McPikie

How do you treat your cars??

Is it driven everyday as a workhorse and just generally maintained or is it pampered to a carpeted and heated garage and only brought out if it's guarenteed not to rain??

You see, the fiesta is starting to do my tits in so I may be on the hunt for another ERST. I was just wondering if one would stand up to a 50 mile round trip to work everyday and then being used at nighttime???

Gra

my old RS turbo, and my old cossie were used to do 70plus miles a day, motorway and central london driving and both never skipped a beat really, (general maintance and higher running costs for the cossie tho, ) but i did think that the heavy motorway driving in all onditions wasnt doing the paintwork the too much good tho,

Paddy

I try to start mine every day.

It normally doesn't start though.

DanS

Mine spends Monday - Friday in a central heated garage with the cover on, and if the weather is shit at the weekends... it stays in there all week :bufty:



Since I had the engine rebuild I try not to drive it in the wet or let it stand out in the rain if I can help it. Hopefully this will add quite a few years to the cars life

keithG666

car is driven once a week, but not in the rain!! well, i try not to!!! it usually is at my parents house under their carport with cover on it!!!

car is cleaned once a week..underneath of car and underarches, etc are cleaned once a fortnight depending on wether!!!

car is NEVER driven during the winter, from the 1st day in october to the first day in march-april, depending on weather

Demondave

Dont use mine during in the week as I have a company car, sometime use it in the evening if its not raining. And use or start it at the weekend

Wazzzer

I use mine to get to and from work, only a short trip but I don't rag it there and back and always let it warm up first.

On my 4 days off I hardly use it, but again always let it warm up before using it, I think thats the key to a happier engine

McPikie

I really want a series 1 but I am worried that weathering will just rot it to death within 6 months. Then again.................... a bag full of underseal

Demondave

Keep it clean and look after it and theres no reason it should rot in 6 months. Mabey 12

Nikki

I use mine everyday,,,,,although shes not a horse

Although I do leave her outside some evenings, she still has her own little bedroom with carpet on the floor and walls, shes got some pictures and banners to keep her company,,,oh even got a few teddies in the garage (run outta room in my bedroom,,pmsl)!!

I use her all the time,,,,but she still gets pampered!!

x x x

adamS2RST

Pretty much the same reply as Keith......apart from it got a soakin at the essex meet

kevsrs

I use my F plate S2 everyday and she's done 147k on original engine. It's not chipped and i don't rag it too often, but it lives in the driveway unprotected so it needs a good regular polish

And as Wes said i always let it heat up and cool down which i think helps the life of your engine

Rick

Every day - loads of miles.

At the mo, im driving a 22 yr old Y reg mk 3.

It's not a turbo - it's got a na 1.8 cvh in it.

Dad owned it since new, and as a mechanic rust proofed it. It's been to France, germany, Poland, austria, italy etc etc. It's the most reliable car ever - a real work horse - does 50 mile round trip on m60 to work.

Whats wrong with Fiesta?

McPikie

Rick............ you work in Bury then mate??

I have to come from whitefield to didsbury everyday and, because of all the shakes, its gettin on my nerves. Plus its gonna need shit loads of welding for the MOT so I mite just scrap it

Rick

Yea, Bury.

Live about 5 miles from Dids in Heaton Moor.

rstoughy

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Dont own one now but used to have a 90 G. Bought it with 35K on the clock for Ł3500 (from ford garage). It lived outside on the drive and was used every day and night. Standard engine with the usual stainless exh, K&N, collins actuator. just kept it clean and washed the salt from under the wheel arches in the winter. Fresh oil & filter every 3K. Never gave a problem and i sold it with 148K on the clock. But you allways get good and bad ones its just luck which one you end up with.

happy hunting and good luck.

T28 RST

Mine is kept in garage and comes out at weekends if it is nice, its hardley ever out in the winter unless it it a half decent day

R4N SS

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i used to own a escort cab with turbo engine and drove it everyday for 3 years. cleaned it regularly and polished. Never had a prob with the body.

Altho i did go through a couple of engines cos i got a very heavy right foot sold it when it had a new engine, roof, suspension, etc. the buyer got a proper bargain - its somewhere in cornwall now.

CarlRsT

mines used nearly every day my last engine had 110k on the clock b4 it blew Still bodyworks quite good

Tony Turbo

Mine will be on a classic policy and on a max of 6000 miles a year. After spending a shit load on it it won't be used in the wet and will sit on the drive covered up most of the week.

Christian and Beccy

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Yeah right.

BillyCabrio

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After what you've done, i'd want a BB stylee camera system too!

Tony Turbo

It's true, once the initial buzz of having it back has gone of course

Tony Turbo

We do have CCTV on the house, but it's no replacement for a garage

BlackSaff

Bit of both really, i used to use it everyday when i first got it, then when i rebuilt it i've used it less and less but it's far from Bufty standards! Just lives in the garage all the time now only comes out when iv'e lost my excitement in driving!

It's Czech Mate

Used my 16i every day, even snow.....fully undersealed. loadsa polish...very reliable tho, didn't have ant probs. Best car I'll ever own I'll bet

DazS1Turbo

Ive only done 600 Miles in 2 years in the S1

She's all garaged up

just a bank holliday posing car now really really need to drive her more TBH

Cawood

mine gets used everyday, come rain or snow and i drive it hard, doesn't mean I dont look after it tho

and its still a minter been using it every day for 2 years now since i bought it, got 71k on the clock

oil change every 3 months, garaged at nights,

although now i am on the look out for an RS1800 so i dont have to use the ERST as much (only cos i have spend so much on it i dont want it nicking!)

james_birch

kevsrs, lmfao @your sig!..how funny is that!

i use my rs everyday!

do around 300/400 miles per week!..often at full chat...she's tuned and costs me a bomb!

always replacing parts,tuning parts,ragging the shite out of parts!....but have never really let me down!....also costs me a fortune at shell! ...

it sits outside (no garage) and has to bare the elements! ...but its fine!