Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[Car-Nut]

Last year I sd my BMW E30 325i which I'd restored and was it was a replaced with a mk4 Golf Gti t I so miss my last car...

Anyone here drive a classic (over 25yrs old) as there daily car
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[Rick]

I run my 1960/61 Standard 10 as a "regular user" on probably 90% of the trips I make, usually local runs. Longer trips I tend to use our V70 but whenever I can it's the classic I use. Admittedly if I had to do motorway runs on a regular basis I'd probably go back to running a 122S Volvo, preferably with overdrive. Other alternatives I'd look at for a daily user would include the ZA/ZB MG Magnette, Austin Westminster, and maybe a Series 1 XJ6.

RJ
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[michael1703]

i dont own a modern car, 79 is the newest so no choice

58 p4,2 ford thames 400e's 1960 and 1965,1968 420g,1969 minor,1970 nsu prinz,1972 mgb,1978 mgb,1979 scimitar

but... i dont commute really as my workshop is 700 metres from home

my girlfriend commutes 300 miles a week in the mgb or p4 and will be using the scimitar soo too

ive saved fortunes on the crap that modern cars consume, cat converters,dual mass flywheels,brake disc etc

[Phil - Nottingham]

Same here our newest car is 1972 and I use one or other every day on the commute to work - 24 miles round trip. My wife uses them for shopping as well
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[Richard H]

Yup - I use my 1957 Austin A35 every day, rain or shine, I go everywhere in it as it's the only car I'm insured for at the moment. The other day I went to North Norfolk then on to Kent then back again. It's not the fastest or in its first flush of youth but I like it
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[gresham flyer]

Although my wife cycles everywhere,even 8 miles to work then back again,she has a modified and uprated 1961 Morris Minor Traveller she uses for everyday duties.

She gets chatted up more having the car with her than if she wore a short shirt and low cut top. Well that`s what she tells me.

Talking to a lady in the supermarket,the lady casually informed her that seeing a Morris Minor in the carpark,she had to park next to it because her grandson was mad about them.

Some youngsters do have taste.

Who needs speed dating,chat rooms,internet dating etc etc,get a nice classic and interact with the public wherever you go.

Sitting at some traffic lights a while ago,some twenty something year old girls walked by,"Thats nice""Cor what I could do with that" they said,no not the grey haired driver but the car,chirped up the wife. Oh well.
Gresham.

[P3steve]

Like Rick I ran my 1957 Standard Ten as a daily driver for a few years but its now off the road for some remedial body work issues and as much as I would like to I'm just not brave enough to use my 1949 P3 Rover on a daily bases though it dose get used for such things as shopping runs and trips to the DIY all year round.

[therobbiesmith]

I use my 1965 MGB roadster every day at the moment and have taken it to South Norfolk from Sussex twice. My Peugeot estate is hardly getting any use, however the forecast for the next few days is grim so the Peugeot may get some exercise - I'm not as young as I was.

Back in the 80s my everyday driver was a Morgan 4/4 and I only put the hood on if my passenger at the time was concerned about her hair. At 30mph or more the rain just passes by and only occasionally gets the back of your head wet. Although I followed a Double Decker Bus down a leafy lane once and every time he passed under a tree a couple of gallons of freezing water would land in my lap.

To pick up Gresham Flyer's thread here, a young lovely remarked 'Oh, nice!' the other day when I was getting in to my parked B and only later did it occur to me that instead of lamely answering 'Thanks' I should have said 'I try to stay in shape'.

Once, when travelling through central France and stuck at traffic lights in my bright yellow Morgan, a lady pedestrian remarked ' Quelle jolie Morgan!' and, as I was kerbside in my right-hand-drive car, I was able to have a short conversation with her about Morgans before the lights changed.

In England the usual comment I got was 'What's that then, a kit-car?'

There's no accounting . . .

[Rick]

I've not fathomed out why exactly, but the Standard does seem to be popular with the ladeeez Twice while filling up with fuel I've had lady drivers wander over for a closer look - at the car - and at a different garage the young lass behind the till commented favourably on it, and ended by saying that it must be worth a fortune

The Cambridge never seemed to attract the attentions of the fairer sex, can't imagine why. I think it came across as being a "grandad's" car.

RJ
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[baconsdozen]

I used to trundle about in my Mk1 transit camper most of the time but although I've still got it my drivings now done in a 97 Fairway taxi. OK so it's not 25 years old but its done well over 350,000 miles so it sort of counts.
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[cswagon]

I use my 1938 Austin 7 Ruby every day to get to and from work (only 6 miles though) and when the flywheel came loose the other day necessitating the engine and box out for a week I dropped back on my 1957 A35.
Makes going to work a joy, and coming home.
It's just the bit in the middle.
Graham.

[Brian M]

[pigtin]

Between 1985 and 2000 we used a 1932 austin 10/4 as a second car. Memsahib always used it for shopping but talking to admirers usually made her late home.
Started using it again this year but things are very different: we have been spoiled by the power steering on our moderns and the oldies seem very hard work. The roads are around town are appalling compared to ten years ago or even when the car was first driven 78 years ago. Progress???
Still find my 69 Sprite a pleasant drive and would use it every day but for a few small problems: With the hood down I do not dare use my blue badge for parking, in case it gets stolen. With the hood or hardtop on it is difficult for my creaking old bones to get in, and out.

Must say I fancy a Farina A40, or Morris Minor for the rack and pinion steering. I shall have to revise my fleet I fear.

Don.
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[Richard H]

[roverdriver]

Just like Michael1703, I don't have a more modern car- and to be honest I don't want one! Two Rover P4's for most outings and a 1982 Rover SD1 can take me and the misses anywhere we want at any time we want.

From 1966 to 1990 we ran a 1928 Model A Ford as everyday transport and quite successfully too. I did have a few other cars from time to time during that period, but the A did everything asked of it and more.
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