Poll/contest: how much do you drive your DeTomaso?

On the completely opposite end of the scale (How little do you drive your DeTomaso?) my '72 Pantera (never my daily driver) has only 43716 total miles! (70354 km)

15,289 miles since May 2006. Best year was 2009 with 3960 miles. Most of it with no particular destination at all.

My car has 93000 miles on it. So every owner has driven it and enjoyed its ownership. Longest drive was from Phoenix to Colorado when I bought it. Mostly day trips into the Rocky Mountains which begin 20 miles from here. Can't remember the mileage when I bought it. I'd guess I have put less than 20,000 on it in 8 years.

My 1973 has 12,856 original miles on it.

When we got it back in 1986 it had 7,614 miles. Still about 95% original down to the paint. After 38 years I'm just now having to rebuild the original clutch master/slave and brake master cylinder. I'm having them bronze sleeved so I can keep the original ones and eliminate corrosion forever.

I've stepping up the driving a bit lately, but I'll probably still only put 500-600 miles a year on it.

Less and less every year..! At some point I should just sell it so someone with more time could drive it

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15,289 miles

larryw is topping the list so far...

Atleast five days a week, usually seven days. Around town ten or twenty miles and south an hour to my parents house once in a while

Mine has 55409 miles on it I drive it about 1000 miles a year wish I could do more but no time. note I set the trip OD every Jan 01, 20xx

I'm at over 130,000 miles on mine.
Forest

84,000 miles on the clock when I bought the car in May 2003, and 105,000 when I took it off the road for a spun rod bearing in 2006 or 2007 (it's been so long I don't remember).

Anyway, I can't wait to start racking up the miles as soon as the rebuilt engine is in.

Forest is the current leader, although my goal is to kick his butt ;-)

I bought my car with 40,000km. I currently have 135,000 km. I've rebuilt the engine once and done basically a complete restoration once, and will do each as many times as necessary to be able to enjoy the car.

In 2006 I put over 5000 kilometers on the car in 8 days. I could translate that into mpg and $ or €, but I'd just get depressed. I prefer to think of the memories that I have as a result instead.

When I bought my former '72 Pantera it had only 33,000 miles on it and I thought it would be a shame to pile the miles onto a car that had travelled so little in 25 years. Three months later I drove from South Dakota to Syracuse, Ny and back, so that plan kind of went out the window and I haven't looked back since.

Those of you who don't drive your car - you are really missing out on a huge part of the experience. Some of the happiest (and, to be honest, most frustrating) experiences of my entire life have been as a result of a major road trip in the Pantera.

You want to talk about road trips? I sent the afore-mentioned Pantera from the US to France when I moved there to be able to continue enjoying it. They are boat-miles, but they should count for something!

Mikael - see you at Le Mans!!!

My Dad bought the car new. I've had it over 10 years. It has 25000 miles on it. I drive it about 80 miles a summer. I totally agree with Charlie. I do miss out on the experience. Some day I'll be in position to have it restored and I'll drive it more. Until then I do what I can to keep it going.

I've got 127,000 on mine bought it back in 1985 with just under 11,000. It was my daily driver through college. For 4 years straight it went from Los Angeles California to Destin Florida and back 3 times a year.

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Mikael - see you at Le Mans!!!

Damn right!

Forest leads.

Now if I got out in my car and kept driving and doing nothing else, and I drove 100 km/h around the clock, it would only take me 80 days to close the gap. Add a few days for gas and maintenance. Worth considering...

23,000 miles since April 07. So far I'm averaging a touch under 5,000/year. Pretty good considering I have to park it 6 months every year. I can't imagine how many miles if I lived in California or Arizona or some place where pantera driving was a year round sport.

Doug M