Chimera an everyday-car?

[Tony Hall]

Every day car for the last 2 years, except the motorbike for sunny/dry commuting, excellent car, you come out of work, it's sunny,(or at least dry) drop the top, you're away. Even sitting in a traffic q feels good. Pretty damn reliable too (oh bu66er thats torn it).

[taylormj4]

Hut49,
thanks for the info.
Mainly needed for the drivers window seal, as the window tries to rip it away from the door when closing.
Tried a smear a grease and this worked well, except that after winding down window and then up again, I had a beautifully thin screen of grease up the window - preventing its main function of allowing the driver to see out of his vehicle....dow!
Matt

[tantivy]

ok guys, so I may not have THE answer here, but it's some kind of an answer & it works for me... I use the tiv both as an everyday car AND as a second car but am pretty strict with myself about which one's on the drive ready to go & which one's in the garage. So I'll have the tiv as my only transport for, say, 2 months (unless there's a 4-seats-required real emergency) then put it in the garage for a period of self-servicing / fettling / polishing / stepper motor cleaning etc etc for a couple of weeks, often on 4 axle stands coz then it's too much hassle to take it off them for a spin round the block!!). This means my car's always in A1 condition, has some miles kept off it (down to say 10,000 a year...) and I appreciate it more after a wee lay-up. So - have both: an everyday tiv AND a second car!! but not at the same time

ps anyone else out there currently hammeriting their front wishbones - gawd wot a job - now have intimate knowledge of every crevice in garage floor... second coat tonite wot larks... NOT ...

[chimburt]

had my 4L since april/march. no big deal for my commute which is about 54 miles round trip, including a crawl for 10/15 mins, and some dual carriageway before and after the crawl.
had a few probs ( oil sensor, otter switch, fan fuse ) on my old '95 but most of it's issues have been sorted due to the miles done ( 50k ). i don't see much difference between my car and those at the dealer for another 8k, except that some of the newness has worn off ( stone chips ), and any issues have been already sorted by the previous owners ( ta! ).
enjoyed (?) 1/2 inch of snow this morning - some browntrousering but escaped unscathed.
my only vehicle.

buy it and drive it!