Daily driver; how do you do it?
Discussion
Over the years I’ve varied my approach to the daily driver, I’m intrigued to know how others have done it and what has/hasn’t worked.
I’ve varied from a sensible Golf to company cars and having returned my company car earlier in the year I’ve now got two; a relatively sensible hot hatch and a what feels a very indulgent V8 on the commute. I’m wondering if wrapping them up into one isn’t a better option, an inline six.
So what do you do and what works?
Cheers
I’ve varied from a sensible Golf to company cars and having returned my company car earlier in the year I’ve now got two; a relatively sensible hot hatch and a what feels a very indulgent V8 on the commute. I’m wondering if wrapping them up into one isn’t a better option, an inline six.
So what do you do and what works?
Cheers
Leon R said:
Literally in exactly the same boat as you (hot hatch and V8).
Every year around this time I start thinking I don't need the V8 and I should save some money but as soon as we get that first sunny day in March it reminds me that the extra cost is absolutely worth it.
Superb, what have you got? Mines a Mk7 Fiesta ST and an E92 M3.Every year around this time I start thinking I don't need the V8 and I should save some money but as soon as we get that first sunny day in March it reminds me that the extra cost is absolutely worth it.
ant leigh said:
Daily driver was an XFR (V8) with an Elise for the weekends.
Sold both to buy an Alpine A110.
The Jaguar was great but the Alpine is a lot more fun, love driving to work now.
PS except I didn’t sell both , couldn’t bear to let the Elise go.
Now it’s Alpine as a DD and rotating weekends for Elise and Alpine ??
I do wonder if an Alpine is on the cards in the future – a mini Mclaren in my eyes.Sold both to buy an Alpine A110.
The Jaguar was great but the Alpine is a lot more fun, love driving to work now.
PS except I didn’t sell both , couldn’t bear to let the Elise go.
Now it’s Alpine as a DD and rotating weekends for Elise and Alpine ??
How are you getting on with it? Are you a manual man usually, does it phase you it isn’t? Appreciate that’s perhaps the most obvious comment to make about them – they’re such a breath of fresh air, I’ll be following Dan Prosser’s on here carefully.
Cheers for the replies, good to hear about differing methods. These days I tend to think life’s too short to spend it in a boring car, but then it is a bit of a waste using for example a M car on the commute! Appreciate these are very much first world problems.
Loving the range from GTI-6 (lovely) to an Alpina – fantastic.
One thing that often occurs to me is that soon we’ll all be driving either very heavy hybrids or pure electric so I’m trying to enjoy enthusiasts cars whilst we still can and dinosaur juice hasn’t been outlawed.
Loving the range from GTI-6 (lovely) to an Alpina – fantastic.
One thing that often occurs to me is that soon we’ll all be driving either very heavy hybrids or pure electric so I’m trying to enjoy enthusiasts cars whilst we still can and dinosaur juice hasn’t been outlawed.
TREMAiNE said:
Not the most sensible daily but it puts a smile on my face for what is an otherwise utterly boring commute…
Not as ruinous to run as you'd expect either.
I think you’re second only to the guy earlier who commuted in a 355!
TREMAiNE said:
I've only had it 6 weeks and done just under 2,000 miles. My commute is 20 miles each way.
I've averaged 28mpg in that time and that's with a decent amount of more spirited driving. Over a 115 mile run the other week, sitting at 65mph I averaged 38mpg. Tax is £145 per year too which is great.
It's a manual and the clutch is very heavy so sitting in traffic can be tiresome (especially as I am used to auto) but it's ok for the time I spend in it. It has enough toys to keep me amused too.
It does hide the dirt quite well but I am not overly fussed. Come Spring/Summer time I'll wash it every week. But currently once every 3-4 weeks will suffice.
A 355 is my dream car - and I would 100% daily that if I am ever fortunate enough to own one.
If tax is only £145 per year I assume it’s the ecoboost & not the V8 as I assumed?I've averaged 28mpg in that time and that's with a decent amount of more spirited driving. Over a 115 mile run the other week, sitting at 65mph I averaged 38mpg. Tax is £145 per year too which is great.
It's a manual and the clutch is very heavy so sitting in traffic can be tiresome (especially as I am used to auto) but it's ok for the time I spend in it. It has enough toys to keep me amused too.
It does hide the dirt quite well but I am not overly fussed. Come Spring/Summer time I'll wash it every week. But currently once every 3-4 weeks will suffice.
A 355 is my dream car - and I would 100% daily that if I am ever fortunate enough to own one.
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