[yellow1098]

Just wondering how often you guys drive your Pontiacs...where you take em and how often. I know a lot of your rides are being worked on to get them to the point of enjoying them but what’s your plan once you do? Cheers!

[i82much]

Not often enough! I've got 1500 miles on my car and I got it out of restoration 10 years ago. Since then, I've had the engine rebuilt several times due to some issues that I won't go into further, moved across the country, and had two kids. But finally all appears to be ok with the car, I got a vasectomy, and I'm ready to burn some freaking rubber!

[JLMounce]

Mine is a semi-daily. I work from home, so the misses and I share a 2014 Grand Cherokee. If the need for me to go somewhere arises at work, I take the car. If it's nice out and I need to get out on a lunch break for a drive, I take the car.

During the summer months I probably have the car out a minimum of 3 days. During the winter months I try to get it out on the weekends if the weather is decent.

I've drive the car so much that I've really started to discover those week link items that are aging, or may not have had much attention over the years. The last drive I had with the car on the 19th, I realized the steering box is really on it's last leg. Enough so that it's probably a safety issue at this point. So she'll sit for a bit until I get it rebuilt or replace it with a new one.

As far as where I go, typically around town. It's a 3.73/TH400 combo so it's not entirely highway friendly. Once I get my 4l60e installed however, one of my goals with the car is to do Rocky Mountain Race week.

I'd also love to do the long haul to Pontiac Nationals in Ohio, from here in Colorado.

[tom s]

I drive at least one of mine every week,sometimes 2 times a week.Tom

[Hikin Mike]

This is our second car. My wife works, I'm disabled, so not working. She takes or primary car (Honda Odyssey) to work and I use the Firebird to do any errands. I don't have too many places to go, so I usually fill up every 2-3 weeks.

[Half-Inch Stud]

Usually weekly, but this Winteri'm semi-concerned about the road salt. Hmmmm i think it is a clean/dirty thing more than a care about rust.

[The Champ]

It varies from year to year. I've put as many as 4200 miles on in a year and one year it was zero (I moved out of state and I left my car in storage where we used to live until I had my 1200 sq ft toy box completed at the new house. I'd say on average somewhere between 1500 - 2000 miles per year. Hoping to increase that greatly now that I'm drawing SS and have more personal time...

One thing that limits the miles I put on is location (MN). But having said that, I have driven this car in every single month of the year. December - February it's only 1 time in each month, but November and March get more times than one might think.

[Scott65]

Not nearly enough... Twice a month maybe. Fair weather only.

[David Jones]

Varies wildly. I’ve had the car around 20 years and added 40,000 miles to it. Some years driving it hardly at all due to health issues or during major work to it. I hadn’t driven it in the last 3-4 weeks but got it out this morning and drove it 70 miles.

[455Grandville]

During winter months I keep them off the salty roads as all three have been garaged since new. Once it gets nice out I drive the T/A into work usually once a week and take it out on the twisty back roads on a early Sunday morning. The GVs usually just gather dust are driven once in a while.

[72projectbird]

I try to drive them almost every nice day from April 1st to the first snowfall.

I'll usually put about 3-4000 miles on the 71 in that time span.

[AG]

2-3 times a week from April to December, not enough.

[yellow1098]

Thanks for the feedback boys...I don’t drive mine nearly enough either...1~2 times a week....when there’s no rain in the forecast down here in Florida.....I usually take it to the gym or the cigar lounge....sometimes to the track for a blast down the strip....I definitely need the OD trans....I gotta research the hell out of which one I should go for on here

[gtokid1968]

My good car goes to bed usually around Oct. till April. (SALT)
This year I think I had it out 6-7 times.
Don't go to far maybe 25=30 miles per trip, stop somewhere for a beer then back home.

[mchell]

2-5 times a week year round when the weather allows.....mostly short cruises to get my need for speed and ease the pain of a hectic work day or simply enjoy having the windows down listening to a v8 work..

Im taking it to Home Depot, the restaurant or the beach every chance I get.... life’s getting short!

[mechanickeith]

My 61 Tempest was my daily driver for around 20 years. I have been all over the US with it. Currently the car has 567,000 miles on her!

[Greg Reid]

Not nearly as much as I would if I didn't live on this crappy, poorly maintained dirt road. Get tired of cleaning the car every time I get to the end of the road, then cleaning it again when I pull back into my driveway. It' bad enough that I find the perfect day for me to drive is two days after a torrential downpour. No dust and the mud puddles are dry enough to not sling mud over my rockers and quarters. :/

[Formulabruce]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

Not nearly as much as I would if I didn't live on this crappy, poorly maintained dirt road. Get tired of cleaning the car every time I get to the end of the road, then cleaning it again when I pull back into my driveway. It' bad enough that I find the perfect day for me to drive is two days after a torrential downpour. No dust and the mud puddles are dry enough to not sling mud over my rockers and quarters. :/

Eastwood sells this spray clear that you peel off after your are done driving for the rear quarters, rockers I assume.

[Chris65LeMans]

14,000 miles over the last 6 years - and it was down for a full year during that time for restoration.

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by Formulabruce

Eastwood sells this spray clear that you peel off after your are done driving for the rear quarters, rockers I assume.

That might work for the mud but the dust is the main problem. It covers the rear bumper and rear of the trunk lid especially. Even gets inside the trunk. Every nook and cranny really. As soon as I pull my spotless car out on the road, the mail lady or some kid in a 4wd will blow past me at 55 mph and I'm driving through a half mile of suspended, super fine dust particles.
Also, if I did something like that, I would be spraying it on at home, peeling it off at the end of the road and spraying it on again when I'm on my way in.
I love my rural 'neighborhood' but it is not car friendly at ALL. Plus, more people are moving into the area and it's just not as isolated as it once was which means an almost 100% chance that the above will happen every time I pull out. Used to be once in a while.