Do you drive your Maverick/Comet as a daily driver?

Discussion in 'General Maverick/Comet' started by Maverick Guy, Oct 26, 2003.

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Do you use your Maverick/Comet as a daily driver?

  1. Yes, I drive it most of the time.

    69 vote(s)
    33.0%

  2. Yes, I own more than one Maverick/Comet, and one of them is a daily driver.

    25 vote(s)
    12.0%

  3. No, I usually only drive it on the weekends or to car shows etc

    52 vote(s)
    24.9%

  4. No, I only drive it during the summer months

    25 vote(s)
    12.0%

  5. No, It is built for the strip only.

    6 vote(s)
    2.9%

  6. Other somewhere in between

    32 vote(s)
    15.3%
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  1. Lightning

    Lightning Member

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    Mines a track car but I sneak it out onto the street a few times a year . Mostly because if I dont it just sits there as I dont go to the track anymore .
     
    Lightning, Oct 27, 2003
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  2. Maverick Guy

    Maverick Guy Maverick Enthusiast

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    Re: You forgot one

    Yeah, I guess I could of called it "Under Construction" or "Work in Progress". ;)
     
    Maverick Guy, Oct 28, 2003
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  3. Russ

    Russ Found On Russ's Drive

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    Comet Dad, go to www.thedieselstop.com There are lots of guys with diesel powered vans. Long Live the IDI. ('93 F-250 7.3 ltr Banks Turbo smoke machine) Russ
     
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  4. 71maverick

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    Add another catagory

    One for those of us that want a Maverick, but at the moment dont have one...LOL
     
    71maverick, Oct 28, 2003
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  5. DAB

    DAB MAVERICK/COMET ENTHUSIAST

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    I've been known to drive a Maverick occasionally.




    ;)
     
    DAB, Oct 29, 2003
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  6. bmcdaniel

    bmcdaniel Senile Member

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    Doug, looking at your yard it seems like you're growing them out there!
     
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  7. DAB

    DAB MAVERICK/COMET ENTHUSIAST

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    Maybe it's something in our water.:D
     
    DAB, Oct 29, 2003
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  8. MavMonster

    MavMonster Member

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    ill drive it when i am done rebuilding it
     
    MavMonster, Oct 29, 2003
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  9. GrabberGT

    GrabberGT Chris

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    I had to vote "somewhere in between". I to only have a dream of owning a maverick to drive on a regular basis.
     
    GrabberGT, Oct 29, 2003
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  10. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    mine (his) is a daily. it is for his school and job. now that it is up and running i take it everywhere. thanks for asking...frank...:bananaman :bananaman
     
    71gold, Dec 28, 2003
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  11. Grabber75

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    how about a catagory for never driven lol i have had mine alomost fifteen years and have never had it on the road...i wanted to wait until i had it completely done before i put it on the road otherwise i probably would have never went along and finshed it...... so i had to disapline myself so to speak....but now that i am getting closer to finishing it i am getting ansey lol
     
    Grabber75, Dec 28, 2003
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  12. Jason M

    Jason M Hibernatin for the Winter

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    Damn Snow

    I would drive mine all year round but when the salt starts to be poured on the road I usually decide to put it away. Out comes the stock tires and the old rims and it sits in the garage :cry:

    I have never left it on the good tires cause I hear it causes flat spots...... anyone know for sure if you leave your car sit for that long if that actually happens?
     
    Jason M, Dec 28, 2003
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  13. Dan Starnes

    Dan Starnes Original owner

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    Yes, flat spots on tires occur while the car sits for a period of time. It is something that happens to me every year. The flat spots go away when I have driven a few miles. Feels really weird until they do though.
    Dan
    ps my car has only 16k original but very hard miles. Which puts me in the next to never driving category.
     
    Dan Starnes, Dec 28, 2003
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  14. RACINGLASSMAN64

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    im doing a 1970 as a daily driver and cruise night fun wont see any rain and snow if i can help it i also have a ( now dont shoot me ) a 1969 dodge charger thats my real pride and joy building as the dirty mary crazy larry car and will be strictly for show and very very good weather
     
    RACINGLASSMAN64, Jan 2, 2004
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  15. 74Maverick

    74Maverick Maverick Maniac

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    For a little while it was a daily driver. Then when I decided to build if up it became show car in the warmer months. Hard to work on a daily driver. Getting the beater was the best move ashamed to admit the beater was a hyundai but it was for a greater cause. Not to mention getting chewed out going to union meetings in a foreign car not good:slap: Got rid of that POS as soon as possible, got a nice 97 Chevy S-10 widely accepted by all unions lol. 74Maverick, Thom
     
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