My 3p.
Personally a car is meant to be driven what ever age... now if you are going to take the wheels off every time you drive it to clean the wheel cylinders and then get a tooth brush stuck up your exhaust pipe to clean out the burnt carbon, so be it, its your choice but to me a waste of time. I would rather be driving!
So I dont personally like concours. Ie trailored to just outside of meets and then driven the last 200 yards... oh yes Mr Judge I drove it to the show... big fat dangly bits to that I say.
A car is a mobile piece of art and comes in different shapes and sizes to match everyones taste, so even a Hillman Hunter can be appreciated (local guy has one, its so polished in places the paint has been polished through to the primer)BUT it has to be used. Stone chips are a mark of honour, the odd ding in the door means yes I take it to the local supermarket (although I would kill the b**tard who did it) the scuff mark in the leather, yes I did use it in the rain and caught my brollie on the seat as I shoved it in the back.
Each mark means something to me,a memory of my life with my car. If it were pristine and concours it would be sterile, lifeless and cold.
bring on the patina, and if that means driving 75mph in a 1935 Triumph Gloria with the car freek next to me saying you cant do that its too fast for the old girl, I do it and increase the speed to 80 (that was too fast it made the rear view mirror fall off.
My opinion use it, it ceases being a car if you dont.
