To daily drive, or not....

I would be perfectly happy daily driving a 318 Abody in completely stock form.

The ONLY updates that I believe are necessary would be upgraded LED tail lights (with the proper style emitters), and modern rubber.

That said, I wouldn't do it for several depressing reasons.

First, they're dangerous. No airbags, no modern crash tech, hokey seat belts, no ABS, etc. Do we need those things? No but as soon as someone you care about is riding with you, it matters a lot more.

Second, they're starting to become irreplaceable and to just burn them up in traffic, wreck the metal in the rain and snow, leave them in parking lots to get dinged/dented/stolen...yikes. I would never get a good night of sleep.

Third, and this one is going to be unpopular, they're HORRIBLE for the environment. I see little harm in keeping a car like this for weekend driving, etc. It's a whole different thing when we're talking about 12,000+ miles per year.

Finally, the constant, impending doom that comes along with any kind of an accident would suck the fun out of it. Unless you have a special insurance policy, you'll never be covered enough to fix or replace (if that's even possible) one of these cars. The policies that would provide adequate coverage almost always have a clause that bans you from commuting to work/daily driving chores.