Poll: Do you drive your Shelby and....

My CSX has a lot of miles on it, so I figure a few more won't hurt. During the summer months, if the weather is nice, I drive it to work. About a 100 mile round trip commute.

So if the weather holds out, I put on 500 miles a week on my Shelby.

robin

 

Drive mine to work everyday, I will until the snow starts flyin, then it will be put up for the winter.

 

Don't drive them nearly as much as I used to. When I had one out for the season I would put around 1000 miles or more. Now, the battery goes in once a month and they get run up to temp., go threw the gears, pump the brakes and shut it down for another month. Just don't have the time to drive them as much as I would like.

 

I drive my '68 GT350 fastback perhaps 40 miles per week only when the weather cooperates

 

When I bought mine in 1987 I drove it everyday to work and every where during the summer, rain or shine. Had a 79 capri to drive in the winter. In 89 I bought another car and since just drive it on weekends and to work once in a while on nice days. I was 19 years old when I bought it so I did what I had to. My friends thought I was stupid for paying $8000.00 dollars for a 20 year old car when they where buying new Mustang GT's for around $12,000. No one things I am stupid now.

 

Thanks but I was lucky and had been reading Mustang Monthly since I was 15 and knew I wanted a 65GT350R. Even then they were out of my price range. So I settled on the 67. I worked two full time jobs for 3 years to pay for it. $8000 may not seem like much now but it was a huge amount of money to me in 87.

 

I drive my 69 GT500 regularly...probably every other weekend or so...maybe a couple hundred miles a month. I have some other cars, so it has to wait its turn, but I drive all my cars regularly. I take my little guy to Little League games, to get a hamburger, etc...and I let my High School senior drive them for short runs with his girlfriend and buddies, etc. No problems (so far!). I use my cars as if I was driving them in the years when they were made (except NOT in the rain). They get pampered...but they are driven.

 

I'm the same - every weekend except when its raining. My young fella who is 3 pesters me every weekend to take the Shelby out....and I have to comply to keep him happy.

Rohan

 

Me too ! I didn't buy my GT350 to stick it in a shed and look at it. Every opportunity i get, it's out and about. - we are only here for 'round 75 summers so gotta make the most of them !!

 

Before my tranny quit, I drove my '87 CSX every day for the 5 months I owned it. In that time I put many a mile on it, between school, work, socialization, and helping my mom run errands, I squeezed every inch of time I could into that car.

jim

 

Hi All,
This is my first post here. I just stumbled on this forum.
I just started driving my 87 Shelby GLHS Sunday. I bought the car 2 months ago. This is one of the first cars I've had in a while that I really have to watch the miles I put on it. It has 51,000 actual miles. A guy can put 500 miles on a car in a half a day and that calculates to almost 1% of the total mileage. I really need to get something else running.
Otherwise, for now, I'm driving it to and from work. What a fun car.

 

Good to see you on the site Bob!

I am glad that GLH-S is working out for you. They are a lot of fun to drive. It will be hard to keep the mileage down on it.

robin

 

Hi..I have owned my 70 GT500 for about 15yrs and like to drive it whenever the circumstances allow...mainly open road driving...its such a fun car to drive and gives me much pleasure...

 

I drive mine every day.

 

I drive my shelby charger all the time