What kind of cars do Healey owners drive?

[JimR]

1985 Toyota Landcruiser - 190,000 miles
1990 Honda Accord - 130,000
2002 Dodge 3/4 ton diesel - 20,000
2001 Toyota Corolla - 62,000 (the main daily driver)
C6 Corvette - 5,000
2000 Honda Odysey - 45,000

Healey is BN7 - 45,000

 

[Randy_Gay]

1998 camaro ss convertible

 

[JamesWilson]

Something completely different- "Moby", the Great White Whale- a 1993 Peugeot 405 Turbo-Diesel Estate:

That's my daily driver and the wife has a
2005 Fiat Doblo Turbo-Diesel Van.

1972 Jensen Healey Mk 1, sort of a runner, once I put it back together.

And the Big Healey project, 1967 AH 3000....

 

[shorn]

1964 Austin Healey 3000
2000 S Type Jaguar
1982 GMC Pick Up

 

[healeynut]

Justin -

I've used the '64 BJ8 as my daily driver for 22 years since I was in college. It's still my daily driver - I just drove it into work today.

Now that I have kids we went and bought a used 1995 Toyota Previa... which you could say we use about the same as the BJ8. When we are in California, we also use a 2004 Toyota Scion xB I bought a while back... great car, lots of space, 30+ MPG.

 

[Patton]

2003 Mitsubishi Outlander - Her Kid Hauler
2002 Isuzu Trooper - Mine
1957 Austin-Healey 100-Six - It owns me

 

[aeronca65t]

From an Austin Healey Sprite driver:

'05 Ford Freestar minivan (for towing race car). Bought new and has about 30K right now. We towed to a club race at BeaveRun (near Pittsburgh) last weekend and we're towing back to the Pittsburgh Vintage in three weeks. Has 3.9L V6 and gets 17 mpg towing with a/c on.

'00 Miata with about 60K on it. A truly excellent car.

Interestingly, I bought both of these as "left-over" models brand new. And both cost exactly the same: $17,300.

 

[spartan0199]

Diverse. I sorted the results so far by make. I wasn't 100% sure for everybody which car you would consider your daily driver but I did pick only one car for everyone.

 

[Ray Smith]

92 BMW coupe 175000 miles (bought new)
98 BMW Z3 18000
1960 MGA miles unknown, undergoing a complete restoration at this time.

 

[judow]

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2004 Envoy is used frequently (great tower) as well as 1996 Jaguar XJS 2+2 Convertible. Also use '48 Dodge 1/2 pick-up for major pick-up and drop-off, i.e. new large purchases, yard waste to the local transfer station, etc. This is a working truck and might well in the future be a restored to new when dollars permit.

I will be curious to see the results of your survey.

 

[R&M]

Daily Drivers:
2005 Lexus GS 330
2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (Wife always needs a V8)
Toys:
67 BJ8 Total Resto
79 Spitfire Total Resto
On the hunt:
80s 911

R&M

 

[Randy Forbes]

Diverse. I sorted the results so far by make. I wasn't 100% sure for everybody which car you would consider your daily driver but I did pick only one car for everyone.

Interesting mix.

You should make a trip down to Toledo sometime, I'll even hang my wife's Sparty flag out for you /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cheers.gif

PM for directions.

 

[stevebn2bj7]

2004 Jag X-Type in Healey Blue 55,000 miles

 

[nevets]

I'm wondering how Justin intends plot the responses to this one....maybe the bell curve will reveal that the most popular daily drive of an Austin Healey owner is...a reliable car.

 

[HEALEYJAG]

2003 jag s-type

2002 jag xk conv

1970 jage-type ots

1954 a-h 100 lemans

 

[Wana]

'99 Mercedes S320 78,000 miles - prior to that '89 Mercedes 300SEL that I put 215,000 miles on and loved every one of 'em. I drive my Healey every chance I get (weather here in Iowa) and sometimes every day for several in a row.

 

[Bob Claffie]

Bad weather car (mine) 2007 Cobalt
Show car 1962 corvette
Fun car 2004 Cobra replica
Economy car 1992 Miata
Project car 1959 Bn6
Her car 2001 Escort ZX2(soon to be gone)

Since I have retired they are all "daily drivers" Bob

 

[66ejag]

My daily driver is a '99 Miata.

Ed

 

[AUSMHLY]

Besides the Healey, I have 3 other cars.
1) for shopping
2) for getting through traffic
3) for getting where I need to be...fast

 

[GregW]

Hey Roger, since I live in L.A., I'd be interested in #2 if you ever want to sell it. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/yesnod.gif