Elise daily driver ?

neil · Post by **neil** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:21 pm

I've used mine every day since I got it. Currently heading for about 15000 miles a year so I've now bought a second car - the though of having to pay for 3 sets of A048's and a couple of services a year didn't appeal. If only money was no object....

Post by **campbell** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:43 pm

I have 70k on mine but it was never really used as a daily driver

EliseR · Post by **EliseR** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:28 am

bigdek wrote:Do many peeps use these as a daily as most of the cars seem to be low mileage ?

Had mine four month, 9,000 miles so far, so yes. It's very easy to tell yourself its a practical daily runner, and it is. See? Easy.

My roof is barely on, which means I have hugely reduced boot space due to roof storage - however I can still go shopping crazy with a passenger and fit everything in.

Picked up a PC from PC world 2 weeks ago, with a passenger. 3 massive boxes. View was restricted at times, but we coped reasonably well.
Gary.

Lazydonkey · Post by **Lazydonkey** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:13 am

48k on my 2003 VX now.

Used daily since Jan 03 in rain, hail, snow, gales and even a wee bit of sunshine.

In addition to this i have no garage so winter takes a bit of a sense of humour (hairdryers on door locks, ice on inside of windscreen etc) but it is perfectly do-able.

However since i left my mrs in Feb i've realised that it does help slightly if you at least have access to another car, but I think that would be the case if you had any 2 seater car.

My "other" car arrives in Oct but i can pretty much guarantee that the mileage on the VX won't drop that much

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:29 am

RDH wrote: I did try it in the snow - and wouldn't recommend it!

WTF??!!!??

THey are great in the snow!!! Great fun!

... though best on empty roads (like Dukes Pass) without all the muppets who can't drive around you in traffic

s333fee · Post by **s333fee** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:51 pm

yep,

used as daily driver here also

always fun

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:17 pm

yup, 46000 miles in just over 2 years. AND still on the origional k series head gasket

EliseR · Post by **EliseR** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:20 pm

steve_weegie wrote:yup, 46000 miles in just over 2 years. AND still on the origional k series head gasket

Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick, BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Post by ed » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:26 pm

The SS is about to do 100k and its had a new head, bottom end and around 3 gaskets.

I fear these days the K series engines are consumables!

jj · Post by jj » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:27 pm

EliseR wrote:
steve_weegie wrote:yup, 46000 miles in just over 2 years. AND still on the origional k series head gasket
Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick, BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Mine made it to 74500 and was still going when I sold it.........

makes note to remind Gary that yotas go boom also

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:27 pm

in a far more expensive fashion

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:59 pm

EliseR wrote:
steve_weegie wrote:yup, 46000 miles in just over 2 years. AND still on the origional k series head gasket
Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick, BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

still on the origional CAM BELT so you might be right

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:00 pm

note to self: do the fcuking cam belt steve, you've had the bits for 2 months now.....

mac · Post by **mac** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:15 pm

ed wrote: The SS is about to do 100k and its had a new head, bottom end and around 3 gaskets.

I fear these days the K series engines are consumables!

That's not quite the full story about the shared shed though mate.

The bottom end was done - but not because of a wear/tear failure. It's also possible that the folk who re-did the bottom end weren't careful enough with the liner heights during the rebuild so it would be well worth your while having these checked.

The new head was an upgrade so can't really be counted as a consumable either.

2p

Mac

Post by ed » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:33 pm

Yeah will do.

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