Thread: How Old is your Daily Driver?

Originally Posted by JDNSW

With the unspoken assumption that your daily driver does more kilometres than your other vehicle! (if any). My daily driver is the 2a - it is a rare day I don't drive it somewhere, although not often more than 10km. But the County, which I drive usually once a week into town, plus several (often interstate) trips per year, does probably at least five times the mileage!

John

JD - this is just a bit of fun, and hardly scientifically rigorous. However, the average motorist would clock up most of their km driving to work.

You must admit that your case is highly likely to be a statistical outlier.

1978 S III, round trip of 60km each day.

Cheers, Mick.

1993 RRC my daily driver but I don't drive it into CBD everyday , I catch the train in .

92 200 Tdi Disco.
I do over 1000 K a week in the old girl and love every minute of it.

Smokey's my daily driver....6 yrs old...does around 5-700kms a week on average,

Regards

Stevo

Mines a 2009 ford g6e turbo. Best car i've owned

In our household:

1989 Daihatsu charade - my daily driver (~20km/day)
1997 Saab 900 - my better half's (~70 km/day)
1986 LR 90 - weekend toy
1984 LR 120 - touring

The daily drivers definately do more kms than the hobby cars, but considering that I haven't started either of the landies in > 6 months, that's doesn't say much.

When both landies are going, I estimate doing:
~3,000kms/year in the 90 (weekend fun & short 4WD trips)
~7,500 kms in the 120, (long 4WD trip(s) + assumed yearly round trip to Adelaide)
~6,000kms in the Charade (daily commute)
~21,000 in the Saab (daily commute).

Loosely based estimates. Even assuming that we will always take a landy on our yearly pilgrimage accross the Nullabor, the daily drivers still win hands down.

Daily is my 1977 HZ Kingswood, gets driven probs 200-300kms a week to and from Uni at St. Lucia. More if i am going out to the property. I change the oil every 3000kms which equates to at least 3 times a year, coming up to my third this year in about a month so maybe I have done a bit more this year.

My 1970 ex-mill IIA gets driven on weekends to work and to mates places, it probably does around 1/4 the mileage that the kingswood does - basically if it's not peak-hour traffick I'll drive the IIA around. Gets driven 4-5 times a week at least to various places, take the dog in the back too. And of course if i'm going camping or 4WDing I take the IIA.

I love my old cars, they have all been VERY relyable, especially the kingswood as it gives me no troubles whatsoever even though I abuse it a bit driving through brisbane peak hour traffick