using your osf daily...i have a dilema

[Slammed]

weather or not to use my mk1 cortina 2 door daily, i realy can't afford to buy another car and insurance is pretty reasonable on my 2 door but i cant afford or find another mk1 cortina or any rwd osf at a reasonable price.

 

im scared of it getting nicked, car park dings and general abuse etc...

 

is it the right thing to do to a 2 door mk1 cortina even though they are so rare, because i dont want to drive a 106 or saxo cause there crap.

 

but all me money has gone into this one car and has left nowt for another daily

 

bugger

 

[Andrade]

i'd rather have a crap car stolen or damaged than something i would be sorry for

[2litreScapri]

Tough one this, I use my Capri every day, any car is likely to be a target, & if I'd bought a Cortina instead of a Capri I'd still be using it everyday.

[Slammed]

i so dont want to sell it , but i cant go this year not being able to drive, but i am not sure about the 2 door as id be so damn paranoid about it, the police will probably nick me for being on 'drugs'

[5hane]

not as your first car mate, i wouldnt

 

 

mk1 festia would be a better choice imo, or a mini

[stuartp]

can't help with your dilemma, i meant to run my escort as my only car but i got to thinking about the places i have to leave my car sometimes and the possibility of it getting stolen and i kept hold of my sensible little daily driver.

 

i have had several cars and pushbikes nicked over the years and they have always been pretty rubbish ones so maybe it's not just the classics that are worth worrying about as the scumbags'll nick anything won't they?

[Slammed]

not as your first car mate, i wouldnt

 

 

mk1 festia would be a better choice imo, or a mini

 

im too tall i would look so stupid in a mk1 festa or mini

 

but it seems the sensible option

[Stu_B]

Get a girlfriend with her own car

[Slammed]

Get a girlfriend with her own car

 

already have one, but she cant drive, she like the mk1 cortina loads, just will a mk1 fiesta rock the boat? (no coments on that)

[Mrs O/H/C]

I would NOT use the Cortina...if it is just commuting could you not get a cheap motorbike/ped/trials bike etc ?

[RossMK2]

my mums having a new fiesta on march first so im having her old 07 fiesta as my daily and escort for meets and shows

 

i wouldn't have an osf as my daily as much as i love them purely because of it getting stolen

[Yeomans22]

go down the auctions, my m8 bought a p reg golf 1.4 for £400 quid, he polished the paint work and sold it for £950 a week later.

[Mr Sam]

Get a girlfriend with her own car

 

[RossMK2]

Get a girlfriend with her own car

 

 

didn't see that

[Slammed]

have replied to that comment

[Skoty]

iv got an anglia which isnt on the road yet, but iv got a mk2 escort as my daily driver. i bought it for that reason and im not to worried about using it i just treat it as a car. ill prob barely ever use it when the anglias done. haha.

[Copey]

i use and abuse my capri everyday, just go for it mate!

 

it will rust and need touch ups, but everyday you will get in it and have a MASSIVE grin on your face, you will get people watchin you drive past, people givin you the tumbs up, people commenting on it saying how nice it is etc etc

 

its a great feeling!!!

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

i just use and abuse and thrash etc my cortina.

 

if it gets nicked it gets nicked theres nothing you can do about it.

the thiefs get to know where the locked up in storage cars are anyway.

 

i know ive had my mk2 escort nicked.

 

plus i cant afford any other mode of transport so i just enjoy my cortina

[8ball]

i use and abuse my capri every day as well. if i av to park her somewhere id be worried i take the lead from the coil to the dizzy or take the dizzy cap ( iv each leaed marked where it goes on the cap just in case haha )

[jimbo]

Just use it mate........It's a shame to have a nice car and not get out and enjoy it whenever you can.

 

Security wise, I use a stop lock and, if I'm leaving it for any time, or in a dodgy area, I remove the HT lead

 

Your car could just as easily be nicked from the driveway/garage.....

 

For just one example......I drove into London last week to go clubbing. Left the car on a side road, by London Bridge, for 7 hours (9pm-4am) and it was still there when I came back.

 

[retrorigg]

ya wont sleep mate or settle were ever u park it or leave it unnatended , ive been there, its not nice

[Retro-gone.]

gav, youre only 6 years old so no point worrying just yet

[Slammed]

gav, youre only 6 years old so no point worrying just yet

 

i got 3 months to go mr.Tony so i need to worry

[Retro-gone.]

woohoo nice one

[capri.kid87]

At the end of the day if you dont use it you will miss it and it could still be stolen and you wont have used it. I use mine every day and it costs me atleast £50 a week on fuel but I love it. If it gets nicked yeah I'll be pissed but I get to drive it, race it, drift it and drag it so yeah drive the cortina