said:
I love my SE's OEM Hankook summer performance tires. They're currently enjoying their well-deserved time-out in the basement.
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My Hankooks are also taking their winter sabbatical.
I like them, a lot.
My SE is currently hooning around on Nokian WRG4s and aftermarket 16s, they aren't far behind the 'kooks.
 
18 months, 14,790 miles, millions of smiles. No significant problems (with the car - a few problems with my memory - where do I change that preference?).
 
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