My rivage, daily driver

Hello All,

Bought this Rivage a few weeks ago, it's done just over 60,000 miles (now), really curious about what you ladies and gentleman think about it.  Is it wrong that I use it as a daily driver?? :dontknow:






any ways hope this works ….

Cheers

very nice mate,and i,d use it for a daily driver,maybe not in the winter

It's a car (and a very nice one @ that) but they're built to drive  :wink:
I've an '89 Clipper Cab not as nice as yours (yet) and I use for work and back (even in winter) plus leisure. No point having it stuck in the garage, mice and spiders just don't appreciate Mk1 Cabs.

regards
and
welcome  

Thanks for the replies and comments gents, you both make good points, even if they are on opposite sides of the table!!!

Being a daily driver I will no doubt need to use it over the winter, but im worried that this will knacker the car and the bodywork - that's without even thinking about the pond that may grow in the back of it if the roof leaks.  :dontknow:

So I take it a few people still use a cabby over the winter time then?

Don't get me wrong, if I could garage it over winter I would but it's a long walk to work. I just make sure I keep an eye on everything, last winter noticed water in boot and only reason I could find was that it was coming up off the road through a drainage hole in boot ?????  :?  :?  :?
Ran hose pipe over back end when dry to check and no water leaked through??? So must've been that   Sorted  

Funnily enough I had a similar experience two weekends ago when it rained heavily.  Found the rear passenger foot well was soaked but couldn't work out how the hell it got in.  Thought it might have been the sheer amount of rain and my stupidity for having not parked it under the car port at work!!!  Now it stays covered every night!!

Nontheless, leaks and rattles aside, I love having a mk1, there the most fun of all the cars I've had.

cars looking sexy mate very tasty  

Cheers Dude! :wink:

Looks sweeeeeeet douglas  :y:

welcome you floppy topper you

lovely motor :mrgreen:

Its gorgeous! Puts mine to shame  ops:

I use mine all year round and yes, it does leak (new roof needed) but only on the passanger side so I'm not too bothered  

Lift the bonnet and check the drainage holes at either end of the plastic tray thing - sometimes if they get blocked with leaves and stuff you can get water in the footwells…

Hope to see you again soon at another meet

Rach  :mrgreen:

Thanks everyone!

[quoteLift the bonnet and check the drainage holes at either end of the plastic tray thing - sometimes if they get blocked with leaves and stuff you can get water in the footwells… ]

Thanks for the advice Rachel!! I'm hoping to get on top of everything at work and get to some more meets - will try and make grantham this weekend but it's looking unlikely. Life is so unfair  :cry:

  

HI you good 1 sexy RIVAGE 2,  i have 1 also, not as nice lookin as yours, i got mine for a good price as it was home tp spiders, put ? into engine, now running lovely.
would like to get my rims refurbed so they would look like yours.

i have not posted my pics nowhere ever before, would like to know what you think.

pics are form my mobile so not 100%

well iv got a k plate n im gunna use it every day,  very very nice car mate rear lights look well

Cheers ya'll

[have not posted my pics nowhere ever before, would like to know what you think.]

In my novice opinion your Rivage looks lovely!!  You just need some higher resolution pics and a sunny day - I think it makes all the difference!!  Is that a cream leather interior i spy….??

well iv got a k plate n im gunna use it every day, very very nice car mate rear lights look well

As you can tell from the above pete n mel I can't get the quote thingy to work  

So you gonna use yours through winter??  Do you have somewhere to store it??

It would seem the Q button worked this time ops:

It would seem the Q button worked this time ops: