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your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all competion
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:55 pm
by magpie
just a bit of fun to see how we use our cars and how it pans out amongst the zone clan .
mines driven 6-7 months of the year and in hibernation throughout the winter months .
poll up folks

Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:04 pm
by Quaser
you forgot about ongoing project... will it every get back on the road
and
Parts only

Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:10 pm
by kieran325
I would say both mine are a garage queen but they get used when the weather is good during winter. I was out for hoon on New Years Day early doors.
Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:10 pm
by Grrrmachine
Mine's an "occasional". It comes out of the garage for the weekly shop, and it might go once a week to work. Other than that, I save it up for the bi-monthly blast to the in-laws' (400 mile trip) and the yearly autobahn-storm back to the UK - 1000 miles each way.
Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:14 pm
by magpie
parts only won't count and projects aren't being used and some may never be finished .
i can't edit the poll now so we'll just stick to cars in use
and the poster can say why they chose which vote .
Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:20 pm
by Gavla
I don't really see the point of owning a car if you are not going to use it for what it was intended for...?
I do however understand that some people will love and cherish their's and only drive them on sunny days.
Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:24 pm
by Rtaylor2208
Summer use garage queen for me. Not that its in pristine condition mainly through lack of time to drive it.
Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:54 pm
by clipper
Mine is currently a daily driver. Well, in theory we use the E39 for family trips and I ride my motorbike to work and the E30 is garage queen... But the reality is that it's often too cold or hot to use the motorbike, or I have to carry stuff and I end up taking the E30 to work. Also my wife stuffed the E39 into the back of a Passat a week ago, so that's in the body shop so the E30 is on full family duty.
All that will change soon though as we will be going to live in Asia and the E30 will become a long term garage queen....
Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:57 pm
by Chris_B86
Well mine was a daily driver when I bought it, but it's now been off the road since October, and when it comes back out it's just going to be a weekend/show car. All this is dependent on how long it takes me to finish the light resto
Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:26 pm
by kangman
I want mine to be a daily but it refuses to be

Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:29 pm
by pony2
One daily and one in the garage, nowhere to vote..

Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:42 pm
by Gert_8
Got a cab. No point in driving it without the roof down, so garaged over winter. During summer, it only comes out on dry days.

Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:45 pm
by Gert_8
diable wrote:Gert_8 wrote:Got a cab. No point in driving it without the roof down, so garaged over winter. During summer, it only comes out on dry days.

Not very often then..........
Correct. Hope this year it's not so wet!

Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:51 pm
by DHFiS
Driven once or twice a week.
Not kept in a garage but if the roads have been salted I dont drive it.
Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:54 pm
by Sanchez
not quiet a daily as I use a scooter to commute.
but its used all year round as im no rich kid.
Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:07 pm
by Ajsingh
My 2.7 e30 used to be my daily and was for 3 years! Loved every minute of it, good or bad
My current 325i sport is now driven on sunny dry days as my 2.7 was written off, this has made my sport even more of a queen
Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:38 pm
by Jesus325iTouring
There isn't an option for mine Mick, but it served as the daily family wagon for ten years and carried us for over 100,000 care free and pretty much trouble free miles.
Is currently resting (and has been for nearly two years) in one of my poly tunnels awaiting some summer attention.......

Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:45 pm
by jonny323i
Mines a daily and constant prodject I'm always adding something to it over winter its been used as a recovery vehicle so lots more options needed

Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:57 pm
by jonny323i
Mines a daily and constant prodject I'm always adding something to it over winter its been used as a recovery vehicle so lots more options needed

Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:06 pm
by kieran325
Ah I use my touring daily so I need to add to the above option.
Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:16 pm
by jonny323i
Kieran have you still got those panels knocking about

Re: your e30 useage, garage queen V daily driver v all compe
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:37 pm
by hennabm
pony2 wrote:One daily and one in the garage, nowhere to vote..

+1
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:42 pm
by The_Diddler
Mines a garage queen, even when its not finished and especially when its finished................

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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:54 pm
by FinalD
"daily" although it's being a complete turd lately so I can't use it much at all!

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:58 pm
by darkchild
Mine was our second car but is now my daily and drives all the better with more regular use.

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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:28 pm
by makman
mines a weekend weapon which says outside in its council environment. it loves it
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:43 pm
by G-Bear
Daily currently but not by choice. I use train and push bike to get to work and have used my E30 on average 3 times a week all year round. But my girlfriend has been using it daily to get to work over the last four months.. not quite what I had planned as it happened when I took my M42 off the road and got an M20. Hope soon to get something more economical for her to drive. Was looking into an E46 320d but after looking through some threads on here about fixing turbo costs.. I may have to think again.
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:52 pm
by Mo13
Intentions are to use it as a daily but has been an on going project for a year now currently sitting waiting for a respray on road this month fingers crossed!!!
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:31 pm
by bmw9818
mines in use all year round, rain, snow, or shine! when the sun comes out give it a wash and a wax, when the snow comes down heated seats on, empty car park + lsd!

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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:52 pm
by Ajay325
#DrivenNotHidden
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:36 pm
by leeparkes
Im sure you can ad more polls to the thread Mick.
Mines been off road since september to get a few jobs done but should be back in action mid April , it will be used as my daily and i cant fookin wait!

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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 1:43 am
by daimlerman
My touring is in daily use,covered 13.5k miles last year.
Cabbie is summer only,currently the MoT has expired and I have no urge to re-test until the bloody weather warms up!
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:04 am
by capri_rob
Mine is currently buried under a load of junk in the garage awaiting its tax disc on the 1st April.
However after the recent snow the roads are absolutely full of salt so I'll be waiting until we're had a few days of rain to wash it away before I drive it
