On Sun, 25 Jan 1998 10:42:49 +0000 "Scott Gardner"
<gardner7@pilot.infi.net> writes:
>So a full third of the cars are daily drivers, but only 4% of the
>owners drive any one of their classic cars more than 10,000 miles a
>year? I don't know how many miles they consider "regular" transport,
>but I put two hundred miles a week on mine, just going to work!
When i lived in England, a 10 mile commute by car was considered long,
There are far less "wide open spaces" and folk live closer to where they
work by and large, My father drove 20 miles to work for a couple of years
but he was considered a maniac - eventually we moved nearer!
My daily commute including delivering one kid to school is 70 miles
roundtrip and if it 'aint icy or salty its usually in one of my Bs
> I'm also a little confused about the footnote. How could MG
>owners own a modern vehicle the same marque as their collector cars?
With
>the exception of the few people owning MGFs, there ARE no modern MGs!
True - but that isnt true of Landrover, Jaguar, Bentley(chortle),
Morgan(HOHOHO)
or Lotus (shrieks of mirth!!!) etc
mike robson
69 roadster
70 BGT
72 roadster
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