Daily Driver Triumph Stag

[Jderh]

My uncle is seriously looking into doing this, but is slightly worried about it. Is there anyone out there doing the same?? What could potentially go wrong?? What are the best and worst points??

Please tell!

[Jderh]

Shameless bump

Edited by Jderh on Sunday 6th May 09:27

[niva441]

As long as it's serviced and the levels are regularly checked I don't think there are any problems. All of the Stag design features have known cures now and most cars have been sorted. One of the classic mags ran a feature on it a couple of months ago, which I may have scanned. I'll see if I can find it and let you know.

[Jderh]

niva441 said:

As long as it's serviced and the levels are regularly checked I don't think there are any problems. All of the Stag design features have known cures now and most cars have been sorted. One of the classic mags ran a feature on it a couple of months ago, which I may have scanned. I'll see if I can find it and let you know.

Thanks, that would be really helpful.

[plasticpig]

The one thing that would worry me is corrosion. I would get it professionaly waxoyled (or whtever is recommended) and make sure they inject between the inner and outer skins.

[Sporting Bear]

I've had six classic cars as daily drivers putting many thousands of miles on each over the last 15 years so I have actual hands-on, wallet squashing experience of the subject

From bitter VERY expensive personal experience of my latest everyday driver (a Triumph GT6) I can tell you:-

a) spending a LOT more at the at the start will save you a small fortune later (believe me!)

b) pay a lot more than you expected/wanted to for a good one

c) look at as many good examples as you can

d) when you find a couple of good ones you definitely want get them inspected by a specialist expert to report on them (more money well spent)

e) take more advice from Stag owners who actual use them everyday (that'll be very few) and not so much from owners who never use them or only take them to shows

f) a lot of reproduction parts are abysmal, no really abysmal

g) I'm sure I read at least one PH owner who has a daily driver (?)

ETA :-
h) DO NOT necessarily trust all specialist repaiers (learn by my mistakes it's less expensive for your uncle)

Edited by Sporting Bear on Sunday 6th May 14:59

[wadgebeast]

I run an MG B as a daily driver (70 miles per day, mixed A/B roads, 20 miles on dual carriageway and I'd say the car responds better than it did when I didn't use it daily! It starts better, drives better and goes better.

Stag's have a tendency to overheat, depending on which engine is in. A lot of them have been converted to Rover V8s which don't overheat anything like as easily.

After that, I'd waxoyl it to try and keep the rust at bay for a little longer.

Your uncle shouldn't have too much to fear.

[Sporting Bear]

The subject has been done to death on PH already - Stags by now do not overheat that should have been sorted, if not don't buy that one

I do agree with you that if used frequently the cars drive better I always bang on about this

Laid up for winter - not in the Midlands we don't really get winters now - one half day of snow this winter and not that many days when the gritter was out

Edited by Sporting Bear on Monday 7th May 13:24