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Red Bird Member
Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 195 Location: Yakima
1991 Pontiac Firebird
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject: Who daily drives there thirdgen? Most mileage? |
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Hey guys, i just started using my 91 bird as a daily driver, and ive noticed i get to work 10 minutes sooner lol. my 96 corolla crapped out on me and till i get the dough to fix it, the birds gonna be my daily. i was going through my papers from when i bought the car, and ive only put 11000 miles on it since 05. figure id rack some more up there before gas gets so expensive again i cant afford to cruise her daily. who else on here cruises their thirdgen daily? how many miles have you racked up since you got the car? im at 145,000 _________________ 1991 Firebird L03 T-5 |
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Twilightoptics Hardcore (12sec Club)

Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 9191 Location: Auburn , WA
1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Think Dewey's gonna have most of us beat.
Hell I've only put 5700 miles on my car since Sept of.... '06 IIRC. _________________ A redline a day keeps the carbon away!
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chevymad Master B
Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 5476
1987 Pontiac Formula
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Ours used to be a daily. We got it in 91 with 77k miles on it. The formy currently has 286,000 if i remember correctly. |
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Red Bird Member
Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 195 Location: Yakima
1991 Pontiac Firebird
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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Wow thats a lot! car looks great though. ive got those same wheels in gold, i plan on powdercoating them black as well, but i think im gonna keep the lips polished. _________________ 1991 Firebird L03 T-5 |
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HONDASLAYER Member

Joined: 17 Mar 2009 Posts: 444 Location: VANCOUVER WA.
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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I've had mine for a month and a half and i've already put 1200 miles on it. _________________
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DBL_TKE Member

Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1505 Location: Aloha, OR
1991 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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I daily drive mine. Many times I wish I had a cheap Honda or something to use as a DD so the Camaro wouldn't get so much wear and tear. I put over 10k miles a year on it. Currently, it's at a little more than 150k. _________________ Richmond 3.73 posi| 36/24 sway bars | SLP LM2 | Koni's | Ground Control 800/200 | Y2K wheels | Dyno Don headers & Y-pipe | airfoil | BBK underdrive pulleys | Raised strut mounts | Extended ball joints | LCARB'S
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Al Hasse Member

Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 4379 Location: Bremerton, WA
1992 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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My 92 is my daily and has 233,000 or so. I put on 200+ per week and drive only 1/2 way to work. The 89 just went over 200,000 during the last dyno weekend and has less than 3,000 since last Sept. _________________ 92 Camaro
89 Camaro
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cameron7710 Member

Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 813 Location: shoreline,Wa
1992 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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mine is daily drivin and has just under 292,000 and has been in the family for most of that but since iv owed the car i put about 3,000 on her and iv only had my license for a month  _________________
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Dewey316 The Lama

Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 7295 Location: Bringing the tech
1990 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Mine was daily driven for a lot of years. I bought it in 98 with 68k on it. I have 245,000 on it now. The mileage has really gone down in the last couple of years though. I was putting a good 30k/year on it for a while. |
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aaron_sK Member
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 8834 Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Daily to Lacey and back, a little over 300 miles per week. I'd rather not do the math on that one since the car was a nice low 82K when I bought it. |
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Richster Magic Fingers

Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 879 Location: The Black-Hole
1983 Pontiac Trans Am
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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Way Old School here...Original Owner, I ordered the Shark in 1983 from Weston Pontiac here in Gresham.
It was the daily driver for years. I drove it on vacation to Cali, Vegas, and loved it!
And then i got married and then had kids, it went in the garage under the cover, and i became one of the SUV group!
So in 95 I parked it in the garage under the cover, and that was the last time it was registered.
Well until recently, The Shark has new life, new tags, and i am totally digging it again!
The last true taste of my bachelorhood!  _________________
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iansane Member

Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 5742 Location: Bothell
1991 Pontiac Trans Am
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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Well in amongst the many months of down time, I've put a hair under 100k on my bird in the last 4 years.
And yes, it is my daily when it's functioning. I'd feel like I was neglecting it if I didn't drive it! _________________
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91RSVert Member
Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 2736 Location: AR
1991 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:33 am Post subject: |
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Mine is kinda a daily driver over the summer. The past 2 winters since I owned the vert it has been taken apart.
The old hardtop was full daily all year around. Since its a 20mile round trip to work n back. I doubt I am in the high mile club. |
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Xophertony Rodeo Queen

Joined: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 5306 Location: Portland, Oregon.
1988 Pontiac GTA
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:37 am Post subject: |
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my white 1986 firebird has been daily driven since i bought in in 2002 with about 7 months worth of exception. when i first got my GTA it became my daily for the better part of six months, and now because i can't afford to re-register the thing, it sits in the driveway while the GTA is again pulling daily duty. it has a hair under 200,000 on it. i bought it with 114,000. it was originally purchased winter of 85 from Weston Pontiac in Gresham. i have the original invoice.
the GTA has got about 20K on it in three years. i bought it with 135 on the clock and it is up to 155. it was originally purchased in 1988 in Honolulu HI.
i have been daily driving a thirdgen for six years.  _________________ 86' firebird (Junked in 2015). 88' GTA (sold in 2020).
| aaron_sK wrote: | | Hell, Tony drove his GTA to Cows a few years back with the pickup coil that came out in pieces. |
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blue89 Member

Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 3482 Location: Bellingham/Eugene
1986 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:44 am Post subject: |
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| Lol, I've put 30k on mine in the last 8 years. Luckily I've lived close to where I work. 10 miles a day is a heavy day! |
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flea Member

Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 1246 Location: Raymond WA
1991 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:49 am Post subject: |
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I daily drive mine. But since The speedo and odometer don't work I really have no idea how many miles I've put on it. I typically put 20 miles a day max on it, thats 5 miles to work home for lunch and back to work again and of course back home. That isn't every day though. most of the time only ten miles per day. I have had three long trips one to dyno one to Chehalis and one to Moses lake and a handful of the 30 mile type. I'd say I average less than 200 per week over the last year.
Odometer showed 126K when I bought it. |
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d00012 Member

Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 679 Location: Granite Falls
2007 Pontiac GTA
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:14 am Post subject: |
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Just rolled over 201k miles a bit ago. Daily driver and only put up about 100-200 miles a week depending on how nice it is. I'll be getting another car, hopefully another camaro so I can have my own car for work, when I find a job, that is. haha _________________
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lostinconformiti Member

Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 146 Location: Vancouver,Wa
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| well lets see when we bought the camario in 05 it had 122,000 on it it has 139,000 on it now so thats 17,000 in 4 years. and yes its been a daily driver for both my brother when it was his and me now that its mine. |
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91camaro_rs Member

Joined: 03 Dec 2008 Posts: 1712 Location: Fox Island, Wa
1991 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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| my camaro is a daily driver its got about 90,000 on a rebuilt motor |
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cameron7710 Member

Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 813 Location: shoreline,Wa
1992 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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looks like mine as the most milage on her  _________________
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