How often do you drive your Z?

[76Datsun280z]

I thought it might be fun to have a poll to see how often we all drive our Z cars. Since my 280z is my first car, I do drive it everyday.

[sblake01]

I drive the Z every Wednesday to take my wife to lunch and maybe a couple more times a month. Occasionally, I'll take it to one of the Datsun gatherings. I drive the 810 daily and the truck only a few times a year.

[Mat M]

I would love to have mine run as a daily. As it sits now, only once or so a month. Too many gremlins yet!

[Arne]

Once you get a Z that has no rust, you don't drive it in the rain.

[HizAndHerz]

I've got 3 Z's: one is a rust bucket that I drive everyday, another is fully restored and gets driven once or twice a week and another is torn down getting ready for body work and paint.

Arne is right, you don't let a rust-free Z get wet!

[c david]

everyday, all day, here, there, any where.

rain or shine, it's all good.

i've put 60 plus thousand miles on my car in 3 years only to have it taken away for paint and body for over a year. now i'm back curing the cravings. i'm curious to know if anyone here or if anyone knows of another early zcar being driven as much.

cd

[Cethern]

For the most part mine is a Daly driver unless the weather is really bad then I'm in my 72K5

[theianmonster]

I drove mine everyday until I hit a curb. Now I'm paying $1500-$2500 to get the front frame rail replaced.

[Dtsnlvrs]

I would drive it everyday if I were not too lazy to move the Jeep out of the driveway first. But I have been driving it pretty consistently since I relocated to a more hospitable climate.

[Ramses]

Arne,

I hope it doesnt rain much in your part of Oregon. I drive mine each time I want to work on it. I do not have a garage at home that can accomodate 3 cars, so I keep my z in a garage.

[hls30.com]

Once the '72 is shiney side up again(it is on extended holiday on a rotisserie(thanks Kmack) and it all goes back together, I will drive the car every pretty day.

The '73 I was driving was driven every day to about 30k a year, for six years. The car had 118k when I got it, and other than replacing a starter, an alternator, and straightening out the AC, and wipers, it ran flawless for the next 180k until my wife had Sears put a battery in it as a suprise, they didn't clamp the battery down, and as the tech pulled it out of the bay the battery tipped, burning a hole in the hood frame, and toasting the engine harness with the the alternator wire...

Now it sits in the driveway as a mule for the turbo engine setup for the '72. Then the '73 will go into storage until the roadster and the Alpha 1 are completed, and its time comes again!

Will

[TomoHawk]

I drive mine usually when it's sunny, to the car cruises on most weekday nights. If I'm going to an event and it's raining- so be it, as long as you dry the car out as soon as the sun comes out. You need more than just a splash or two to get things to rust.

It would be better if you could pick a couple choices on this one.