what would u do 4 long commute

[///M Compact]

I drive around 600 miles per week and have 47K on my 8.5 MS3 and just cant imagine spending the money to buy something else just for a DD. It's not like this car is some $70k car you want to keep the miles off and value on. It's an fun as hell to drive econobox with a turbo thats the end of it... just my 2 cents

I agree; I have 61K on my 2007 MS3. I get @28K out of a set of PZero all seasons and I replaced the front pads/rotors at 60K. Heck, If I had an R8 or M6 I'd drive it every day as well...

 

[MS3inDC]

15.9 miles from home to work. I work a 4 Day week, so thats roughly just 6600 miles a year on the commute. I drive everywhere so I will probably put 7-8k a year on it just being social. Only had it since March, and I bought it with 24k on it.

 

[buttons]

ms3 is for driving, not a garage queen.

This is the best reply so far. The speed3 was designed to be an excellent daily driver. its fun to drive, its economical to drive. you dont need a 2nd car to drive to work.

sure some cars get better gas mileage but do you want to drive them? Whatever you save in gas you will lose on insurance, inspections, repairs, and cost to buy.

I see guys justifying a motorcycle to their wives because they get 50mpg.. they are like "BUT HONEY ILL save like $500 a month on gas because my Silverado 1500 is like Super GAS HOG" So they spend $9,000 on a motorcycle and then they are like "well i cant ride it 9 months a year because its like cold out and raining -- i cant bring items with me, so it just sits in the garage" So instead of saving them $500 a month in gas -- it saves them $50 in gas and costs them $200 a month payment and $50+ a month insurance...

I have a motorcycle but i ride 4+ days a week rain or shine. in my case it wasnt to save gas, but because i didnt want to fix my clunker car.

I also dont understand why people get new tires on their MS3/MS6 all the time. i bought my car with 14,900 miles and ive only replaced the tires once because i had nails going through the sidewall -- it wasnt fixable around 40,000. I have 61,000 now and they still got plenty of tread on them. rotate your tires, make sure you have alignment is good... they should last 20-30k miles.

 

[mortimersnerd]

I'm currently putting about 25k/year on my ms3. This car is a great DD, and whoever told you they eat tires is an idiot. Just drive the ms3. If it were a Porsche or something weird/rare, I could see buying a commuter. Like a Mazdaspeed3.

Re: your motor mount, I'm doing the exact same math right now, as I'm planning to pick up a CP-E mount in short order. I'm going with the 60 durometer because I spend so much time in the car and we have hot summers here in CO. I wouldn't put a hard mount in like the one you've got for anything.

 

[Mybeauner]

driving about 50 miles one way, 5 days a week. So about 500 miles a week if I'm only going to and from work (not likely). I got it in August of 08 and have put 37.5K on it already! Love the DD