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Old 03-07-2007, 07:57 PM
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Daily driver or weekend car?

is you RX your daily driver, or a weekend/extra car for you?
Old 03-07-2007, 08:00 PM
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It's my fun car, commute car, winter car and family car
Old 03-07-2007, 08:03 PM
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Not the daily driver. It won't even go out in the rain. I drive a '96 Tercel to work and when I'm out w/ the fam, we drive my wife's S40.
Old 03-07-2007, 08:15 PM
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I drive it when I can after work, on weekends, and to run errands.
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at least 75m on weekdays...
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How about both?
Daily driver and weekend toy (or I get to play evry day of the week WHEEE!!!)
Old 03-07-2007, 09:14 PM
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DD all the way!
Old 03-07-2007, 09:19 PM
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Just drive it when I want to have some fun. It's nice not to have to drive it if I don't want to though
Old 03-07-2007, 09:56 PM
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Daily driver for sure. My "fun" car is in fact a motorcycle.
Old 03-07-2007, 10:25 PM
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Daily driver but I only put 200 miles a week (10k per year) on the car. I drive it to/from work and anything I'm doing with out the family but the majority of miles are put on the family car (MDX).
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I never take mine out in the rain also....... I have a Chevrolet Aveo for daily runs....... My 8 is my fun time car.........
Old 03-07-2007, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Krankor
Daily driver for sure. My "fun" car is in fact a motorcycle.
Ditto, I ride my motorcycle on weekends... although I don't want to make it sound like my 8 isn't fun, too... especially when someone is being a crab and not wanting to let me on the highway. Zoom zoom!
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DD. Been reliable for 33k miles.
Old 03-07-2007, 11:24 PM
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Very intuitive thread. I guess I never thought of it, but to some people, this is their sunny day trophy.

Good thinking!

I personally use mine as a DD...except for in snow +1inch. Which is most of winter in Ohio.

As for my non-DD, my summer car is ironically an older car with more miles. a preserved 97 Cobra vert with 48K miles.

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Old 03-07-2007, 11:27 PM
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i daily drove mine for a while since i got it. i recently picked up a scion xB to daily drive and save gas (i drive far to school every day)
Old 03-07-2007, 11:37 PM
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Sorta daily driver an of course fun toy all the way. like one poster above, I ride my motorcycle when I want to cut through traffic.
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It'a A ZOOM ZOOM car.
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my do everything car EXCEPT winter weather driving (have beater for that )
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The Blue 8 is the 'Sunday-go-to-meeting car', go to the beauty shop car, hunt for fine wines, attend rallys, want to feel cool, meet people, play tourist, chase ambulances, be an extrovert car..

The little Red 323 is the load- it- with- Groceries, haul the trash to the dump, carry the hay bales, eat inside the car, let it sit out in the rain, get muddy, go to the beach, don't be noticed car.....It sort of has negative social status - Especially when it is cloaked in mud!

Wierdly enough, when we got onto the freeway today - and we have to push it because the legal speed is 75mph there, so we got on hard and fast, We got paced and revved by a little bald man in a new BMW!
We just waved because this car is not suitable for real speed - but I wondered if some of the glamour of the Blue was begining to transfer to the little red hatchback...

Mom says "NOT!"
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Thumbs up Both

Daily driver (14 miles one way in stop n go traffic to work)

Weekend autocrosser

Weekend Sunday drive down the coastline...
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I have a beater, so if the weather is bad (rain or snow) I won't drive it. I give it a rest.
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Originally Posted by j67345
Just drive it when I want to have some fun. It's nice not to have to drive it if I don't want to though
???I don't ever not want to drive my 8!
Old 03-08-2007, 07:13 AM
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[QUOTE=Winfree]I wondered if some of the glamour of the Blue was begining to transfer to the little red hatchback...

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Are they garaged together? Mebbe a little family interaction going on?
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Originally Posted by scsi
i daily drove mine for a while since i got it. i recently picked up a scion xB to daily drive and save gas (i drive far to school every day)
the xB is a crime to humanity.

-Steakboy
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Its my weekend car, i have a Jeep Wrangler as my daily, winter, fun in the sun car.


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