What vintage auto would you use as a daily driver?

[Merc63]

Originally Posted by johna01374

I'm not in fear of driving my Monte. It's a fairly large strong car but you are correct that my body would take more of the impact than the car. My concern is with the larger SUV's today some of those things bumpers sit right around the driver window height. If it was a bumper to bumper or bumper to door hit I'm sure i would be fine but someone drives they're daddies H2 into my drivers side I don't have a chance. That would be a face full of bumper and grill.

So? Think of where the SUV or pickup bumper is for me in my Fiat:



Wasn't scared to be in it with my family. Had it for 5 years (02-07):

here you can see it behind my current MGB project, and you can see how teh bumper on my old Range Rover SUV (5000 lbs of truck) sits right at window height:



Seriously, it's not an issue. I want to build a Locost 7 like the Caterham I drove in Scotland last spring:





Simply be aware of your surroundings and drive offensively (i.e. use active safety in that you are predicting what will happen and thus the determinant of what happens) instead of defensively (i.e reacting to what has already happened around you).

[jc76]

Originally Posted by 58robbo

not a big fan of new cars with all that electrical stuff which ends up costing the earth. some people on this forum have suggested buying a vintage type car and restoring it for daily driving. what make and model would you choose?

I love my Civic and all it's Japanese parts and "hard to work on" (NOT!) parts. lol. But a classic daily driver for me would be a Chevelle or a Nova or maybe a vintage Caddy Hearse.