Now that your car is done, do you seem to use it less?

[twodko]

I use my car as much as i can afford to put gas into it...!   

The price of fuel has a lot to do with how often we drive our Charger too. I think we'll always take it to the larger car shows and the ocassional weekend drive but I've become kinda over protective of the car as well. Go figure?

[jobbless]

i hope that doesn't happen to me. i have been driving an old car since i got my license. though some were nice. none were perfect. but i fear that after i get my 68 charger or my 354 hemi powered model a roadster finished. i won't drive them. for fear something will happen to them. the nicest car i ever put together is a 66 fury 2dr ht for my girlfriend. she helped with paint and interior. she liked it for a year or so, wanted to take it everywhere. now the only time it gets driven is when i take it out. she doesn't like it out of the garage. 

[ChgrSteve67]

Mine just sits around collecting dust.
I should probably take it for a spin around the block one of these days.

Yeah...the "block" for you is the continental United States!  

I'm planning on shipping my Charger to the East Coast for my next spin around the block.
The trailer is for Sale.

Back on topic.
There are some that do not want to drive thier completed project becasue they feel it will reduce its value. So they sell it and start a new project.

I know one guy that restored a trans-am for his girlfriend and backed it out of the garage to take it to a show and while he was closing the garage door someone came around the corner and ran into it. He is completely afraid to even take his Chevelle out of the garage now. Sh*t happens.

[moparstuart]

 i love mine and drive the hell out of them

[jobbless]

when you haven't much money. and you spend it all on your favorite car (68 charger) and your grandpas model a. they are a little more precious. than say the guy with 10 restored cars. it may be just money to them. dreamed of these cars since i was a kid. i cant just go buy a nice one. or pay someone to build/paint my cars for me. so as proud as i will be of the cars. i still think i will be scared to take them out. unless i can watch them the whole time. it has been 15 years i have been working on my grandpas car. just hoping to get it done in time to take my grandma for a ride in it.

[SFRT]

nope. I drive it as much as possible. thats why I fixed it up.

[bull]

I'm confused about a couple of points here, maybe because I've been working on my car the whole time I've owned it.

So first, I was under the impression that no one ever really gets done with a project car, meaning there's always something you can be working on. And second, by "use it" do you mean work on it because I don't see how you can use it any less for its intended purpose than when it's incapacitated in pieces in the garage?

[Brock Samson]

This is a really great topic!  
I've been totally into Chargers since '66 when i was 9 years old and cars since my first memory of them.
 When i began working on my Charger in '84 i had my Van for work and daily transport but still drove my charger whenever it was practical or for just plain kicks. It was very special to take it to work.
A lot has changed since then, i've had six other vehicles since '84 and really whupped the Charger into shape (more or less) in '99... But when my Dad got sick in '99 my life changed significantly and the charger just sat in the garage mostly... new and replacement parts are still sitting in boxes for 12 years now...
After my father passed in '05 - the '71 Road Runner was my idea of a fun daily - but after the first Yr. it became pretty problematic - still I drove the Runner more the first few years.
In retrospect - I wish the money I put into it - I put into a another faded Sunburst paint job and a general interior refresh of the Charger, if i add up the other fund$ I spent on my R/V. the Charger could've been an absolute stunner show car by now...   (that I'd probably worry much more about and drive less than I do now.)
 But the R.R. was another car I promised myself I'd own someday and the 21' R/V too. So, what you gonna do?..
Now I'm back down to two cars the R/T and the 300 M & my life and choices are considerably simplified.
Everytime though I get in to the Chargers' Gas Pedal I remember "WOW! this is the best time I can have with my clothes on".    
It's important to have balance in our lives, Cars are a lot of fun for sure but there are a lot of other things to enjoy like travel and family and reading a good book, I love to collect old photos as well as take my own and then there is the music too... I've also managed to play a few small shows in the last couple years and that's been nice after being out of the scene for the past ten years.
Again a Great topic!

[76charger]

I drive mine around not as much as I would like to. But I have found that I like to work on them more than drive them around. I guess I'm the guy who works on them then sells them as soon as they are finished, but I don't sell any. I just collect. My 76 charger is now at my grandma's house with my 64 impala conv. I can't keep them at the house because my garage at home is filled with new projects. I take photo's of them drive to cruise's and whatnot.

[ACUDANUT]

 A 76 Charger and a 64 Impala ?    YUCK !!

[Charger440RDN]

A 76 Charger and a 64 Impala ?   YUCK !!

Don't want to hijack this thread but I have always liked the 64 Chevy Impala, just not the convertible, the hard top looks better. You will never see cars again with that type of chrome detail.

[TK73]

Had mine 10 years.

Been "out of commission" for less than 2 weeks total. 

[1969chargerrtse]

A 76 Charger and a 64 Impala ?   YUCK !!

Don't want to hijack this thread but I have always liked the 64 Chevy Impala, just not the convertible, the hard top looks better. You will never see cars again with that type of chrome detail.

I Had a 62,3,4,5,6,7,8,9and 2 70 Impala conv's.  Most were SS.  The 64 Impala is a great car.  Back in the day that's all you saw on the road were Impala's.  my 66 SS conv was a 6 cyl!!
The 62 was my first car.  I Hot Rod ed it.

[Chargerrtforme]

A 76 Charger and a 64 Impala ?   YUCK !!

Don't want to hijack this thread but I have always liked the 64 Chevy Impala, just not the convertible, the hard top looks better. You will never see cars again with that type of chrome detail.

I Had a 62,3,4,5,6,7,8,9and 2 70 Impala conv's.  Most were SS.  The 64 Impala is a great car.  Back in the day that's all you saw on the road were Impala's.  My 66 SS conv was a 6 cyl!!
The 62 was my first car.  I Hot Rod ed it.

I remember those. I think the 65 only came in light blue?

[ACUDANUT]

We all started out with Chevy's but graduated to Mopars...I think some of YOU should sell your Mopars and go back to Chevy's, since you want to talk Chevy's and highjack this thread.

[Brock Samson]

 it's OK - They saw the light and now realize that MOPAR is a better Musclecar.
damn Johnny came latelys

[TK73]

Don't be hatin' on other American brands when you can bash on imports.  I Dig all the old cool iron.

Only way I'd own a new Dodge is if it was given to me... then, maybe

[1969chargerrtse]

Don't be hatin' on other American brands when you can bash on imports.  I Dig all the old cool iron.

Only way I'd own a new Dodge is if it was given to me... then, maybe

You tell em bro!  American pie. I love all the old iron and own a Mopar.

[Charger-Bodie]

I use mine way more now than when it wasnt done!!!

[1969chargerrtse]

You don't count. You have a Hemi Daytona. Nuff said. 
If you werent using it, you'd need to seek mental help. 

[moparstuart]

You don't count. You have a Hemi Daytona. Nuff said. 
If you werent using it, you'd need to seek mental help. 

he should anyway

[mauve66]

I have used mine less & less over the years.  I do take it out once in a while but since a few of my good car-show-buddies moved away, I have less an urge to go to a local cruise night.   Mostly take it to the larger shows & thats it.

I also attribute my laziness to the fact as well.....since I have a 1 car garage, detached behind my house and a 1 lane driveway, I now have to shuffle 3 other cars to get the Charger out.  Also sometimes the Mustang wins out because its car #3

I can understand that.  I plan on buyinmg another Honda Gold Wing this winter and when springs come around I'll use the charger here and there but when it comes to going for a fast cruise to visit a friend or grab a coffe the gold Wing will win.

absolutely not!!!!!!!!!  i like street bikes but would never pick a bike over my car (if it was running of course)

[bull]

I use mine way more now than when it wasnt done!!!

That's what I was asking earlier. Doesn't "using" it mean driving it? And if it's in pieces on the floor how can you drive it?

[1969chargerrtse]

I use mine way more now than when it wasnt done!!!

That's what I was asking earlier. Doesn't "using" it mean driving it? And if it's in pieces on the floor how can you drive it?

What I was talking about was a car in good shape as mine was while I was improving things on it. Now that it's done, I don't use it as much as I used to.
As for the bike comment. That comes from a guy with a Charger not on the road who uses his bike a lot. When the Charger is done and used for a few years, I'm betting it'll be easier and cheaper to jump on the bike for a quick ride than uncovering the Charger and going for a ride.

[mopar0166]

Mine is done for now, HAAHA!  but i think it will always be a work in progress.  its like wine