Looking for a new daily drive

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:40 pm

I don't get it. Why do so many people not want to use their Preludes as dailies?
I can think of three scenarios:-

1. Clearly, if you're doing loads and loads of miles, a medium-sized diesel has its economy advantages.
2. If you're after load space, a Lude just doesn't cut it.
3. Your car is mint and you want to keep it for sunny show days.

But what's wrong with putting mileages on them otherwise?

This isn't a dig, by the way. I simply want to know why my 5G should be protected from the 20k plus miles a year I do.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:46 pm

I use mine as a daily and it seriously limits your mods

or the time to do them

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:48 pm

mercutio wrote:I use mine as a daily and it seriously limits your mods or the time to do them

Fair point, well made.

Post by **Ammo** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:49 pm

I don't have a Prelude on the road

and sleeping in one is sodding uncomfortable

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:52 pm

Ammo wrote:I don't have a Prelude on the road and sleeping in one is sodding uncomfortable

I know.
Mrs Sailor and I spent an achey night in one last summer.

Post by **Vtecmec** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:54 pm

All 3 reasons for me, plus I have to limit the miles to get an agreed value policy.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:01 pm

Wait...

yours is mint, Mec?

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:03 pm

Vtecmec wrote:All 3 reasons for me, plus I have to limit the miles to get an agreed value policy.

That's a 4th reason, then! I didn't think of it.

But now you mention it, when our Mini is back on the road, I might consider limiting the miles. It'll be the first time we've thought of a car as being only for fair weather, but I'll be spending more on it than it's worth and it should turn out to be as much of an investment as it is a hoot.

Perhaps once the mindset is established, the Prelude and the ATR will be seen in the same light.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:05 pm

You have 2 Ludes anyway, so you can always keep one as a daily with no problem

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:20 pm

wurlycorner wrote:You have 2 Ludes anyway, so you can always keep one as a daily with no problem

One's a daily, all right.

As a garden sculpture.