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Re:Toyota was right about hybrid cars all along by Gibbon1 on Friday March 01, 2024 @04:12PM (#39566849)
> first service is set at 18000 miles that's likely 2+ years of ownership!

An American commuter will hit that in a year easy.

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Re:Toyota was right about hybrid cars all along by lotsofpulp on Friday March 01, 2024 @05:16PM (#39567436)
I doubt it.

https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/average-miles-dri...

> The average miles driven per year by Americans has now reached a total of 14,263 miles.

And I bet this is a mean average, so is skewed higher by people who drive a lot. If I were to guess, the vast majority of personal vehicles stay under 10k miles per year.

Women and retired people especially, who usually have their own vehicle:

> Men drive around 6,000 miles per year more than women on average, and after retirement drivers post around 30 percent fewer miles per year.

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