Can I use it in the winter...?

Hi Everyone,

Great sight, I've just joined and have a question about the immortal Mk1 - I'm thinking of buying one quite soon, been all round the houses looking for a good, fast little car that didn't make me look like some pube-less chav and the original Mk1 is certainly the best.

I'd be using it every day for the 10 miles to work, but don't have a garage so would have to leave it on the drive all year round - is this a recipe for disaster? Or can I expect my loved one to hold its own against the wind, sleet and snow?

…also, how much would I be looking at for a respray of a Black or Mars Red? (still haven't decided on my favourite).

Cheers
Phil

I use my mk1 every day, no matter what the weather.

Just make sure its waxoyled up and wash any salt of every few days and you'll be fine.  

It was built to be used remember, don't just leave it in the garage !  

Mine used to do 300 miles a week. That went on for 3 years and i loved every mile of it. Although it was on the back of a national breakdown lorry a few times ops:
Re-spray could be ?1000 upwards nowadays.

Yep, mines a daily driver too and left on drive - no less reliabloe than in the summer! :wink:

Make sure you get some dash vents from crazyquiff - will help demist your windscreen in the winter which is a huge bonus!

I use mine every day, parked on a drive and I average 12000miles a year. Lots of little minor problems but nothin major yet.
Love it  8)  8)

Mine is used everyday, 26 mile round trip to work, so far no breakdowns except a flat tyre  ops:  I'm thinking about taking if off road over winter though and getting myself a cheap mk2 for 6 months or so while the weather's poor.

If you clean the salt off regulalry, and make sure it's undersealed/waxoyled properly before winter, I see no reason why the car should suffer too much as a result. Mechanically they are excellent whatever the weather, just make sure your cold start valve and injector are doing their job properly else it'll be a sod to start and keep running on very cold mornings.

Mike.

I use my car every day, from my house to the college in summer and winter.

yep, mine sits on the drive an does about 45-50 miles a day, its damned cool! Just expect to iron out a few niggles, ive had mine 2 months or so now, with jus minor annoyances….

My advice would be to look around several cars b4 u buy….

24/7 365 Cabby Crusin'………….. much better than a Mondeo!!!

Once the mechanicals are sorted, spray with waste oil every so often and Bobs your uncle!!

Dan

i work in a body shop and we look afta a few cars giving them good waxoyl once a year its the only way we tend to use a 1/2 black waxoyl and 1/2 used engine oil on the exterior parts and just clear waxoyl inside the panels! p.s the engine oil helps it penetrate the surfaces!
you would be looking at between 1000 and 1500 for a good respray in a solid couler such as mars red, schwartz black or alpine white but allways try to see how good the bodyshop u go withs work is! gd luck mate!

I do 28 miles a day (round trip) no problems, but i did hunt around before buying, there are quite a few and the price is no gauge to condition just sellers aspirations  

With other cars iv'e owned, always washed them reguraly and very thoroughly under the arches rear and front, its the bodywork you don't see that need to be clean and things should'nt go down hill too quickly, but all cars rust in the end if used, its part of the fun I suppose. Better than watching it rust away in the garage  :wink: