Would you daily drive an early A?

I drove a 65 Valiant beater for 7 years and drove it all year around. When I bought it for $600 it was sitting in a field for 5 years did some floor work, threw blankets over the seats, new fuel & brake lines, fuel pump & tank, carb, and a basic brake job and tune up. Only let me down once, water pump, still drove fine when I sold it. Funny I'd get **** by people for driving in the winter but I point out that they were driving a $30,000-50,000 car and I was driving $1000 beater.