Just wondering how often walkinshaw owners take your cars out. im taking ownership of my first walky in about 4 weeks and im just going to be so tempted to fire her up every day no doubt. its going to be hard not to drive her. so do yas drive em for special occasions, or only when its sunny or???

i ended up using #149 as a daily driver back in 1999, 2000. put about 25000km on it from 1999 to 2002 when I sold it. I bought #001 in 2002. I have since covered roughly 4000km since purchancing it. Over half of that was driving it home from brisbane in the first week of ownership. It hasnt seen much driving since.

currently restoring mine, so wont be on the road for ~12months

I bought mine to use as a daily driver in 2001, but I was always really paranoid about theft, vandalism and shopping trolly scrapes. So for a few years it shared daily driver duties with a beat up FX Holden that I also own. About a year ago I did the right thing and bought a VZ ute as the daily driver, so now the Walky leads a pampered life and I usually take it out for a long cruise to enjoy it each weekend. By the way, BlownHSV - I've seen a Walky living in Kelso (I won't name the street). Is that yours?

yeah ill try and limit the use..??

its yours to enjoy though mate, so remember to enjoy it.

Depends on the kays i think.If its low kays then limit the driving.Higher kays it wont matter as long as you look after it.

yeah you are right blownhsv, it is to be really enjoyed. she has 109,000 on the clock, but i still want to treat her like a low kay car. your walky sounds like she has the good life fenderslash..

Quote: Originally Posted by KIRRA yeah you are right blownhsv, it is to be really enjoyed. she has 109,000 on the clock, but i still want to treat her like a low kay car. your walky sounds like she has the good life fenderslash.. 109,000km is still low km for a car of this age. Just most ppl only think of low km as being ultra low. thats still under 7000km a year average. nice.

thanks mate, yeah im very happy. its coming from brisbane to perth by rail in a sea container. its #553. VLSSGRPA is selling her and i know the car since about 38,000kms. he was 19 when he got her and has treated the car so very well. i was with him when he picked her up. memories ay

Mine has averaged 444 klm a year.That must have been hard for the previose owner.

Yeah that wouldve been hard.

Hello i've owned my Walky since 1997 and only use it mostly on weekends(weather permitting)