How many people have nova's as daily drivers?

[gary_126]

Just curious really, also how many miles are you doing as week?

My nova's off the road until i get enthusiasm to either return it to semi standard sri, or more work:thumb: (im fortunate to be able to keep it garaged)

Got a cdti mk4 astra van for comuting to work (50+ miles a day) and a 1.8 prodrive kitted mk4 astra sri.

[Sonny Jim]

moi.. do maybe 200 miles a week?? its getting driven into the ground then treating it to a strip down, full respray ( again ) then new parts/seals to make it watertight again :)

[Cle]

Gary if you change your nova ill cry :( lol It looks amazing as it is :thumb:

Once im driving and have the next one on the road it'll be a daily,

[stupot89]

me too (for another week) currently doing about 200-250 a week

[marc69]

this year its the 1992 Nova car taking the strain and the 1984 L for weekends in good weather (once a year!). 200-250 a week

[mowgli]

mine has done about 300 miles since it started snowing... mk1 1.6 1990

[Benn]

I mostly do use mine, off the road at the mo tho for work.

[Jack]

Used to use mine semi-regularly. Haven't really touched it for a while though tbh

[gary_126]

i think this thread needs pics! lol.

[Cle]

you first :)

[Benn]

Wanna see mine coverd in sh*t from when i was at the bodyshop...lol

[novasrikev]

i use the sri as a daily bout 150-200 a week

[grooge]

i used my old nova as a daily last year doin anything between 50 and 600 miles a week.

[JensonLEI]

Use my xe everyday for 5 month, started everyday without fail even in this weather

[Elstro1988]

Mine's a daily driver because it's my only car!

[Southie]

Mine's a daily driver because it's my only car!
Same here but I've walked to work whilst it's been snowing like I do every year, just to keep that salt off my Nova.

Normally though roughly 8'000 miles a year.

[Lee H]

Used to use my red Nova XE daily but the rust killed it off. The engine lives on in my daily Corsa now though doing 250 miles a week!

[Rickyb]

i drive a more door hatch everyday and do roughly 35 miles aday.
pics
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa254/The-big-man/nova/Photo0497.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa254/The-big-man/nova/Photo0493.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa254/The-big-man/nova/Photo0488.jpg
and in the third pic you can see were i fell out of the car to take the pic haha
rick

[Southie]

Mine at the minute resting in it's igloo. lol

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p379/SOUTHIE01/c1b09c5b.jpg

[Lynsey]

Oooh yeah, mine gets used all the time. By Dougie at the moment as he has a longer drive into work and it's cheaper than the Astra Sport that I'm using. Although I'm missing my Cav... New interior in and arches done on that baby then it's back out and the Nova can have a wee rest :)

[Dave.]

My little Nova that used to get used once a month in the summer is now my daily hack

If you hate seeing show Novas looking sorry for themselves... look away now lol
















http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/x_novadose_x/DSC03153.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/x_novadose_x/DSC03154.jpg

Ive just lost all motivation to clean it atm lol

[AlexW]

I knew that would end up dirty once you was using it lol

One of my bubble nova's is getting full winter use. Its falling apart and has a list of problems though.
Pic of it a couple of weeks ago with LOL rear height.
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh30/AW_06/102_5352.jpg

[Southie]

Ive just lost all motivation to clean it atm lol
Wash it god damn you Dave, you'll regret it :p

[Rysee]

Hope you have some good wax on there Dave

[Dave.]

Not really lol, i waxed it when it was resprayed about 2 years ago, other than that ive polished it once or twice

I reckon by the end of winter itll be looking very sorry for itself, but ive got nowhere to wash it atm, hand car wash might be in order i think

[Rysee]

I wax mine to stop myself feeling guilty at how dirty it gets over the winter, I hope it's protecting it :/

[dave watson]

mine gets used everyday

[Connor]

Mine gets used everyday,
and aslong as there maintained there shouldnt be a reason why you shouldnt be able to use it everyday

[gary_126]

Get that nova washed dave!!!! All that salt will be attacking it :(

Connor, i was more thinking along the lines of driving an old car with little or no comforts.

[Connor]

Well i haven't had any other car except a nova so when i do it will be pure luxury lol
Think maybe using stripped out and bucketed novas or ones with particularly loudish exhausts i couldnt deal with, but other than that i have no problem using it everyday (bar the few problems i have)

[Elstro1988]

JB is looking more and more like a rustbucket every day as this weather goes on - i de-hubcapped it for winter and have refused to polish it again until the spring:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5224432523_c1861c135e_z.jpg

[mk1nova_rich]

It still looks in good nick mate! :)

[discoinferno]

i used mine almost everyday from april through to october when the tax ran out, its covered up now though awaiting mapping after the new turbo

[burgo]

use and abuse mine everyday. do about 250 miles a week, pics tomorrow of how dirty she is as she didnt have her weekly car wash this week

[dj_wudgey]

well my sr barely does a few hundred miles a year lol

[Connor]

here mine, havent washed it in about 2 months lol
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1177.snc4/154986_472178144175_558604175_5436247_6209675_n.jp g

[Dave.]

I cleaned...well some polish people cleaned mine today :thumb: she looks all lovely and white again now

Also removed the Mistrals for a free refurb off a mate, will re-fit them once the winters over, fitted my SRI steels, but then found some uber retro wheeltrims, so shoved them on top protect the paint on the steeleis :P

Crap pic, but looks uber retro!

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/x_novadose_x/DSC03168.jpg

[dj_wudgey]

id hate to use mine in winter!! i moan when it rains and im out in it lol

[Joe Richardson]

id hate to use mine in winter!! i moan when it rains and im out in it lol

im same mate :thumb:

lol i have only done under 2000 miles in my sr in nearly 2 years of owning itlol
fairplay to you who use them in this weather though
I have a corsa b what i use all the time and hasnt been washed in 2 months,****ing coolant frooze in it this moning ****ing thing :mad: