Odometer-style distance reported in the Volkswagen export.
VANILLA JOURNEY LOG · GENUINE VEHICLE DATATHE ROAD,
THE ROAD,
RECORDED.
Every adventure leaves a trail. From ordinary escapes to a 12-country European odyssey, this is Vanilla's life on the road—recorded one journey, one mile and one memory at a time.
OPEN THE LOG ↓TWO NUMBERS.
ONE HONEST LOGBOOK.
The vehicle export reports Vanilla's overall distance separately from the detailed journeys it contains. They describe the same van from different boundaries, so they are never added together.
Sum of the 826 detailed records below.
14 April 2024 to 27 August 2026
753 hours 59 minutes in the detailed records.
YEAR BY
YEAR.
TO 27 AUGUST
8,160.3 MILES OF ROAD.
MONTHLY MILEAGE
THE RHYTHM OF 2026.
May refuses to behave like an ordinary month. That orange tower is the European Drift announcing itself.
- 546.8MILESJAN
- 318.9MILESFEB
- 472.7MILESMAR
- 759.4MILESAPR
- 3,602.1MILESMAY
- 1,219.5MILESJUN
- 465.9MILESJUL
- 775MILESAUG
Monthly values: January 546.8 miles; February 318.9 miles; March 472.7 miles; April 759.4 miles; May 3,602.1 miles; June 1,219.5 miles; July 465.9 miles; August 775 miles.
THE STORY BUILDS.
8,160.3 miles by year end. JAN 546.8 · FEB 865.7 · MAR 1,338.4 · APR 2,097.8 · MAY 5,699.9 · JUN 6,919.4 · JUL 7,385.3 · AUG 8,160.3
VANILLA'S
BIG NUMBERS.
Economy records require at least 20 miles. Day totals use journey end dates, so a late stage may have begun the previous evening.
21 September 2025
8 hours 52 minutes · 30.4 mpg
Ended 7 May 2026
8 hours 34 minutes · 34.0 mpg
7 May 2026
2 stages · 12 hours 35 minutes
63.4 miles
16 July 2026
MAY 2026 · THE GRAPH BECAME A CONTINENTTHE EUROPEAN
THE EUROPEAN
DRIFT.
4,006 MILES6,447 KM · OFFICIAL COMPLETE EXPEDITION
Thirty days. Twelve countries. Vanilla carrying a bedroom, kitchen, power station and a frankly unreasonable quantity of camera kit across Europe.
- VEHICLE DATA CAPTURED DURING THE DRIFT DATE WINDOW
- 3,850.6 miles
- RECORDED DRIVING
- 101 HRS
- DISTANCE-WEIGHTED ECONOMY
- 33.1 mpg
The 6 May–4 June 2026 export window and the official complete expedition use different recording boundaries. Both are shown; neither is quietly bent to fit the other.
EXPLORE EUROPEAN DRIFT →A HOME ON WHEELS.
AROUND 30 MPG.
Vanilla is no lightweight sports car, but she has carried a home, a kitchen, a bed and a life of adventure while returning around 30 mpg across more than 21,000 recorded miles.
THE LOGBOOK SO FAR21,910.5 RECORDED MILES.
21,910.5 RECORDED MILES.
826 JOURNEYS.
ONE VAN CALLED VANILLA.
The numbers record the road. The photographs remember why it mattered.