Interested in seeing how many of you guys are daily driving your thirdgens.

Post pics.

Here's mine

1992 Rs about 200k miles on it.


At the thirdgen round up in 2012 when I first got it





and some more recent pics





I did not make those marks on the pavement lol

it was daily driven for two years til recently, unfortunately I haven't driven it in about 6 months because I am swapping it over to TPI. Its back to daily driver dutys once its up again. But not for long because I am going to begin saving for a gas saver daily and tuck this one away.

 

Yup, mine's a DD.

 

I daily drive my 88' Formula, just hit 128,000 miles. Buildin a 5.3 for it right now

 

I use mine but don't really drive much as I work from home. No pics yet because that would be embarrassing. It's not a great DD because a/c and heat are gone and all original suspension needs to be replaced and our roads are just the worst. Alternative is the Suburban but not much fun in that although the view is better.

 

I drive mine daily as well, but the exterior is not picture quality yet. Lol. You'd think it was a typical white trash/r3dneck car if you saw it.

 

I don't know how you guys do it. I love my car, but I'd resent the thing if I had to drive it everyday. They just aren't that comfortable.

 

Well.... My daily commute is only 7 miles round trip so its comfy enough ;-)

 

Im pretty comfortable in mine.

What i hate the most about driving it is the risk of somebody hitting me or stealing the car.

 

i drive mine daily love this car dont see a reason as to not drive it and show the word even though its a bit ugly right now but thats the beauty of projects you can make it your own allmost done with it though workin on the mechanical parts first nbefore i do body

 

I daily mine in the warm weather if it isn't broken. That's the problem though, 85% of the time it sits in the driveway(or yard) waiting for me to fix it. It's currently waiting on me to fix a broken valve spring

 

I drove mine daily in the spring/construction(PA summer)/fall seasons until I bent a pushrod 2 summers ago. Over the winter I would put it in the garage for mods & upgrades. It's not really pic-worthy either yet as it's about 5 different colors right now. Once I get all the engine & suspension work done I'll start on the body & paint work. That way I don't have to worry about messing up a fresh paint job with a dropped wrench.

 

Well, as circumstances are right now.... I have had to move this to my DD. 25k orig miles. And kills me to drive 70 miles round trip every day. Hopefully it will be back in storage soon.

Althought... I do love driving it!!

 

every day to work and everywhere else my a$$ needs to be my third gen is my magic carpet

 

Everyday for the last 5 years. Bought in 09 with 96k now has 134k.

 

I drive it perhaps a little more than I would like, pretty much daily. I'd like to ride my motorcycle more, but I refuse to get on it if I'm tired, if I'm going to end up bringing stuff with me to work or I know that it's going to be a long day.

 

mines a daily driver. has been since I got it running back in 11

 

I did for 10 years up until about 4yrs ago. Shes up to 237,000 miles now and only the last 2,000 have been over the past 4yrs.

Once I finish the cosmetic restoration I'm doing I'll be driving her about 500 miles a month again but just for pleasure.

Pictures are in the link in my sig but here are a couple...

 

gonna reach the 250K club soon with my Bird below........v

 

The 91 white RS has been the daily driver since May of 1990. Year round until 2009. Now is daily driver except during the winter. Bought new. Has 385,500 miles on original drive line. No rebuilds.

 

THAT is absolutely incredible considering I'm on my 2nd transmission rebuild at only 237,000!

 

Here's my DD,

 

just out of curiosity who drives around listening to 80's and 90's music when your drivin around in your third gens i know i cant be the only one

 

Metallica Black

 

Ive been listening to Mighty Boosh songs n crimps for a while now.

 

lately for me its been def leppard

 

Mine is a summer DD. 156k and still going strong. Although my husband just bought me a nice low mileage 350 TBI to build up. We will probably be taking her off the road after next summer for some resto mods.

 

I didn't know there was anything else to listen to.

 

alice in chains,pearl jam, metallica, BUT also tom waits, sam kinnison, lonsome river band,men at work, well you get the idea.

 

I usually play 80's electronic music.

 

Me either!

 

I typically daily drive my car, well not when there's snow that is. I have made my car just as comfortable as any modern car. The interior looks 80's-90's, but it feels new. I properly installed a modern gm security system and got VATS to work with it. My stock radio has an aux input and I even installed the uq7 perform. sound option for this car. In addition My seats are a cross between new and old. (New upholstery and wiring, old style) Right now the only thing that makes my drive uncomfortable is having to brake with one foot and keep my foot on the gas to stop it from stalling. (that and the fuel economy) -- although I am pretty good at it

But once I swap to a gen III motor, hopefully some if not all of these issues will go away.

 

Another 365 daily here. Rain or snow and here is a pic of the car covered in salt this winter to prove it.

 

Mine is my most days driver.


RonUSMC . Nice car!

 

I have a special playlist, full of Guns N Roses, Van Halen and the lot. Fairly sure that I'm going to order a Joe Dirt m***** wig to wear around. I already get looks like I'm the king of the trailer park.

 

Do you spray oil or have you painted it to protect it a little bit? I'm in NJ, and this will be the first winter that the car sees as it is my daily driver now. PO did not drive it in the Winter as far as I know. It has absolutely no rust on the underside and I'm trying to keep it that way, so I'm in the process of sanding the floor pans and exposed frame ends and painting them with two coats primer and three coats of rustoleum top coat.

Not trying to make it pretty, just trying to protect my baby. Though surprisingly it is coming out a whole lot nicer than I ever imagined!

 

Or dings and scratches. If you have a nice car, someone will go out of the way to _____ it up.

 

Local alternative station first started playing Metallica and GNR along with the current groups, now they recently added Led Zeppelin, VH, Scorpions, Priest, and Aerosmith to the playlist.

 

Oops, you got your thumb in the picture.

 

Year round DD. Bought with 180k, now 290k with no rebuild. Used to drive it 140 miles a day round trip every day for school.

 

Nope. Haven't even seen it in 2 months now.

 

"Do you spray oil or have you painted it to protect it a little bit? I'm in NJ, and this will be the first winter that the car sees as it is my daily driver now. PO did not drive it in the Winter as far as I know. It has absolutely no rust on the underside and I'm trying to keep it that way, so I'm in the process of sanding the floor pans and exposed frame ends and painting them with two coats primer and three coats of rustoleum top coat.

Not trying to make it pretty, just trying to protect my baby. Though surprisingly it is coming out a whole lot nicer than I ever imagined!"



The underside of the car is undercoated and I washed it after almost every drive in the salt. It got old fast washing the car 3-5 times a week but washing is easier than dealing with rust

 

I daily drive my '88 Formula. had 183,000 on it when I got it. Now it has 198,000. Plan on prepping and undercoating it before winter hits. Gotta deal with the little bit of floor pan rust it came with.

 

MEEEEEE EVERY DAY!!! I LOVE MY 3RD GEN!

 

Meee from rap to rock once in awhile depending what mood im in!

 

 

Excuse me Alex, but i'm a she. lol

 

lol sorry, TGO doesn't have one of those

 

I daily mine at 108,xxx. Shes in desperate need of some new paint tho, so im not taking as much of a risk.

 

When it's running, yes.

 

Daily driven since 2011. Just finished an ls swap on it and will continue to DD. 180k