As in “I’ve been logging my mileage on the bike” or “A high mileage car”.
Kilometreage doesn’t sound right.
Is there a proper metric word ?

Distance?

“k”s?

As in “that car’s done a lot of ks”

edit – you were after a proper word, so my suggestion is rubbish.

cumulative distance

Kilomerage 8)

“how many clicks”

people will think you’re well cool, too 😉

metreage

Yeah, I thought about distance. “I’ve been logging my cycling distance” sounds OK, but “A high distance car” sounds a bit odd.

“Ks” can work in context, but people often say a car has done “30k” meaning 30 000 miles, so there’s potential for confusion there.

Clicks is good, although I always thought it was army slang. Do other people understand it ?

it’s a limitation of the metric system. this, and how many songs can you think of with miles or feet in the lyrics? how about with the metric equivalents?

Well it depends really what you want to say. Word to word translation won’t work most of the time.
So you have to look for the appropriate expression in the foreign language.

If it’s not for foreign language, then stick to miles, no british understand metrics anyway 😉

There is no limitation, the word is metreage!!!

Not to be mistaken with meterage which refers to the system of payment…

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Well it depends really what you want to say. Word to word translation won’t work most of the time.
So you have to look for the appropriate expression in the foreign language.

If it’s not for foreign language, then stick to miles, no british understand metrics anyway
In other words you don’t have an answer 😉

I understand both Metric & Imperial (and use both every day) very well but then I’m 1/4 Dutch so that sort of explains it!

In the case of a car I would say “Its got a higher than average amount of Km on it for the year/age” but as usual it more long winded than the “high mileage”

Clicks is good

No, It isn’t – unless you’re a vietnam veteran/fantasist

In the USA mileage actually refers to fuel economy, hence the YMMV acronym.

Clicks is good, although I always thought it was army slang. Do other people understand it ?

That’s how English works, people use words and it spreads.

I understand both Metric & Imperial (and use both every day)

I was born in England in 1972, so I use Metric and Imperial interchangeably, and often simultaneously, which really freaks people out. I’ll happily say that something is one foot five millimetres if that’s the most accurate round measurement.

No, It isn’t – unless you’re a vietnam veteran/fantasist

First time I came across “clicks” was the original series of Battlestar Galactica.

Like it no, klickage is the word you’re after 😉

Kilometraje. Sounds as fine in Spanish as millaje sounds funny!