RRC Daily Driver

[wooderson]

how many of you guys use your 84-90 RRC's as daily drivers?

 

[kalahari]

88 - Still in the first week of ownership, but so far it's going well.

 

[landrovered]

mine is a 93 so a bit off topic but it has been my daily driver for 8 years.

 

[az_max]

I drive my 90 RRC to work and the store 2-3 times a week.

 

[Ron]

My 1995 LWB was my DD for a long while. I briefly DDed my 1988 back in 2000-01.

 

[Flip]

91 and a 92 other than 12 mpg it great

 

[agbuckle98]

I drive my 1990 RRC the most, it's my favorite of all the land rovers I've ever had.

 

[student]

Two years of DD duty on my '88, no major problems.

 

[Velocewest]

I use my '92 as the DD when I don't bike.

 

[azarmadillo]

I did originally for about 2 years while it remained stock. Now it's far from stock.

 

[bri]

how many of you guys use your 84-90 RRC's as daily drivers?

Why do you ask?

 

[Paul Grant]

I used my 1985 RRC as a daily driver for about seven years 75k miles. Currently, my daily driver is a 1991 that I picked up for $650 last fall. I've put 11k on it since then and aside from oil changes and routine maintenance I haven't had to do anything but put gas in it. My total outlay has been less than $1000 in the ten months the truck has been on the road. That goes a long way towards making the lousy mileage (12-13 mpg) tolerable!


I'll only say this because the truck is out of earshot but I think this one is the best of all the Rovers I've owned over the last 16 years!

 

[Captainruss]

Well, I take public transportation to work every day, but the 90RRC gets driven weekly at least. If it weren't for the slowly dying tranny I would be totally confident in its ability to drive every day.

(Hey Paul, got a decent tranny hanging around for cheap I can pick up sometime?)

 

[wooderson]

Why do you ask?

uh, well, i want to buy one as a daily driver when i get rid of my p38.

 

[bri]

OK. As far as a daily driver goes, it would be similar to a D1, IMO. I have not spent a lot of time in a P38, so I cannot offer a comparison.

I have a 93 LWB. I do not drive it daily yet, but it gets all the driving that I do. In snow, it is my opinion that the BW xfer case and added wheel base make it unbeatable in snow.

Comfort wise, I would say that my 93 is just as comfortable as my D1. Maybe slightly better.