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    Quote Originally Posted by Colty
    Wouldnt an everyday car be a car that you can take anywhere and not wory about it, like taking it shopping, or driving over rough road with tiny pebbles all over it everywhere, basically a car that you expect to get kind of beaten up after a while, as if you would take an AUDI RS6 shopping..
    That's how I would define it. Meaning if its the daily driver you have something special in the garage. Ideally speaking cost wouldn't be as issue and you could have a collection of really exotic machinery. Not to be funny but imagine: A Maybach for nights out, a Ferrari for racing on weekends, a M5 for the daily grind(the Quattroporte as a backup), a SLK because you thought the Ad was clever, a Land Cruiser for groceries, and an Unimog for the rough stuff.
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    I've fantasized about that...

    '69 Plymouth GT/X Convertible with a 440 6-Pack for the drags, a late 50's-early 60's ferrari for track days (early Z-car for backup), a '74 Chevy K5 Blazer (Dana axles, 454BB, full interior/exterior Rhino-Liner job) for the days when I feel like killing a few bushes going off road, '58 Cadillac for the nights out, a '57 Buick Caballero Wagon for the missus, and I'll have my '68 Mustang and either an Escort Mk.I, a Cosworth Twin Cam Vega, or a Pinto with a 2.3 Turbo to switch off as the daily drivers.

    And then there would be the motorcycles...
    Last edited by jcp123; 09-29-2004 at 12:06 AM.
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    I would keep my Citroen Xantia Break HDi, it is first car where after four years of ownership I am still not inclined to trade it for anything new. I actually never had a car for longer than 4 years.
    It gives me space, economy, reasonable performance and unmatched ride comfort due to its hydro suspension. This is what I require from a daily driver.
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4
    unmatched ride comfort
    Why in in the real world since I won't own one car for every whim, the '58 Cad Fleetwood will serve as my DD.
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    Quote Originally Posted by charged
    But do m3 drop their guts all over the road
    Some do, yeah.
    http://members.roadfly.com/jason/m3engines.htm


    Regarding piston slap, the bulk of the problems do not involve the Z06's LS6. And it's generally regarded that most affected engines were built from '99-'02.

    "Speaking of clearance, we normally find piston to cylinder clearance in the .0005 inch to .002 inch range. A human hair is typically about .002 inches thick, so you can see the clearances are very small. Some manufacturers are using special coatings on piston skirts to reduce friction. This enables them to reduce clearances even less and prevent piston slap. Ford V8 overhead camshaft engines use coated pistons; so does the Corvette Z06 high performance engine, as well as other manufacturers.

    A good example to show the advantages of coated piston skirts is the Corvette. Clearance specifications for the coated pistons are from minus .001 inch to plus .001 inch. You read correctly; minus clearances! The piston is actually larger than the cylinder on the skirt sides of the piston. That coating has to be slippery! As the engine warms up, expansion in the cylinder block gives more clearance."
    http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jk/020320.htm


    This is not to say that there aren't problems. As with the M3's, if you look at total production output, though, it's relatively small. And the percentage coming from Z06's (or even Corvettes overall) is pretty miniscule. So, no major issues regarding either of these cars for use as daily drivers.

    Of the two, I'd probably go with the M3. But really, I'd want something a little more mundane. Something I can park and leave and not worry about. Would have to be cheap to insure and relatively good on gas. So, probably a 240SX (the mid-90's coupes were pretty good looking), Sentra SE-R, maybe a '91 318is. For the newer cars, I'd be perfectly happy with a G35 Coupe.

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    If I could only have 1:
    LOTUS CARLTON!
    Big space (for 5), stealth appeal (It's a Vauxhall Carlton), and 180 mph.
    Or maybe, for similar reasons, a Ford Galaxie 500LT wagon (with the 600hp NASCAR engine)

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    MINI Cooper. Aint no substitute for car euphoria.

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    If I could only have 2:
    Land Rover Defender 90 pickup for hardware-store runs and serious off-roading
    Bentley GT for long journeys and track days

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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbonutter55
    If I could only have 2:
    Land Rover Defender 90 pickup for hardware-store runs and serious off-roading
    Bentley GT for long journeys and track days
    I'd take a F430 and a M5...
    With those cars in my garage i should have enough money
    to pay a courier to do my hardware-store runs.
    And i'm not into off-roading
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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbonutter55
    Bentley GT for track days
    An interesting theory...
    I doubt the brakes or tyres would last more than a few laps of being forced to hustle the 2.4 tonne beast around.

    Also being based on the VW Phaeton platform, I can't imagine that it would be all that fun anyway.

    A Vanquish S/ 575 GTC on the other hand...
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    Okayyyyy... I've reconsidered for 3 cars.
    Keep the Defender.
    Citroen DS as a daily commuter and for long journeys, leaving space for...
    Caterham CSR for track days.
    3 cars for less than the cost of 1 Ferrari, that can do anything you might need your car to do from dragging someone else's car out of a ditch to murdering exotics around a circuit.
    2 cars is trickier, but I'd say Audi A8 4.0 diesel and the Caterham. No off-roading, but the Audi can get up a gravel road in the snow easily enough.

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