how many people use their RS turbo's as an everyday car, how trusting are you on long journeys?

 

use my car anywhere i want, never found a reason not to drive it

 

Used mine almost everyday for the last 3 years only broke down once due to the dizzy giving up the ghost

 

My wife uses our Series 2 everyday for work and as done for the last 2 years


Brian

 

used my s1 every day 14 mile round trip now its gone in for a nice big build

 

i use mine all the time and now planning a tour of europe in my series 2 but i am middle aged and got a light right foot and dont thrash my tuned rst , i can go on a 10 mile trip and not even here the dump valve
as long as its maintained well there is no reason why you shouldn't have the confiedence to go any where but if you have bodged a job on the car 4 lack of funds then driving it everywhere will give you doubts
mark2

 

i use mine everyday, go on long journeys i it but just always that little bit conscious something might happen. just a bit worried that if i do anymore long journeys in it my new cam will end up the same as the last...round and knackered! i dont go stupid in the car but just not sure its up to 100+ mile motorway driving.

 

i know its not an rs turbo but i use my turbo technics xr2 everyday does around 2 to 300 mile a week never misses a beat,

 

my mate at work travels from heathrow to high wycombe every day in his RST, he has problems with the car but it had problems from the day he bought it!

 

I use mine everyday 150 miles aweek. The only problem I have is petrol consumption.

 

i took mine down south of france a few years ago , it loved the long smooth open roads , it didnt miss a beat, although i did struggle getting up the ramp onto the ferry, bit of a scary moment , couldnt get any grip as the ramps were steel and wet , we just crabbed up it haha

 

i use mine all day every day!

 

i try and use mine as much as possible, it has only let me down twice since owning it from 2006! once the starter motor terminal fell off, first day of driving it and 2nd a boost clamp fell off! and thats it!!

 

thanks for the feedback guys, feel a little bit better now. how long does a standard cam usually last in a cvh

 

well ive looked though all the recipts on my turbo and there is no mention of my car ever having a new cam and my engine is up to 96k!

 

Same here, petrol is abit of an issue but I dont take it easy

 

i did a 60 mile round trip every day in my s2 within 3 months one day it blew up very messy ending but it was due for a re-build so i sold it to a mate cheap & bought a s1 got a job 12 miles away from home but use a escort si for every day use now.

 

Have owned rs turbos for the las 14 years and have driven one for the last 5 years every day no real problems, to do about 25 Miles a day.. other than the fuel...... looking at LPG...

Cheers

Steve

 

same here

 

I well setup looked after s2 should be a nice daily motor
unless you spend a fairbit of money upgrading bits they won't appreciate getting thrashed everyday though!