Daily driven maserati

rs48635

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Great reading here, really identify with multiple car method.
My 2006 QPV is effectively my daily, but working from home or train commuting means relatively low annual miles. Sensibly I should get a tiny modern petrol engined runabout, but where is the fin in that? I *could* spend all day in a onesie + crocs for ease and comfort. Next I might throw out dozens of shirts, 30 sets of footwear and several suits.

The MX5 get a ragging when sun shines, the 1967 Rover has a tootle on weekends I am in no particular rush.
The RangeRover did the dirty work ( horse trailer) until gearbox expired. No plans to replace but YNK. Always something needed doing but to be fair only broke down once.
 
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zagatoes30 said:
I used my 4200 Spyder as my daily driver when I had it, even fitted a set of winter tyres to give a bit more grip in those colder months of the year
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contemplating this on the MX5 after a hairy drive the other day. No LSD on this model so either wheel loses grip and trouble ahead.
 
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Ever since I past my test in 1979 have always had several vehicles quite normal when you're in the Motor Trade.
For me I like the variety as they all are so different from the Renault 4 to the Jaguar XJ6 and a Porsche Boxster 3.2 S in-between.
 
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Daily my QP, includes 140 mile round trip commute twice a week , I take the long route through the Cotswolds,
Pretty sure most people dislike the Larini exhaust !
 
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Guy said:
I love to read @Bebs comments about his cars and their daily use but I do think it depends on mileage and type of driving. At 10k miles pa I would love to do the same. I have always done at least 40k miles per annum, mostly social and fortunately mostly traffic free as we live in a rural location and I mostly choose to add the odd half an hour to a journey to avoid the motorways and take the B roads. When I have used special cars as daily driver with high mileage, it doesn't take long before the negatives start to detract from the experience and the positives taken for granted. These have included a 928S4 that needed new rear tyres every 6 weeks, a C63 with it's small tank needing refuelling every other day, the NVH in a 993 that is character at the weekend wears you down when you drive it every day etc. After trying so many different options from sports cars to Range Rovers, I have personally concluded it best to have a small selection of relatively inexpensive but brilliant cars in their own category. Total value of all 7 cars is probably 85k. So today I will be driving my CL500 (bought for 7.5k @ 48k miles 18 months ago) 180 miles to collect my elderly mother from Sussex to spend a few days with us (in the summer I would consider the SL320 (bought for 9k @ 38k miles on it 4 years ago) and if the rail network isn't running on Sunday evening and its more torrential rain as forecast I will take the Cayenne (bought for less than 20k @ 100k miles 18 months ago) 160 miles to drop my youngest back at school in Dorset passing countless deep puddles and avoiding pot holes. If the sun shines and I need to do the 20 mile round trip to Waitrose I'll jump in the TVR etc. Once the salt has gone I will take the GS for a blast or a trip to France or even the occasional school run in the summer term. That way I enjoy them all, pay the same insurance (2k per annum) for 7 cars as I used to for 3 cars (due to ltd mileage on 4 of them) and the biggest motoring cost by far (depreciation) is practically eliminated. I calculated by doing this balancing act, I have now halved our total car running costs vs what they were when running a 4 - 7 year old RR, a new - 3 year old 335d and a Maser in the garage at 5k miles pa. Variety has proved the spice of life for me! (I don't recommend it for all areas of life as divorce is very expensive!!)
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...divorce is why I have Masers and not F cars. Or crystal goblets. Or...
 
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I would daily my GT if the type of driving suited it. My first GT was my daily for a while as I walked to the train station for work so most of my driving was for fun anyway. A house move meant that was no longer possible as I now have a short drive to the station which I think is best suited to a smaller engine than a near 5l V8. I use my fun cars whenever I can but avoid salt, short trips and tight parking situations which cuts the opportunities to drive unfortunately. Nothing to do with keeping mileage down as still managed to average 4k miles per year in a 3rd car. Wish I could do more!
 
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c4sman said:
I would daily my GT if the type of driving suited it. My first GT was my daily for a while as I walked to the train station for work so most of my driving was for fun anyway. A house move meant that was no longer possible as I now have a short drive to the station which I think is best suited to a smaller engine than a near 5l V8. I use my fun cars whenever I can but avoid salt, short trips and tight parking situations which cuts the opportunities to drive unfortunately. Nothing to do with keeping mileage down as still managed to average 4k miles per year in a 3rd car. Wish I could do more!
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Love the colour of your car
 
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Guy said:
Indeed Ewan! It helps living rural but then every trip for anything ends up being 15/20 miles, not necessarily long in time and I would rather that than spend the same time crawling in traffic but less miles. Having done this now for the past 4 years the surprise bill was a 3k one on the SEC (timing chain and top end rebuild) but I sold it or a small profit after 3 years and 20k miles so still cheap motoring. Now if the 612 chose to surprise me in the 2 years I had it I might still be crying!
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I need to move to somewhere more rural !

My 2 daily cars are in my avatar, whilst still more enjoyable than a bland car, 30/40 zones, potholes and motorways are not as much fun as rural a and b roads of course.
 
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