Running 45s/75s as daily drivers and storage. - Page 2

Nightfire · 24th June 2024, 05:16

Thanks for the replies. The particular car I have found is as pre project drive 45 1.8 saloon. 39,000 miles and garaged all it's life. My concern is that it's only covered around 600 miles in the last 5 years. 400 in the last 6 months. It's pricey mind at just under £2500 but body is very good.

The Rovering Member · 25th June 2024, 05:34

My '02 75 1.8 is daily & lives in the street. Bought at 97,000 miles we are now on 197,000 miles. No problem with spares mechanically speaking, l've had no need for body panels, touch wood & she still scrubs up very well despite a few battle scars. Recent maintenance has included a suspension rebuild & new exhaust, both carried out for a fraction of the cost of more 'popular' cars.

TBennet · 25th June 2024, 10:14

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Originally Posted by Nightfire

Thanks for the replies. The particular car I have found is as pre project drive 45 1.8 saloon. 39,000 miles and garaged all it's life. My concern is that it's only covered around 600 miles in the last 5 years. 400 in the last 6 months. It's pricey mind at just under £2500 but body is very good.

My guess would be that putting it back into daily service will quite quickly cause a few things to let go, but fix them and you'll have a perfectly usable daily car for years to come.

Mike Noc · 25th June 2024, 16:11

We've got two and both are daily drivers - 42k miles on Mrs Noc's car and 443k miles on mine.

Nightfire · 25th June 2024, 16:48

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Originally Posted by TBennet

My guess would be that putting it back into daily service will quite quickly cause a few things to let go, but fix them and you'll have a perfectly usable daily car for years to come.

Thanks for the reply. What sort of things should I look out for in terms of letting go ?

TBennet · 26th June 2024, 09:04

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Originally Posted by Nightfire

Thanks for the reply. What sort of things should I look out for in terms of letting go ?

I'm not wise enough to give you a list of specifics, but it's my experience that putting an older car that's been stood around back into regular use will almost always result in there being a few things to fix early on - either because they suffered from lack of use and quickly break, or were already broken and you just don't notice immediately.

Stuff like sticking brakes, perished hoses, holes appearing in the exhaust - whatever really. Battery may well give up suddenly and it won't start one morning. General maintenance issues - things which would have already gone wrong and been fixed if the car was in use, but sort of stack up waiting to break when it isn't. Nothing to be especially worried about IMO, and part of the adventure of getting an old car working again.

Archie75 · 26th June 2024, 10:42

I've used both a 45 and a 75 (and a 400) as a daily driver. Nothing to worry about just keep them washed and on top of services.

Nightfire · 26th June 2024, 11:18

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Originally Posted by Archie75

I've used both a 45 and a 75 (and a 400) as a daily driver. Nothing to worry about just keep them washed and on top of services.

Thanks for the replies. Because it's been garaged I'm hoping it very little corrosion.

Bob Walker · 26th June 2024, 11:43

All our family cars are well over 20 years old. Wash/wax them properly every week and keep up the regular maintenance/servicing and all the to do jobs.
The parts that are more difficult to obtain, like the inlet manifold for a KV6 I keep in my garage along with a lot of other spares I know I will need in the not to distant future. All our cars are kept outside and if you rust proof them and keep touching them up when they get stone chipped they should look fine. My wife's TF looks new. My son's ZR which was my daily commute, has had its sill and arches replaced and is still going strong as his daily commute. He didn't like it at first as it was 'old' but the amount of comments such as 'nice car mate' has made him change his mind. With five old cars in the family it keeps me busy but I enjoy the challenge of keeping them on the road and looking good.
I have a major blitz on all the cars when the warmer weather comes which coincides with MOTs and this keeps them going throughout the year.
Bob

25th June 2024, 05:34	#12
The Rovering Member I really should get out more....... Rover 75 saloon Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: London Posts: 2,998 Thanks: 263 Thanked 538 Times in 431 Posts	My '02 75 1.8 is daily & lives in the street. Bought at 97,000 miles we are now on 197,000 miles. No problem with spares mechanically speaking, l've had no need for body panels, touch wood & she still scrubs up very well despite a few battle scars. Recent maintenance has included a suspension rebuild & new exhaust, both carried out for a fraction of the cost of more 'popular' cars. __________________ Reducing the size of my Rover fleet by adding a 75 to it.

26th June 2024, 11:43	#19
Bob Walker Loves to post MGZT Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Richmond Posts: 281 Thanks: 26 Thanked 80 Times in 45 Posts	Running older cars All our family cars are well over 20 years old. Wash/wax them properly every week and keep up the regular maintenance/servicing and all the to do jobs. The parts that are more difficult to obtain, like the inlet manifold for a KV6 I keep in my garage along with a lot of other spares I know I will need in the not to distant future. All our cars are kept outside and if you rust proof them and keep touching them up when they get stone chipped they should look fine. My wife's TF looks new. My son's ZR which was my daily commute, has had its sill and arches replaced and is still going strong as his daily commute. He didn't like it at first as it was 'old' but the amount of comments such as 'nice car mate' has made him change his mind. With five old cars in the family it keeps me busy but I enjoy the challenge of keeping them on the road and looking good. I have a major blitz on all the cars when the warmer weather comes which coincides with MOTs and this keeps them going throughout the year. Bob

24th June 2024, 05:16	#11
Nightfire Avid contributor Rover 45 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: leicester Posts: 119 Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 3 Posts	Thanks for the replies. The particular car I have found is as pre project drive 45 1.8 saloon. 39,000 miles and garaged all it's life. My concern is that it's only covered around 600 miles in the last 5 years. 400 in the last 6 months. It's pricey mind at just under £2500 but body is very good.

25th June 2024, 16:11	#14
Mike Noc This is my second home Rover 75 CDT Manual Connoisseur SE, Rover 75 CDT Automatic Connoisseur SE & a Freelander Td4. Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,588 Thanks: 3,470 Thanked 3,119 Times in 2,247 Posts	We've got two and both are daily drivers - 42k miles on Mrs Noc's car and 443k miles on mine.

26th June 2024, 10:42	#17
Archie75 Newbie Rover 75 saloon Join Date: Aug 2023 Location: Westbury Posts: 26 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've used both a 45 and a 75 (and a 400) as a daily driver. Nothing to worry about just keep them washed and on top of services.