Morris Minor Owners Club

After reading here, it appears to me that many of you only take your beloved (cars that is!!) out in the good weather . .. .

I bought Millie with the intention of using her everyday . . . is this wrong? Is she just too old for all that malarky? Its her 40th in May .. .

please be nice to me

thaks

-wei

Minor's are perfectly capable of being used every day - I used my first Minor daily for 10 years. Just keep up regular maintenance and you shouldn't have too many problems. 40 isn't too old

bpr81a is used every day for the commute into Birmingham and back. As Lou says regular maintenance is the secret.

Whilst some people only bring their cars out on sunny days, some even trailering thiers to shows, there is no ruling that you can't use it everyday.
Whilst I do not have a moggy at this time, it is my intention to replace my current modern car with one and rest assured I will be using it daily and will even be using it for the long journeys to Portsmouth.

I assume you're referring to the car and not Jon Lou?

I use mine everyday come rian, hail or whatever. If you look after it and service it regualrly you wont have any (touch wood) problesm.

I could do with bit of "trailering" at the moment. Bit tired 8 to lunch yesterday........

stevey wrote: you wont have any (touch wood) problesm.

No, not with a saloon

she has many things wrong with her, I am taking her to a nice man to look at and hopefully make her better . . ..

it going to be an interesting time . .. . lol

-wei

No, not wrong all to use a Minor as an everyday car. As said above, regular maintainance is the key. I would say that this does not mean just mechanical maintainance. The big enemy of the Minor is rust, so for the visible panel work, keep the car clean and waxed, and deal with any leaks of water into the car. Even more importantly, make sure the structural underside is good. Remove old MOT patches and replace them with proper Minor repair panels, then when the car is sound. Rust proof it with a decent underbody wax on the underside and a good cavity wax in all the cavities (sills, a pillars, chassis legs etc, etc).

I used to use my traveller regularly for 12 years. But as said, maintainance has to be fastidious, as we are not running disposable modern cars here but durable classics, which if cared for properly can last indefinitely.

I live in the land of salt (and snow) and use my Traveller every day although I admit that this, her first winter with me, was not kind to her shiney bits but hopefully that will be corrected prior to the start of the next ice age (approximately Nov 1st). The more maintenance you do the better she will survive the winter. Just dont expect to drive her every day and then ignore her or she will go in the huff probably when you need her to start.

as people have said good basic maintanance is essential as is decent rustproofing.if you can do this you should not have any problems .if your winter driving then upgrade to a altinator and halogen headlights .

Mine gets used all the time as well so go for it and enjoy using the car for the purpose it was made!!

Not much to add to what everyone has said already but I have always found Minors fine for daily driving. Regular use keeps them running well, just make sure you keep on top of the greasing and plaster it with waxoyl or something similar to stop rusting. They are surprisingly fast.....

well i use mine everday, around 200 miles a week to work and back and its fine

if moggys where made for everyday use theirs no reason they cant still be used eveyday.

i use my when i can, when it rains it does fill up a bit though and when left out in the rain but im not to bothered

There are 4 people insured to drive my car and I have lent it to friends who have full comp on there own cars .

I've only just got my little MO, if the battery ever shows a full charge, and when the dynamo is swapped over tomorrow evening, I intend to take her to Charles Ware at Bristol or Tim Lang at Taunton for a realistic appraisal, but the intention is to use her everyday, because that's what Mr.Issigonis designed her for.

Iv got my 1st mog an she will travel everyday after iv used 4.7 miles of mig wire to sort her ;)