Daily Driver T2 - Do I need a reality check?!

Is economy the most important thing here, or looking cooooooool ?

 

Looking cool is high on my list. Breaking down and rusting away are not cool in my eyes though!

 

& in reality, they're cold noisy & slow.
Get a cheap runabout - either something you can think you look 'cool' in like a £500 mx5 and treat it well.
Or buy something end of life like a £200 Proton and see how long it will go; spending no money/playing cam-belt roulette/knowing that it's final journey will be over the bridge/replace it with another unwanted, unloved end of life motor.

 

I'd still change the cambelt on the Proton.

The MX5 will rust quicker than the T2... but on a £500 car welding and bodywork will be uneconomical.

How about a Scirocco?

 

Slow, I can deal with but would want bigger type 4 engine so it's not mega slow.
Noisy, I'm less keen on but I plan to put plenty of sound proofing in which is supposed to help quite a bit.
Cold, I don't really want! That's the thing that will make the wife and kids dislike it. Others have said they can pump out a fair bit of heat if the exchangers are good.

 

Mine was a daily - when else would you smile on your way to work?

 

Get one then - It sounds like by the time you've spent a millionty pounds, it'll be almost as good as my old nail.

 

what about a t25? get a water cooled one and it'll be relatively warm, fast and quiet. later ones don't rust as badly as bays either. I was going to get one when I bought my bay but my heart took over.

 

T25's got a swift no from my wife when I showed her some examples!

 

i drove my brazillian bay every day for three years and it was fine but because i also have to do site vists and its hilly around here it at times became difficult when late for meeting etc
if just too and from work then i found it fine even in winter but it does test your love of the vsn and creature comforts
its good for a van to be driven but i wouldnt go back to having one for dsily use for my needs
its a personal choice really

 

if you don't work too far away it would be fine as a daily and cheaper than having too vehilces but I agree with Kongi
need to check your classic ins though but still they were built for taking some hammer.......obiouvsly nshootign up motorway everyday aint a good idea.