Anyone used their Tuscan for everyday use?

[Ticker]

Not using mine enough and looking at doing the above, anyone used theirs as daily hack?

Dave

[Macey]

I have done, not suffered at all, it was only about 16 miles each way unless I had to go to my London office which was about 80 miles. All it means it that you check oil etc more often and the servicing bills come around more often.

[Basil Brush]

Mine was my daily for about 6 years and my only car for about 4 of those. During that time I had a mix of commutes from 5 miles each way up to about 45 miles each way. No problems at all apart from making clutch changes a bit more frequent if crawling in traffic a lot.

Nothing better than coming out of the office on a sunny day and taking the roof off the Tuscan to take the long way home.

[Night Rider]

Year and a half from Hampstead to Arkley and back plus heaps of touring miles. They love to be driven.

[Flintstone]

Yup. Sixty miles each way, two or three times a week.

You'll get fewer niggles with more consistent use too.

[Basil Brush]

Flintstone said:

You'll get fewer niggles with more consistent use too.

[blueg33]

I dont use mine everyday, but I use it often especially for longish trips for work unless there is going to be really heavy rain or salt on the road.

[nrick]

blueg33 said:

I dont use mine everyday, but I use it often especially for longish trips for work unless there is going to be really heavy rain or salt on the road.

+1

[so called]

Used my Wedge as a daily in th late 90s and early 2000s before changing to a Chimaera.
She was my daily till 2006 followed by my Mk1 Tuscan until 2006.
All the above included commutes from the UK to my office in SWitzerland and Germany.
My Mk2 Tuscan is my Dailey but only when I'm not in the US.
Only breakdown was a thrown shim in my newly rebuilt Mk1.
Always great to drive with the exception of the Mk2 December 2009.
Snow and bald tyres down go together.

[eye121]

Yes, I use mine every day I can for commuting. I think it likes to be used. Not sure if the Cerbera before it liked it so much! I don't think rain and ice are a huge problem as long as you're careful. I'm a bit of a wimp about snow though.

No point in having a car like this unless you use it.

[eye121]

Yes, I use mine every day I can for commuting. I think it likes to be used. Not sure if the Cerbera before it liked it so much! I don't think rain and ice are a huge problem as long as you're careful. I'm a bit of a wimp about snow though.

No point in having a car like this unless you use it.

[dmacw]

Yup, I drive my Mk1 every day, it's my only car. A bit hairy when the snow falls while at work, but generally no bother. And you can't beat taking the roof off for the blast home!

[tuscanx1]

Night Rider said:

Year and a half from Hampstead to Arkley and back

Jeez, that must have been a really scenic route you took!!

[blueg33]

Using mine for work today. An hours drive to Birmingham, then 3 to Suffolk and 3.5 hours drive back tomorrow

[Daston]

Mine has been my only car for the last year (keep meaning to get a run around). I walk to work so it only comes out if we have to go anywhere. I have put more miles on it than I would like but it has been fine.

[S6PNJ]

I knew I;d posted in a thread similar to this but didn't realise just how long ago it was! Here is a previous 'high useage' thread
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I no longer use mine to commute but it wouldn't give me any cause for alarm (except for the HUGE fuel bills now). I was using £50 every 3 days when fuel was around the £1 per litre mark.

[car crazy]

This is good to know, I used my cerbera as a daily driver and would like to do the same with a tuscan.Slightly off topic does anyone know what happened to nikoli smolenskis tuscan (54 plate) with huge rear wing as i like it

[Cacatous]

I used mine as a daily driver when I had mine (mk1 Tuscan S). It did about 6 miles each way but at the weekend I'd drive to Chichester via Petworth so I'd give it some stick (best drive!).

I even drove it in the snow

Damn that was 10 years ago now. How time flies...

[andyvdg]

10 years total daily drive with my Mk1 (4 years) and then Mk2 S (6 years) and still going. The Mk2 has proved much less fragile than the Mk1 (mostly sundry components failing like speed sensors and oil pressure switches) so the Russian got something right. The only thing to watch as the weekly mileage climbs apart from the increased fuel costs is how often the regular services come up - the car will be off the road - seems to be about a week once a year in my case.

Cheers,

Andy.