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Daily Driver
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Other than daily (Weekend/spare/3d/4th car)
Daily driver after the first hard rain to get the salt off the roads here in Wisconsin. It gets stored after the first snow. Give or take I put 4500 miles on per year.
sigpic2002 Black Premium Black Accent
1996 LX Black with gray interior, 4.6 V-8
We bought Dunderbird for touring. Don was accumulating a lot of miles on his custom '55 so I suggested buying our Cashmere to give his car a break. We bought the car in Virginia and then have toured Cape May, Gettysburg, Texas and looking forward to more travels.
Daily driver for the first 8 years, 2 months, and 99,000+ miles.
Garage queen since, 1 year, 9 months, and 4,000+ mostly Texas Thunder miles.
Looking forward to adding some TBN Ten Thunder miles next month.
PK- 2002 Premium Blue/Full Accent/Whisper White Top VIN#16336
Built April 22, 2002
Purchased July 24, 2002
My daily driver pretty much goes from Cottage City to the Metro station, sits for 10 hours, and then comes home. Not a very exciting life for a T-Bird. Weekends, it depends on what errands are being run. Although, I have been known to leave the truck at home and take the T-Bird to Home Depot.
It's my daily driver and every time in it is a special occasion. Rain or shine, the good times roll whenever I drive it. I have put on about 30K miles in the last 2 years and enjoyed every minute of it.
Life without passion is no life at all.
Sean Combs
Daily driver. Only car we have. Also have pick up.
Drive the Bird in all weather conditions, ever since I found out it won't melt even drive it in the rain and the Bird does excellent in snow. BUT it is at its best in the sun with the top down.
My 94 Bird was a daily driver. It was garage kept for the first few years. It was waxed, washed, and cleaned religiously.
Regardless, the NJ winters got to it, and when I traded it in, there were some nasty rust holes in the quarter and the driver's door.
I do not want to see that happen to my 2003 Bird.
2010 Explorer Limited Edition, tri color white, camel interior
2003 TBird black/saddle
1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL conv't turq/black
2004 Lincoln LS 8 Sport light tundra metallic/medium stone
Daily Driver except for extended driving trips which are handled by the Land Yacht.
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Invoice $38,457 - Sold new 9/15/2003
One of twenty two built like this
She was a good one. Sold 12/30/2014.
Replaced with 2013 Infiniti G37 Coupe.
A lot better car and even more exclusive, but doesn't have the Cachet the Thunderbird had. Adios, mi Amigo.
From September 2003 until May 2007, the thunderbird was my daily driver. Since I built the house in the country doubling my commute and bought the truck, now it's my occasional car. But I would rather be driving it every day.
R. Be who you are... and say what you feel...Because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss Through and through G.R.I.T.S.
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