Daily driver here as well. Rain, snow sleet, ect. She takes just as much abuse as the postman. In fact she's street parked in Chicago...No garage. Her only relief is at work when she gets the whole top 4 floors of the parking structure to herself. One of the only benefits to working every weekend night. She's been somewhat reliable to me. Only down for a turbo upgrade and busted radiator that I caused by not tightening the hot pipe.
My job requires I have a reliable car. I'm an ER Nurse and we are the closest Hospital to Midway Airport. If they have an emergency everyone HAS to come in and my car won't start isn't an exceptable excuse.
BTW I'm running snow tires on black steelies as well. Best mod I could have done, considering all the snow we've seen the winter