Mine's not a daily driver, but she does get used all year round, rain or shine. Parked outside all the time as I have no garage. There's a massive lime tree outside the house so when she's uncovered she gets covered in sticky stuff, and full of leaves and seed pods. I'm forever having to pull them out of all the nooks and crannies. I do clean her a couple of times a year, but I'm a great believer that life is too short for cleaning cars.
Tend to put the hood up around November time and leave it up until Feb. I do occasionally miss some lovely sunny days, but the four seater hood is such a faff to put up and store that I'm happy to get my fill during the summer. Having the hood on stops the rain pooling on the rear and stretching the tonneau cover. I do not like getting wet, too many years of all weather biking. She is a bit boomy with the lid on, but I just turn the stereo up a bit louder. I've fitted heated seats and a decent heater so she's nice and warm, and this year I'll also remove the aero screens over winter (the aeros mean you get three surfaces to demist with a rag!) and wire in the 'classic' electric demister element to see if it's any good. My new windscreen wiper mods mean I have 'modern' control over them which makes driving easier. Wish I had modern control over the drips. I do stick some rubber door seals over the windscreen sides which helps, and have fitted some thumb screws into the side screens so I can lock the windows shut (they used to rattle open on a journey).
On the subject of MG's, I'll have finally paid off the Mog early next year, and my 2002 Corsa is coming to the end of it's natural life (and is a bit boring) so I'm going to replace it with an MGB GT. You can pick one up for about £4K and although the economy is not so good, I'll save £300+ on no tax and cheaper insurance. I also have all the kit to keep her maintained easily and parts are readily available (and a fraction of Mog prices). Being the GT it'll be better for winter driving and still have some carrying space in the back for bike parts and tip runs!
