Never had anything but a classic as a daily driver.

The 68 is just too thirsty to use as a daily (87 Kms of a full 55litre tank).

But I am currently seriously looking to sell my 04 HSV (Holden) Grange for one of the 3 below.

Note not the actual cars below, 2 of those belong to guys on here, but reasonable versions of the same, good 20 footer paint jobs and would swap to brand new running gear (LS3 drivelines).....

Buick - looks stunning, gorgeous but rare hard to find and not cheap in good condition.

Lincoln, looks sinister, tough, cheaper to find but it's a Ford....

Olds Jetstar 88 Coupe - I love these, but super rare, in fact only ever seen 1 for sale


I perosnally think the Lincoln would suit better for daily use (and family / kids) and parked outside....


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yes my nice car that i drive most of the time is a classic !!
i stopped buying nice daily drivers they depreciate to much!!
last nice car i had a 330ci got it for 27g and sold it 3 or 4 years later for 8 or 9 grand lost close to 20g !!! classics don't do that they appreciate!!!

I have a 70 mile round trip to work, so i would be broke shortly. Thinking of going ls so i can drive it to work occasionally without having to stop for gas on the way.

i use drive my 66 pickup everyday....its not no show winner but looks good.....it just mainly drove work and back not to many other places...my camaro is mostly only a weekend car but i do drive her!

Why have it if you don't drive it
 

Can't afford paying another $30K and interest for another new car. Toyota wanted $350 to change 4 spark plugs when my Camry broke down on a recent trip. So I'm finishing up my easy to fix 57 Chevy PU and that's what we will be driving. I have anti-theft built into it and it's insured. Can't see babying a car to the point where I'm afraid to drive the darn thing.

I have always wanted to build a muscle car, with creature comforts for a daily driver.

My wife thinks another fun one would be a Nomad, or old Suburbun, instead of the mini van we have.

The old cars just have style that the new ones don't.

True story...took my 9 y.o. daughter to her first Good Guys show a couple of years ago. As we were walking in, she pulls me over to a beautiful PT 70 Chevelle and stares at it in amazement (I did too :) ). She loks up at me and says, "Dad I just love these old old cars! They have so much style!" Just then an old guy (coulda been Weld) walks up to me and says, "where'd you get a daughter like that?" I reply, "it's in her blood." He then hands me two free passes to get in.

Daughter now wants a Chevelle for her 16th B-Day. Big block of course...

You had better get to work on a Chevelle then. :yes:

Yeah, James said he had a spot in front of certain Camaro if I wanted it...:lol:

Not in my climate, but if I lived somewhere with no snow then absolutley YES.

HEY! :_paranoid

Not up here in the great white north, but having a Duramax with 850ft lbs is lot's of fun when the snow flies.

If you are going to spend money on the car then you should drive it and enjoy it everyday. Cars are meant to be driven and today you can get an alarm with a mobile phone app so you know at all times where it is and if its safe. If someone was to take it you can kill the starter and let the cops know where the car is.

I would like to daily drive the '71 but the current work/living situation does not exactly allow it, sadly.

Daily Driver ALL the WAY !!
 

I will be driving DETONATOR daily, especially the 18 miles each way to work, as I work at the end of a twisting mountain road. If I wanted a car that I didn't want to drive daily, I would have put together a small block and a 4-speed, not an LS1/T56, and saved a TON of money and time. Hell, I'd be driving the car already.

The insurance, depreciation, cost of operation all go out the window when you consider those are all facts of life when you run any kind of car, and there really isn't much you can do to change those realities, it is just a cost factor, decide what you can afford and run with it. Yeah, insurance is a necessary evil, and I've never got a fair shake from the insurance companies, either at the front end or the back end. I don't get a fair shake when I look at my paycheck either, Uncle Sam and Jerry Brown take way too much, just a cost of having a job, no different than operating a car.

My 1967 Camaro was purchased in 1987 and sold in 1997, and I drove it daily when it was running, and that was a big block and 4-speed car. Would still be driving it if I didn't need a down payment on our first house in 1997. I guess it is in my blood.

Winter time I drive my slammed 69 c 10 summer is harley time

I believe this is KARR Security Systems you are referring to. Yes?

My wife has this installed in her '11 Challenger and it is indeed a very nice perk.

You can receive instant text messages when the car leaves a specified area. Or when it goes above a specified speed. However, contrary to what the dealer told us, the system cannot be accessed in underground parking lots. So, you car is vulnerable there. Still a nice product. I do wonder if, as the dealer claimed, more cops use this in their personal cars as opposed to lojack.

If I were ever to have the means :rofl: I would build a "daily driver"... Well, at least I would have it built. LOL

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

My classic is my DAILY, My RACER, my TEST BED for new parts, and so on :thumbsup:

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building a car n not driving it most of the times its like having a supermodel n rarely touching her ..... and her ..... lol

With the traffic around here, if i still had to commute to work, no way..

To sit with a 4 speed car with a 280H cam in stopped traffic for 45 minutes is not right for many reasons, the least of it, " Would you have a Thoroughbred Horse and Walk him around the Track ?

The F150 automatic with cup holders is much better.. Or the 350Z Auto...

But the Beast will be driven enough to never see the battery charger ever again, and that is a good thing..:cheers:

Negative.

Car seats dont fit too well

I do as I work on it everyday!!

I'm blessed with having several muscle cars to drive. Some are more agreeable for everyday use than others. My favorite? My 70 GSX. 560 Hp 455, ZF 6 speed, cold ac, satellite radio and killer stereo, Cerullo seats. It fast, comfortable and fun. BUT...my commute is maybe 10 minutes, no traffic, no parking or theft issues, and a whole stable of alternatives should I hurt that car.
I don't drive my blown, injected pro street mustang, or my Boss 429, or my road race 69 Mustang...just because there are easier choices.
I will also admit that currently, my new CTS V is way too much fun to park!

ALSO...before I had too many cars...back in the early 80's...I drove my 69 Chevelle...396 4 speed, aluminum flywheel, 850 Holley, 4:10 gear, no ac, 7mpg, everywhere. From 88-91, the only car I owned was a 79 Fairmont with a 351w, 6-71 BDS blower, EFI, and a 2:73 gear. I was traveling at the time for BDS...did a little time on the Gandy Bridge in Tampa...changed the head gaskets in the parking lot at Automotive Engineering!

Fun stuff!

I sure hope I do! I didn't with my last one, so I sold it.

I sold all the relatively current cars I had 5 years ago and bought my wife a Jag XKR for going to functions etc....

Me I've been blessed and drive one of the old Birds, Camaros, or the 68 caddy Eldorado every day (other than the winter months up here in Toronto).... It's so much fun driving down the road in something that's not a cookie cutter new car....

Yup. Daily drove my car for years. It's not so fun now with the worn out, sloppy suspension and the BMW wheels that hit the frame. :(

Building my corvette with the sole intention of driving it daily!

I know I'm not really the right person to answer this poll, but I'll leave my answer anyway.

When I went looking for a car in early 2011 I was strongly considering buying another '95-6 Impala SS. I've loved those cars since I saw my first Dark Cherry example in '95. However, knowing my past history with the B-body ('93 Caprice 9C1, '94 SS, '96 Caprice LT1, B4U (sport)), I realized I'd throw too much money at an SS. Where I work there is also ZERO reserved parking so I am forced to park outside -- frequently parallel parking on the street -- every day in the Florida sun.

Not wanting to invite dings and other damage on a car that means a lot to me, I decided to put off the B-body purchase and bought a 2009 Accord sedan instead. While it's technically the nicest car I've owned, I don't have any attachment to it. It would annoy me to no end having bird sh!t, dirty FL rain spots and scraped up paint on an SS. I was already infuriated when I went out to my car and saw this rub damage. Thankfully, 3M Rubbing Compound and some sore thumbs got me down to this point, but now I need to pick up touch-up paint.

If I had the '66-7 Chevelle I dream about, there is no way in hell I would DD it. Cruises/errands after work and on weekends when the weather doesn't suck? Absolutely!

I bought my car with the intention on it being a daily. My future plans all include finishing it with the intention of it being daily right down to the seat belts. Isnt that the point of pro-tour - comfort combined with performance?

Door dings? Meh they can be fixed. Theft? Please steel it - then I can start again.

Even my back seat is useable so I can tote the kids around in it.

In my mind, if my car were a collectible I would be thinking a bit differently but since its just a Malibu no one seems to care about - Im going to drive the wheels off it.

My neighbours would lynch me if I started the camaro up at 5.00am to go to work.Oh and the sheiks would send me a personal xmas card as thanks for the spike in world fuel use.:D

This - neighbors hate it when I leave for work EVERYDAY.

Here's a pic of me daily'ing my Chevelle. I will grant you its not a show piece but its not bad. Pic was taken this morning - 45 degrees and raining.

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Edit: After posting pic I realize how bad I need to get it lower.

So this thread just popped back up, I saw I responded in 2011. Well in 2012 sold my daily and bought the actual 61 Buick in this pic above. Shipped it over here and have been using it as my daily for the last 6 years. I've racked up just over 100,000 miles on it in 6 years. It's about to do a 2,000 mile road trip interstate in 3 weeks time. In that 6 years it's only got 2 door dings :)

That Buick is a sweet cruiser. I drive my junk wherever when it's not broke! Need my pickup most days though.

Not in this town
 

With all the blood sweat and money that I have put in her over the years, no way I would subject her to the idiots that putz around this place. I'm not sure what the daily crash stats are, but It's like bumper cars most days. 2016 ADOT records show almost 160,000 crashes. I feel 100 times safer on the track at speed than I do going for groceries. Skewz me, I have to get this call.:confused59:

My 1981 El Camino SS is my daily driver .And I have left some of it fairly stock for if I have issues on the road.And my 1979 Z-28 RS Pro-Touring car has all the toys in it.So I won`t drive unless the weather is nice.

I got a C10 i'm hoping will one day take over daily driver duty. Got some work to do to it to make it reliable and comfortable to drive.

Sounds good Will. I think a C10 with LS3, Auto, A/C, Baer brakes, and full Ridetech suspension would be the perfect daily driver.

Daily Driver
 

Zoom in....there's a 10-bolt rear in there under the cans of fruit and tool cabinet