Is your OSF a daily drive?

[bmxdave]

Reading classic ford before i read about someone using his osf as a daily and making a big deal about it.

 

I dont get it though. Up until last week i did a 50 mile plus round trip every day. I never had any second thoughts about it, even though id find at least one problem a week. Its not really a big deal though, its part of the fun and passion of old cars.

 

It annoys me slightly, especially when people say im mad for doing it. I dont see why.

 

So does anyone else run theirs as a daily and what sort of mileage do you do?

[Vista]

I haven't the last couple of years but I did for most of 2006. I stopped because I found that using it as a daily drive took a lot of the pleasure of it being a toy away.

[fairlane500]

I have done in the past but not with the Fairlane.15 mpg sort of rules it out

Never found it a problem though,as long as you keep on top of things

[antz]

i did but it went rusty so i bought another car

[Superblue76]

Every fair weather day

[FredTransit]

Yes, and more than that thye still work for a living one way or another.

[285Andy]

i drive "to" the car every day........ does that count but no, id never use it every day as ive only made it splash proof rather than water proof

[c20xe]

A minimum of 300 miles a week,but when I get home after work I wash and polish the bodywork and chassis and pick all the stones out of tyres,at the weekends the bonnet is held up with a wooden stick with rubber stoppers on the end and sheets of stainless steel are placed under the car ,once I've driven it up my custom made ally ramps and as for you using that 100e for 50 mile round trip without cleaning it,you should be ashamed of yourself young man!!!!

[hellblue]

I have just got my Mk1 cortina on the road ! its only reason for me building it is to use it every day God i hate modern cars

 

[atomic punk]

Have been using mine for a 40 mile per day motorway commute until the MOT ran out - no bother at all except for a wire that falls off the starter and an auto that slips in and out of gear

[ZetecVan 2.0]

I used my old anglia as a daily driver for three years. I went everywhere in it and did about 10000 miles a year. My new project will be a daily driver. The van I use as often as I can, and used to be a daily when I worked local.

[Stu_B]

My flipfront is now my daily (ie. only road legal car), although I've only done one trip in it & burnt out the wiring loom

 

Getting the bus to work & cycling everywhere else

[zetecmk2]

my escort has been my daily for about 8 yrs apart from when it was off the road for 18 mts getting rebuilt (not restored)! thats when i bought kooltina to use as my daily. escort has been on the road for over a year now so kooltina has been bodged (not restored). when kooltina is on the road, the escort will come off again ant i will sort the teething troubles. then, best get myself another project (or finish the kitcar). and so it goes on....and on...and on......etc etc

[MightySprocket]

I havn't driven mine at all for two years so i will probably use it every day just to make up for lost time

[oldbus]

Up until a couple of years ago i didn´t have a modern and had no choice other than to use my old uns..(not always Fords)

 

I ran a 68 Ford 12m for seven years day in day out, was the most reliable car i´ve ever had ...including all the plastic!

 

The only reason i stopped was i got a company car.

[omj624p]

Dont think I could afford the petrol to use mine daily

[djstaffy]

I use my 59 prefect everyday doing 30miles a day commute, my other cars are a mk1 cortina & 61 classic they will be everyday cars when back on the road.

djstaffy

[Copey]

my capper is used everyday, can't aford another car, but even if i could it would be another OSF project and still use my capri everyday

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

all weathers every day its there to use and abuse

[Takeshi]

Used everyday to go to work, then out and about on the night all weathers. You'll never stop the rust coming through in the end, so why worry about?

[caprilaser]

My Mk1 Capri is used everyday, its tax free got cheap insurance and a (semi) reliable 2 litre pinto engine so why not use it? Might as well drive it before old cars are outlawed! lol. Being a daily drive does stop it from getting the attention it needs though, like paint...

[caprinerd]

every day rain shine snow fog it has to be done

[trevb]

Its my one and only car, I have to. Did get a rover last year, but so many things went wrong with it i gave up in the end and sold it for 100 quid.

 

I can’t live without my escort! Believe me I’ve tried.

[pauln]

Do 25000 a year in the firms van. But the Cortina is the car of choice most other times, only do about 3000 a year though. The modern only does about 1500.

[Noodles]

Dont use it everyday but it dont mean im a sunny sunday driver