Is yours a daily driver?
01-25-2007, 11:06 AM
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Mine's kept in the garage until dry days. even so, it usually does 8k a year.
Selling our third car come the spring (sick of paying 3 x MOT, insurance, tax and servicing) so the S will be a daily driver until next winter when I'll buy another beater.
This car can do the daily driver stuff, no problem. In the summer the beater never gets touched, it is a PITA when the weathers wintery though.
Selling our third car come the spring (sick of paying 3 x MOT, insurance, tax and servicing) so the S will be a daily driver until next winter when I'll buy another beater.
This car can do the daily driver stuff, no problem. In the summer the beater never gets touched, it is a PITA when the weathers wintery though.
01-25-2007, 12:58 PM
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Daily driver - although I had an Integra Type R as a beater for six months when the S was used very little...
Circumstances have changed and it's back to the pro-rata 40-45K per year routine now.
It's the first time I've had a car and not been after changing it after 12 months (almost two years now)... In fact I'm conspiring on replacing the gf's car with something hot hatchlike or sporty estate for the dogs and keeping it for longer than planned...
Circumstances have changed and it's back to the pro-rata 40-45K per year routine now.
It's the first time I've had a car and not been after changing it after 12 months (almost two years now)... In fact I'm conspiring on replacing the gf's car with something hot hatchlike or sporty estate for the dogs and keeping it for longer than planned...
01-26-2007, 04:40 AM
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Mines a weekend toy as long as its not pouring down. Its been a little neglected just lately because of the salt content on the roads.
I use the missus Yaris at the moment so we can enjoy the S in the summer!!!
I use the missus Yaris at the moment so we can enjoy the S in the summer!!!
01-26-2007, 04:45 AM
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Mine's a summer / weekend / holiday car, so right now it's in hibernation...
The story behind the hibernation is as follows:
I always wanted a two seat open top car, the best one (for sensible money) is the S2000.
I was lucky enough to be able to afford to run two cars (just!) But I don't want to loose too much in depreciation.
Every year I do about ~30k miles for work and if the S was my only car, it would cost a fortune in servicing and the value would drop like a stone.
The way I see it, my other car (Peugeot 406 3.0 Coupe) is paid off now, comfortable, reliable and... at 140k miles... worthless.
If I use the Peugeot day to day, for the mundane work trips I can keep more money in my S.
Am I really that crazy?
I did go on a two week driving holiday in the summer, just me and the S, that was awesome, so I do get the most of it. Corsica is fantastic by the way!
If you see my other topic, you'll see I just crashed my daily driver into a post (about an hour ago!)
so the S will be coming out of hibernation early! 
The story behind the hibernation is as follows:
I always wanted a two seat open top car, the best one (for sensible money) is the S2000.
I was lucky enough to be able to afford to run two cars (just!) But I don't want to loose too much in depreciation.
Every year I do about ~30k miles for work and if the S was my only car, it would cost a fortune in servicing and the value would drop like a stone.
The way I see it, my other car (Peugeot 406 3.0 Coupe) is paid off now, comfortable, reliable and... at 140k miles... worthless.
If I use the Peugeot day to day, for the mundane work trips I can keep more money in my S.
Am I really that crazy?
I did go on a two week driving holiday in the summer, just me and the S, that was awesome, so I do get the most of it. Corsica is fantastic by the way!
If you see my other topic, you'll see I just crashed my daily driver into a post (about an hour ago!)
so the S will be coming out of hibernation early!
01-26-2007, 09:31 AM
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I bought mine after retiring, so (thankfully after 35 years commuting) no longer have a concept of having to do a daily. I do quite a few long trips and use the S in preference to my Accord whenever I am not carrying cargo or more than 1 passenger - much more fun.
