allen405 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 I daily drive mine till the snow flies, then she tucks tail and hides till april or may. I really don't beat on her cuz it can get expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliber308 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 (edited) This time of year in Montana it is a toss up. On sunny days with no threat of severe weather it is my ESI-R. On days that we have rain or a chance of thunderstorms, it is the Durango R/T.When I lived in So. Cal I drove the car year round. Now....Only during fair weather. Bill Edited July 27, 2011 by Caliber308 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekstatixx Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 I drive mine 3 times a year. April July and October.Put a few gallons of gas in it every spring and new oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzord30 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 I daily drove mine for a year or so once we moved down here, some of the time driving 150 miles a day. It did great for me duing that time, but had been worked on by some of the best SQ mechanics out there beforehand. After I got another car to DD tho, the Starion was ready to come off the road and get some stuff handled- mostly suspension type stuff. Really, since I had my engine built by Tainters way back in 04, the mechanicals have been pretty much trouble free, it's just keeping the rest of it from falling apart that has taken a little time LOL. Good to hear its ran good for you, cant belive its been since 04 already Ive been working on my car daily does that count for something But hope I can get this thing on the road in a week or so, but I am going slow and making sure to do it right. My plan is to daily drive the Starion in the summer. (my sister daily drove the car for like 4 years even in the winters with snow tires). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coke Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Let me put it to you this way. I've put a touch over 8,000 miles on my car since April of this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StallionProject86 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Haha, I daily mine. I just don't rev to the moon and boost to the sky. I do drive it fast though. I haven't really spent much on keeping my car going, because I don't drive it until something breaks. -Robert No its because we drive 86s And to answer the question yeah mines the daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 I daily mine. Its raced every week, drifted daily. Road trips, whatever. Its simple to work on, and cheap to drive. 28 mpgs and 400hp. Even when it was stock, it never left me stranded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intense98rt Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 I drive maybe twice a month and do drift events a couple times a year. My 06 jetta gli is a lot more comfortable for daily driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchi934 Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 I daily mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiplee Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Daily drove a conquest from '93 to '07. Finally had to break down and get something that could be 100% reliable with hardly any maintenance. Just got a little too busy for the upkeep really, but yeah, when you keep after them and don't beat on them too bad a conquest makes a perfectly reliable DD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edde Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 (edited) Mine's been a daily almost non stop since 1987. These days it splits duty with a beater tercel (fantastic car) that is soon to be upgraded. For their day the cars were moderately complicated and 24 years later with a half dozen owners per car things need done - even if it hasn't been ragged on and hacked up. It's just complex enough to need to know a bit to keep one (or 20). Pay attention! Edit: Only left me on the road once for an ignitor about 15 years ago. Edited July 28, 2011 by Edde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DryBear Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 (edited) Daily driven - the only time the car has really given me problems is from one of *my* goof ups (not tightening down the starter wire nuts after installing a new tranny ) Edited July 28, 2011 by DryBear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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