Reasons you don't drive your car every day

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  • mdz
    S2Forum Maniac
    • Jun 2012
    • 775
    • Country: Latvia

    #31
    600m from home to work and longboard for cruising around the town.

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    • Greg_S
      Administrator
      • Jul 2003
      • 12430
      • Country: United Kingdom

      #32
      Im similar to steve, not much point driving a few hundred yards to the station so safely tucked up in the garage most of the time. This last 18 months it hasnt gone far as kids have precluded time and money to have the S2 on the road
      Greg

      S2Forum.com Administrator & Webmaster

      '93 Coupe with a few tweeks

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      • S2SE
        S2Forum Fanatic
        • Mar 2012
        • 91
        • Country: Sweden

        #33
        Would love to drive my S2 everyday but its a bit cranky when the engine is cold and it likes E85 way more than I like to spend time at the gasstation
        So driving my S2 to and from work everyday (200km) isnt quite defendable =)

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        • UrS4boy
          S2Forum Obsessed
          • Feb 2006
          • 11859
          • Country: Canada

          #34
          Because my commute to "work" is about 20 ft.

          From the kitchen to the computer.

          (Retired)
          RS2'd 93 UrS4 5 spd sedan
          94 UrS4 V8 6 spd manual avant

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          • rynaqui
            S2Forum Fiend
            • Mar 2012
            • 2752
            • Country: Malta

            #35
            Lots of great responses and can relate to all of them really, my drive would be about 30 minutes long but the only problem is the horrible even traffic and bad drivers, if only there was a safe parking spot at work cause as 4wdrifter said, it does make going to work a bit more exciting

            Also I suppose normal cars are so much easier to drive in every sense, just takes that extra effort to drive an S2

            Can't relate to you though David, still a good 40 years before I can think about retiring
            1996 S2 ABY Silver

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            • Majorcina
              S2Forum Extremist
              • Jun 2013
              • 1334
              • Country: Montenegro

              #36
              Lucky for me i dont drive my s4 to work,i am going with my truck evry day on job so i spend 0 euro for fuel

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              • Sonic
                Administrator
                • Jul 2006
                • 5514
                • Home: United Kingdom Current: England

                #37
                Quite a few reasons now i think of it...

                1) Street parking rather than the driveway at home
                2) Unreliability - last time i drove it to work it almost stranded me at the side of the M25
                3) Cost of fuel and increased maintenance
                4) I like my driving license
                5) Comfort (far stiffer than the BMW and no ac)
                6) The missus hates it (i normally give her a lift)
                7) It feels far more special when it gets taken out on the weekends
                S2Forum.com Administrator

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                • anthonys2
                  S2Forum Possessed
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 3512
                  • Country: England

                  #38
                  Originally posted by Fat Audi 80
                  I cycle to work now (all year round) so the S2 stays safely tucked up in the garage. It goes the 6 miles to work occasionally if the sun is out though. This makes my colleagues laugh as the can't understand why I cycle in the rain, but drive a car in the sunshine!

                  My S2 seems quite happy to be sat for days and weeks at a time and then being blasted once in a while....
                  Mines exactly the same i had mine sorn for 3 months over the winter starting the car occasionally every 3-4 weeks and starts 1st time and then when it was legal again took it for a blast bed the brakes in and was no problemo - Happy Days!!

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                  • mouse
                    S2Forum Addict
                    • Apr 2008
                    • 374
                    • Country: Australia

                    #39
                    For the past 12 months, because I don't get a parking spot with my current job and paying for parking in the city would cost me over $20 per day, and the bus is only 30mins plus a 10 minute walk.

                    I do miss driving the S2 every day though, even though I used to only do 20 minute trips each way in traffic..

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                    • here2learn
                      S2Forum Addict
                      • Feb 2012
                      • 325
                      • Country: United Kingdom

                      #40
                      it has been in boxes for a year, now my partner has finished uni i will get her running and drive untill the bowls of the arab emerites are as baron as the land once was.

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                      • Henkjan
                        S2Forum Extremist
                        • Aug 2003
                        • 1705
                        • Country: Netherlands

                        #41
                        I use the A8 for daily for it is (duh) much more comfy than the S2. But the main reason for not using the S2 for commuting is that I do not want to put too much miles on it

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                        • rj scotty
                          S2Forum Fiend
                          • May 2006
                          • 2195
                          • Home: United Kingdom Current: England

                          #42
                          Can't get all my tools in it.
                          Don't like driving it in poor weather, I like it clean
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                          "For what you spent on that you could have brought a new car"
                          BUT I DON'T WANT A NEW CAR!

                          1995 S2 Avant, Volcano Black
                          1982 VW Golf Mk1, primer yellow, will be finished one day, maybe.
                          2003 VW T4 long nose X pack, (has become project)

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                          • Laaf
                            S2Forum Addict
                            • Oct 2010
                            • 275
                            • Country: Finland

                            #43
                            Don't drive my S4 nor the 4k to work. I enjoy a Toyota Hiace cramped with tools and 4wd.

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                            • Error404
                              Super Moderator
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 19789
                              • Country: United Kingdom

                              #44
                              Used to drive mine as a daily a few years ago, 25 mile round trip every day, never skipped a beat.
                              Moved house & job and now I walk a mile to work and the car is in pieces more often than not
                              Panthero Coupé quattro 20vt
                              Indigo ABY coupé
                              Imola B6 S4 Avant

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                              • newsh
                                S2Forum Obsessed
                                • Aug 2003
                                • 16226
                                • Country: United Kingdom

                                #45
                                Walk 100 yds to work, have to make excuses to use the car, go and buy milk, get a sandwich for lunch etc..

                                S2 Coupe 3B Project


                                Ur quattro restoration

                                S2 Avant

                                Boost is the new rock and roll!
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