How often do you drive your classic?

antodeco

So as the title says, how often do you drive yours?

I drive mine whenever I know there will be a run of decent weather. Normally that's about every 4/6 weeks. I normally then drive it for a few days.

gyppo

2 or 3 times a week to work - thats a 30 mile round trip each time.

antodeco

gyppo wrote: »

2 or 3 times a week to work - thats a 30 mile round trip each time.

So it's nearly a daily driver for you?

Diabhalta

I used to go for a spin twice a week (last year), but since january I take the car for a spin only once a week. Unfortunately car isn't running for more than a month, so after I will get it fixed everything will be back in normal :-)

gyppo

antodeco wrote: »

So it's nearly a daily driver for you?

Of late it is - its a rolling restoration, so as its getting better, Im using it more

Big Nasty

Three / Four times a month. They're not ornaments and don't like to be left sitting up. Longest I ever left it was for six weeks from late Nov to early Jan during the snow last year.

Alfasudcrazy

My Alfasud and TR6 - only on dry roads - which means once or twice a month on average. They never get wet if I can help it - except when being washed.

Modern classics
My E220 merc coupe gets drives most days
My Mk II Golf Gti gets used about 6 months of each year.

ianobrien

I would be another man for the once or twice a month when it's dry. For the winter, it usually doesn't come out for December or January.

Seweryn

My Classic Porsche 924 (and other classic cars I used to have in the past) was driven almost every day to work. Was, as it is now replaced by a bicycle, which is also ridden every day .

TRNIALL

Whenever I feel like it .

Hifive

The 928 every day, school run, Tesco etc. Stag not really interested in driving it with the roof up, so fine weather only. Stag lives inside with a dehumidifier and a battery monitor. 928 is outside in the weather:eek:

635 now sold:(

unkel

928 used to be my daily driver. Haven't been able to afford motor tax on it for the last few years, so it has been off the road

antodeco

My other mini hasn't been driven in about a year. There's a small valve I need to replace, but I have to take out the radiator to get to it. I'm hoping to get it sorted this week and use that as pretty much my daily driver.

Dades

Maybe 2-3 times a week, with one decent run. But I don't do much driving anyway except around suburbia at the weekends.

The 924 is a perfect car for this as it doesn't sulk if you leave it for a week and warms up quick.

Milly33

I drive mine every day unless she is in the garage. I would not take her too far as such not out of Cork but still...

Henry Ford III

Not often enough.

Dades

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Defo agree with that except mine has a tendency to drain the battery, finding that drain is beyond my means.

Pain in the ass! I don't envy that. Would one of those dashboard solar panel things be any use I wonder now *Summer* is here?

popik81

Im driving every day

Anan1

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Defo agree with that except mine has a tendency to drain the battery, finding that drain is beyond my means.

Get a battery isolator switch (and a wind-up clock and a radio with manual presets).

antodeco

My mini drains the battery within a week. I reckon it's the immobiliser on it. I just see a dead battery as a theft prevention method

Oh, I got my other mini driving for the first time in 18 months yesterday! Just need to fix a perished fuel line and all should be good

Diegodelizia

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Not often enough.

Me neither.

Sadly the only reason I have for driving is to take the kids somewhere (I live in the city and work from home), and my 924 only has lap belts in the rear, so the missus objects to me taking the boys in it!!

spooky donkey

I would drive mine almost every day of the summer when I have it on the road. but have taken it off the road for this year.