Any Daily Drivers?

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Any Daily Drivers?

Reply #15 – March 10, 2010, 09:43:20 PM

I only daily drive mine in the summer. It did get driven in snow once, and that was enough. Shouldnt be able to spin the tires in 4th gear before the boost even kicks in

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Reply #16 – March 10, 2010, 10:06:53 PM

my red 86 was daily driven from the day i got it untill i passed it on, didnt amount to much mileage though even with the delivery job i had.
its still daily driven by the new owners.
why not drive it every day, its not a glorified model car its a real one

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Reply #17 – March 10, 2010, 10:21:27 PM

i am glad there are people that keep these cars as garage queens and all but, if I can't enjoy it to the fullest I don't want it.

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Reply #18 – March 10, 2010, 10:26:14 PM

My '86 was DD til June '09. Drove it for 4 years.

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Reply #19 – March 10, 2010, 10:43:15 PM

Mine was my DD back in Edmonton, and it will be again soon, since I'll be using it to get to school when it isn't snowing.

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Reply #20 – March 10, 2010, 11:26:42 PM

Mine has been a garage queen since I bought it back in 2002. Before that it was my cousin's daily driver in California. I have a MN-12 as a daily driver so I still have a T-bird to drive every day. These cars are at the age where if they are found in good shape they should be preserved and not driven daily, at least in the salt belt;)

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Reply #21 – March 10, 2010, 11:32:58 PM

Mine hasn't been a dd since 1994. But for most of the 4 years I did dd it, I would drive it to work (night shift), then come home and the wife at the time would take it to collage. So it saw double duty. In 92 or 93 we got her a car so she'd leave mine alone, then in 94 I was able to get a beater, a 79 camaro with a straight 6 for $300. Since then it's just driven to shows and once in a while when it's nice I'll take it out for a ride. I've had it for 20 years now.

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Reply #22 – March 10, 2010, 11:47:25 PM

My sport has been my dd for 9 years and a good 80,000 plus miles now. It was my first car. Unfortunately living in New England it shows and I'm going to have to strip it at some point this summer. I've bandaided it back together as much as I feel comfortable with. It's bad when you end up spending a good 10 hours you didn't plan on welding your strut tower back to the car cuz it just broke off from stress (totally explained why it wasn't handling so good though...)

TC's I've found to be rather useless in the snow and mine's actually in good shape so as long as the roads aren't too snowy or salty, I'll take that one out just about whenever too.

Pretty much the only car I own that I wouldn't dd is my 48 prefect because for starters it's not a whole car yet and even if it was, gassers are not meant to go play in the snow...

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Reply #23 – March 11, 2010, 12:27:12 AM

my 1984 cougar with the 3.8 is my daily driver ...the car is not show quality, but if it was i prob would still DD it!!! ive got a 95 towncar and 89 continental up for repairs now, but even when i get them going , im going use the cougar.i really like it :)
in northern new jersey i dont see to many "FOX'S" anymore. but when i do it makes me think what nice cars they are, and too bad ford didnt keep them going!!

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Reply #24 – March 11, 2010, 03:47:23 AM

i dd my sport that thing was a tank in the snow till bambi reshape the front end . i tryed the TC this winter it sucked in the snow but i got 3 vechicles to chose from so the bird is going to be park in the winter unless it an emegancy.

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Reply #25 – March 11, 2010, 04:31:52 AM

Still driving mine every day, 88 miles round trip to work in any weather. And on the weekends, it goes everywhere from shopping to camping out in the way back areas of the country.

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Reply #26 – March 11, 2010, 08:19:33 AM

Quote from: thunderjet302;313604

Mine has been a garage queen since I bought it back in 2002. Before that it was my cousin's daily driver in California. I have a MN-12 as a daily driver so I still have a T-bird to drive every day. These cars are at the age where if they are found in good shape they should be preserved and not driven daily, at least in the salt belt;)

I agree. You guys that live in sunny states with no snow are lucky. If we want to keep our cars nice here in the salt belt, we have to keep them out of the elements in the winter. My car is only a garage queen from about late-Nov until March or so...after that I drive it as much as possible.

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Reply #27 – March 11, 2010, 08:44:21 AM

Mine will be when I get one.

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Reply #28 – March 11, 2010, 09:11:01 AM

Mine is a second car, it is garaged when the weather is bad. When the weather is good, it can handle DD duty.

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Reply #29 – March 11, 2010, 09:38:59 AM

Mine has always been been DD except for the year it sat without an engine. Ive done alright in the winter with it. Its not the greatest but Im sure theres worse. It just forces you to be careful. The car is rough and has a lot of miles so I see no point in garaging it. It will probably be replaced as my DD by my festiva though. Though I may keep it around just for the winters. If I do that though Im going to be on the lookout for some 15's to put winterforces on.