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My wife and I can't be the only ones on here who daily a retro car all year round. Here are ours, both sold new here in New Zealand in 1990. Show us yours. My wife's BG Laser at Lake Tekapo in September this year. Fourteen hours on the road that day, Christchurch, Queenstown, Dunedin, and then home to rural South Otago. This car is not rusty, at all. We bought it with a little over 258,000 km on the odo. It now has in excess of 477,000 km on it. Had the head off it, our mechanic believes for the first time, at 447,000 km cos it had a burnt valve. Bores looked sweet with surprisingly little lip on them so the valve replacement was all it got. My EA Falcon at Lake Ruataniwha (roughly translated this means Two Dragons) camp ground at the end of December last year. No idea what the mileage on this one is. I bought it with, I think, 247,000 km on it and it stopped counting at 295,943 km in January 2018. Since then it's been on a 5,000 odd km round trip to the other end of New Zealand taking six of us to my eldest son's wedding and done numerous long trips within the South Island as well as being our tow car for hauling farm stuff and doing the ten mile each way commute to my work most days.
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Last Edit: Nov 9, 2020 8:02:55 GMT by igor
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I use all mine as dailies - I don't feel in control of modern cars and don't concentrate on driving whilst in them - I feel disconnected - everything too refined and sterile. Modern cars just say one thing about you and that's how much you are willing to pay monthly on PCP. There's another 9000 not pictured but it's in the spotted thread!
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Some 9000's, a 900, an RX8 & a beetle
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I also had an EA falcon 4.0S straight 6 in australia - a grand old tourer I much loved - apart from the digital fuel and mileage readout fuse popping every now and then!
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Some 9000's, a 900, an RX8 & a beetle
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My Legend Coupe was my year round daily until it needed some sills.. So this winter I'll be in the Yaris T Sport which isn't exactly retro but isn't exactly modern either being from 2001 Best one was using my RX-7 in snow a few years back, neighbours seemed fairly concerned that I was going to try and drive it in the snow
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I have always wanted a Honda Legend - The highest mileage I have ever seen on a car was on a MK1 Legend. It had around 890,000 on it with full service history.
One day I hope!
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Some 9000's, a 900, an RX8 & a beetle
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Since nearly the start of the year, this has been my work van
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My daily C200
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Fraud owners club member 1999 Jaguar s type 1993 ford escort
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Jury appears to still be out as to whether mine is retro,but here's my daily:
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My daily 850R.
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my wife uses this daily (it doesn't look any where near as shiny at the moment!) when I used to leave the living room for work I used one of these 3 every day. This year the TR and lotus have hardly been used, the range rover has been used for loads of lockdown projects though, it's currently outside full of smashed up wardrobes ready to take to the tip. my son recently passed his test and is now using this, he almost caused an accident this morning going to screwfix, guy driving along the road was so busy looking at the minor only his automatic braking stopped him driving in the back of a parked sprinter!
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mk2cossie
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Does it still count if it is your only car? If so, I've had this as my daily since I was 19! With spells off with modifications or renovation work...
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qwerty
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Yup, although my wife has a back up Civic, although that's also 15 years old.
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Does it still count if it is your only car? This makes it even better.
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My only car... well I have an 83 924 but never used it....
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Does it still count if it is your only car? This makes it even better. My job means if I don't get where I need to get to - No pay! - If the car wasn't used for my job I think I could get away with just one, but it just sounds too hardcore for me, and only one car if you have the space for two? Should be outlawed!
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Some 9000's, a 900, an RX8 & a beetle
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My only car... well I have an 83 924 but never used it.... Would love any yank of that era as a daily - so many to choose from.
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Some 9000's, a 900, an RX8 & a beetle
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My daily is this Polo, 1997 so is 23 years old, been reliable enough thus far. Before this I had a 1990 Renault 5 which I dailied for a few years until I crashed it.
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Last Edit: Nov 9, 2020 22:00:35 GMT by gezzard
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mk2cossie
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My daily is this Polo, 1997 so is 23 years old, been reliable enough thus far. Before this I had a 1990 Renault 5 which I dailied for a few years until I crashed it. (Voice of my inner child) "Yellow car" surely
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mk2cossie
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This makes it even better. My job means if I don't get where I need to get to - No pay! - If the car wasn't used for my job I think I could get away with just one, but it just sounds too hardcore for me, and only one car if you have the space for two? Should be outlawed! As I'm fortunate/unfortunate enough to still be living at home, I have the use of my mums Micra parked next to my Granada when it isn't well or being a bit of a swine! I actually get more enjoyment thrashing the fox picture off the Micra than the Granny
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