How to Know a Car's Age in People Years

Just like 1 dog year is supposedly the equivalent of 7 human years, cars have a perceived human age. Blue Donut created a formula for determining a car's age in people years. This article will explain the formula so you can get an idea of how old your car is.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. You will need to know your car's mileage in order to calculate a car's age in people years. You can do this by looking at your car's odometer.

2. You will need to know the year your car was manufactured, also called model year in order to calculate a car's age in people years.

3. Divide the mileage of your car by the year the car was manufactured in order to get the car's perceived human age. For example, a car with 100,000 miles with a model year of 1982 would be the perceived human age of 50. A car with 50,000 miles with a model year of 2006 would be the perceived human age of 25.

Tips & Warnings

• This is by no means a scientific theory.

Resources

• How Old Is Your Car In People Years?

[1GoGetter]

on 1/21/2009 OMG this is soooo funny! Okay help me out here, cuz I'm not good with math - it's 1960 dodge with 54,000 original miles. How old am I? Um, I mean, how old is it? Check out the picture on our groups' rate n read site!

[newmama]

on 1/5/2009 Interesting...I just thought my car was 3 years old b/c it's a 2005...turns out it's passed the teens years already and is closer to 20! Thanks