Is your C3 a DD?
Melting Slicks
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From: Nashville TN
St. Jude Donor '09
No, no, and no. I've spent too much time cleaning, replacing, repainting and want to keep it looking good -- inside, outside and underneath. I drive it to work a few times a year and hop in it everyday afterwork when the weather is nice. It's just a fun car for me to play with. As a teenager, I learned the hard way that having a DD to play with spelled disaster. By disaster I mean replacing transmission outside in 20 degree weather because I have to go to work later that day. Ruined the fun for me. Now I have a garage and nothing but time (need more money though 
) to work on. I like working on cars again. 
) to work on. I like working on cars again.
Racer
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From: Nashville Tennessee
St. Jude Donor '10
No, no, and no. I've spent too much time cleaning, replacing, repainting and want to keep it looking good -- inside, outside and underneath. I drive it to work a few times a year and hop in it everyday afterwork when the weather is nice. It's just a fun car for me to play with. As a teenager, I learned the hard way that having a DD to play with spelled disaster. By disaster I mean replacing transmission outside in 20 degree weather because I have to go to work later that day. Ruined the fun for me. Now I have a garage and nothing but time (need more money though ) to work on. I like working on cars again.
) to work on. I like working on cars again. 
Bobby
And as for the post...my Vette is not a DD...but I would drive it every day if I could.
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I consider my 75 a dd, driven in rain/snow/winter.
I do have other vehicles to drive and don't drive it every day.
I do have other vehicles to drive and don't drive it every day.
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '09
We need to get together. What do you know about chasing electrical gremlins?
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From: Vancouver Wa
My 81 is a DD and only driver no matter the weather conditions, with the right tires on the back and 70 lbs of sand in the back snow and ice is no problem handles awesome fun to blast through the snow too passing up chained up vehicles. Bought to drive and that is what I do, can't imagine driving anything else256k on original engine, that being said improvements include: seat heaters, auto dimming mirror with compass and temp, custom rack and pinion conversion, alpine stereo with sat radio and car phone system, headlight upgrade, keyless entry, LT1 exh tips, custom speaker box across the back, built OD onthe way as well as high performance tpi injection system. Pretty reliable vehicle, easy to work if you are fairly knowledgeable, if you are not then maybe not a good DD unless low miles. Paint jobs around here in the northwest seem to only last about 5,6 years though due to rock chips. If you can wrench and paint DD no problem!
Drifting
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From: Enid Oklahoma
As the title asks...
Is your C3 a daily driver?
If you could make your C3 a DD, would you?
And lastly... If your C3 was cosmetically and mechanically sound with modern improvements (such as: OD transmission, modern stereo, cold a/c, modern seats, modern rubber), would you consider making it a DD? Why or why not?
Looking forward to your responses!
Is your C3 a daily driver?
If you could make your C3 a DD, would you?
And lastly... If your C3 was cosmetically and mechanically sound with modern improvements (such as: OD transmission, modern stereo, cold a/c, modern seats, modern rubber), would you consider making it a DD? Why or why not?
Looking forward to your responses!
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From: MA
I've not have my 82 a month yet & it's not been daily driven as I like my remote start in my Sebring during these extremely chilly months.
But like my TA's before this, I will drive it as much as I can, snow & salted roads, aside up here in MA.
But like my TA's before this, I will drive it as much as I can, snow & salted roads, aside up here in MA.
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From: Nashville Tennessee
St. Jude Donor '10
Melting Slicks
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From: Hinckley OH
Is your C3 a daily driver?
No, I'm retired and don't drive every day.
If you could make your C3 a DD, would you?
No, it is currently capable of being driven daily, but, I don't see a good reason to drive a classic car in the rain or snow when I have other options. However, when the weather is nice I do take it to run errands. I get to drive it more that way.
And lastly... If your C3 was cosmetically and mechanically sound with modern improvements (such as: OD transmission, modern stereo, cold a/c, modern seats, modern rubber), would you consider making it a DD? Why or why not?
No, It is cosmetically and mechanically sound, but, I can't see driving it in snow and rain when I have other options.
No, I'm retired and don't drive every day.
If you could make your C3 a DD, would you?
No, it is currently capable of being driven daily, but, I don't see a good reason to drive a classic car in the rain or snow when I have other options. However, when the weather is nice I do take it to run errands. I get to drive it more that way.
And lastly... If your C3 was cosmetically and mechanically sound with modern improvements (such as: OD transmission, modern stereo, cold a/c, modern seats, modern rubber), would you consider making it a DD? Why or why not?
No, It is cosmetically and mechanically sound, but, I can't see driving it in snow and rain when I have other options.
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From: Lakeland Florida
I dont have a C3 as a daily driver, but I do have a 1986 C4 that is pretty close. I drive my 75 on Fridays if it is not raining, and use my 72 and 73 on the weekends for cruising, or runs to the parts store. During the week I use either my 86 or my jeep for getting to work.
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From: Pennington NJ
Nice!
Here is my soon to be (once I get my license) high school daily driver:
My 1974
My dad and I are restoring it and it is an awesome car to work on and drive! I am installing a TPI system into it over the summer, so it will have even more DD "capabilities".
Will
Here is my soon to be (once I get my license) high school daily driver:
My 1974
My dad and I are restoring it and it is an awesome car to work on and drive! I am installing a TPI system into it over the summer, so it will have even more DD "capabilities".
Will
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No.
Not in NJ. The weather here would make using my 41 year old convertible impractical at best
My car is cosmetically sound. Mechanically, it has a few problems, but nothing that would keep me from driving it. In fact, I am in the process of installing shoulder belts. Once that is completed, the only modern thing I would want in a car that it doesn't have is ABS brakes.
As soon as I am finished with the going to work everyday thing, I am planning on moving out of the Garden State. Depending where my wife and I decide to move, Beautiful Blue may yet return to the ranks of daily drivers.
If you could make your C3 a DD, would you?
And lastly... If your C3 was cosmetically and mechanically sound with modern improvements (such as: OD transmission, modern stereo, cold a/c, modern seats, modern rubber), would you consider making it a DD? Why or why not?
As soon as I am finished with the going to work everyday thing, I am planning on moving out of the Garden State. Depending where my wife and I decide to move, Beautiful Blue may yet return to the ranks of daily drivers.
