Is Z your daily driver?
11-21-2003, 05:42 PM
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Daily Driver....until they take my license away!
Ready for winter with full set of Blizzaks. I tried to "save" a nice convertible 10 years ago - drove a 4dr Tercel in winter, rainy days, etc. only to have the wife "accidently" take out the mailbox, post and all, along with the driver's side rear fender one day. "Couldn't see it" !!! It taught me that you might as well drive 'em and enjoy 'em.
Ready for winter with full set of Blizzaks. I tried to "save" a nice convertible 10 years ago - drove a 4dr Tercel in winter, rainy days, etc. only to have the wife "accidently" take out the mailbox, post and all, along with the driver's side rear fender one day. "Couldn't see it" !!! It taught me that you might as well drive 'em and enjoy 'em.
11-21-2003, 05:50 PM
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It's my daily ride 
although my work is less than 10 mins away. I love my Z and since I live in paradise and have beautiful weather all year round I figure I might as well enjoy it!! 
although my work is less than 10 mins away. I love my Z and since I live in paradise and have beautiful weather all year round I figure I might as well enjoy it!!
11-21-2003, 07:11 PM
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Daily driver for me 8 months out of the year. It's 170 miles round trip to / from work for me. I put over 3000 miles on per month. I love EVERY mile. (That is AFTER I had my new tires installed and the car aligned after my feathering / cupping issue...)
11-21-2003, 08:10 PM
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It was my daily 
But my Z had a fight with a cement wall and lost pretty badly..
But yeah, 1.2 months and 3,350 miles.. Don't know if you could call it the daily driver, don't know what you could call it, because I was ALWAYS in the thing! Maybe my....bah can't think of anything..
But my Z had a fight with a cement wall and lost pretty badly..But yeah, 1.2 months and 3,350 miles.. Don't know if you could call it the daily driver, don't know what you could call it, because I was ALWAYS in the thing! Maybe my....bah can't think of anything..
11-21-2003, 10:03 PM
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it's a car, it's meant to be driven. why would i drive a beater around when i can enjoy every minute? keeping a car garaged during the week is like having plastic covers on your sofas. what are you saving it for? since there's no snow here in southern california, i can drive it every day.
11-22-2003, 02:46 AM
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Daily... about 25 miles round trip to the office unless I am travelling.
On weekends... as far as I can go... plan the routes every weekend.
Now over 9 months... and about 6,400 miles ....
love the Z.....
On weekends... as far as I can go... plan the routes every weekend.
Now over 9 months... and about 6,400 miles ....
love the Z.....
11-22-2003, 07:42 AM
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Originally posted by Pure Tremble
hell yes. But only on nice days. No rain or snow On those days I take my '92 stealth.
Life is too short. I want to enjoy this car while I'm still young
4100 miles
hell yes. But only on nice days. No rain or snow
On those days I take my '92 stealth.Life is too short. I want to enjoy this car while I'm still young
4100 miles
11-22-2003, 09:43 AM
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The Z is my daily driver, including Ohio winters. I'll have the fun of driving it every day and it will still look showroom clean when spring arrives. The Rx7 has earned the right to be babied because it is approaching 20 years old and is still like new. The Miata has become a race car project.
My Sunday Morning car is the awesome Dino. It's older than most of the members of this forum, sexier than the Z and definitely too temperamental and expensive to drive everyday even if I wanted to.
My Sunday Morning car is the awesome Dino. It's older than most of the members of this forum, sexier than the Z and definitely too temperamental and expensive to drive everyday even if I wanted to.
11-22-2003, 04:03 PM
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So far...7 months..3600 miles, haven't had to deal with snow yet. But I have an old '85 S10 4 x 4, that I bought new. Damn ner 20 yrs old, gotta be careful slamming doors cause she loses a couple pounds every time I do. Only live 1.7 miles from work, so if the roads are clear, hell yea she'll be driven. Didn't buy it to sit and look at, it's a CAR. Drive it. Thinking of looking for a new job farther from home so I can drive it more...j/k
11-22-2003, 05:20 PM
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Daily Driver, except when it snows. Once it snows, it's stuck in the garage until my driveway melts off - 300 feet, steep, with 2 90-degree turns. 13 months old and just hit 10,000 miles.
11-22-2003, 05:54 PM
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Mine's going to be my daily driver as well...I'd prefer to have a beater, but I've got my savings earmarked for bigger things right now.
Finally putting on the Blizzaks next week....hopefully they'll keep me from regretting the daily driver decision this winter.
--D.J.
Finally putting on the Blizzaks next week....hopefully they'll keep me from regretting the daily driver decision this winter.
--D.J.
