Hey guys,

Im having a little bit of an internal battle and need some other opinions.

currently my '73 1200 coupe is my daily drive. I drive a fair bit. back and forth 20 mins to work every day, back and forth to the city for gigs and what not 2 -3 times a week and actually getting a little sick of it.

NOW im looking for something a little more comfy... for example a 2001 Peugeot 206 a girl from work is selling for cheaps. (she wants a soccer mums car.)

if i did this i could take my time with the coupe and fix it up. currently everything i do has to be done on that day! makes it hard and more ofter then not i go to put a new part in and get half way, relises im missing a bit and have to put the old stuff back in and start again the next day i have free. such a pain.

OR do i just put the money into the coupe????

thoughts? feelings? opinions?

J

i would go for the 206.

because it's cheap :)

fix the coupe !! get some better seats and whack a proper carby on it :)) install central locks too, so u can use a button to lock/unlock. i drove my coupe daily for yeeeaars and loved it.

So much easier to do up a car if you have something else to drive daily. Not sure id go with a 206 but expensive to repair if something go's wrong which it will being a Peugeot

Get a daily, like a 200b no one will love. If you get a cheap Datsun you could make sure a bluebird or similar may provide parts too for future mods. I lived your pain and got on my bike instead

I also cycle to work, faster, cheaper and less stressful than driving. Seriously, takes 35 minutes to cycle to work (in the city) where driving takes 45 to an hour. Burns fat to.

depends if you want to build the 1200 into a show or race car then definately do it, but the risk is you buy a daily and have little use for the datto

that's why I put an auto in the ute - been driving for over 30 years and can't be bothered anymore. i think the crunch point will be winter though

My ute was my daily drive for almost two years before I moved to Brisbane. I run into the same situation when I want to fix something...its always over the weekend. However, for instance, with my dash panel - I wanted to spruce my original one up but what I did instead was buy another to fix up during the weeknights, then come the weekend you can just swap it out. At least with some build items you can do this. Then just sell the original and get all or most of your money back.

I agree with trb012, there is a reason why an 11 y/o Pug (or any other European car) is cheap: Things DO go wrong and are very expensive to repair. Last thing you'll want is to spend all that money you've put aside for your beloved coupe on keeping the Pug on the road.

If you're looking at getting an inexpensive, comfy, RELIABLE daily driver, go with a mid-late 90's Civic, Corolla or Pulsar with a reasonably decent service history. They're all cheap to run and if you keep up the preventative maintenance on any of these three and they'll faithfully serve you very well.