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.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.