Daily Drivers..... ?
 

So, how many folks out there are using their 8 as their regular commute? I was poddling from Harrogate to Birmingham this morning looking at the dreary line of identical looking rep mobiles clogging up the outside lane and wondered how many other 8'ers out there were in their motors travelling to work at the same time..??

I'll start +++

So, although I dont commute very often and usually work from home, when I do have to go on business, my 8 is my main car. Its a 2000 4.2 Quattro sport which I've had this one 9 months now, and will go over 10,000 miles driving in it on the journey home....

So who else relies on their 8 for work ?

I used to, but couldn't stand abusing my S8 on my 6 mile commute over potholed roads, I now use my second car for that, a W124 E320 coupe. The Merc has nice big bouncy 65 profile tyres, not 35 profile liquorice strips, so is much better suited to the journey, and it looks good to. The S8 now gets used for my longer journeys, 1+ hour trips.

I use mine for my Daily. Do roughly 40+ Miles aday. 4 School runs, 4 Playgroup run, plus work. Only problem is, where we live its narrow lanes. People seem to like to drive to fast down them and drive in the centre of road:tuttut:
Steve's cars are the ones that sitin the barn and garages:tuttut:.

Im not into the cars that arnt used or are trailered everywhere. Sorry

used to,

now i have a vw denzel van, its slow noisy and does about 5000mpg so ideal for my 3.5 mile commute :)

true to my style its lowered and subtly modded and of course cleaned regularly :p

Daily 6.5miles commute when working days is a Dolan 18 speed part carbon,aluminum race push bike.Mainly due to keeping some levels of fitness,but also due to the traffic, :mad:
But when working nights,no traffic issues,either in or out of work,then its off to work with a smile in the S8,:D

I need to do 360 miles a month for work, so about a tank of V Power at £100+ and at 16-20MPG. Its a 25-30 minute commute each way. I don't mind paying the extra costs associated with a 4.2 V8 over say a diesel Golf as I look so forward to the drive home and like glancing over at it in the car park whenever I can. :rolleyes:
The only thing that made me think twice about depending on it as my daily was today as I have been put to some inconvenience arranging to get to/fro work whilst the fuel pump is replaced.
Fingers crossed now the gearbox and fuel pump are sorted it won't let me down again, otherwise I will have to pick up a daily of some sort. Even if that did let me down, any old backstreet garage could sort it using a 20p part from GSF. The S8 has to go to Ben on the back of a flatbed (Not a normal AA truck!) then have to wait 3-5 days as my Audi OEM parts arrive from Germany. Still, I have had so many compliments from people at work about it!
Btw it costs both my sisters in four pot diesels just under £30 to do 360 miles compared to my £100+

I use mine every day for 10 mile commute to work in the lake district......but also at least once a month i am down to london or milton keynes or over to leeds/ newcastle to see family and friends and it is just a pleasure to do these trips in the 8.......

did home to wembley and back with 5 adults (3 over 6ft ) and luggage in the car on a single tank of fuel.......and i wasn't hanging around :) especially on the M6 toll

It's a 2004 4.0 tdi Quattro with 75,000 on the clock

My '8 is my normal everyday car, it gets the work commute, the supermarket commute, the "lets go to the movies and have a meal after" commute, the "can i have a lift please" commute and if I'm really lucky, the day trip in the sunshine commute :D

The missus gets to use the '8' as her daily driver doing a 50 mile round trip to work four days a week.

I have a company car (2010 Insignia), so I think she has definitely got the better deal :-(.

Car is also used for showing off and demolishing Chavs in Corsas and Clios :D.