Do we really need 300kw/500nm+ for a daily driver?

Hi,

Most of us have our LS1/LS2/LS3 with outputs of over 300kw at motor and over 500nm torque. Pretty commonplace on here. Many of us also use these cars as daily drivers.

Do we really need such power/torque as a daily driver? Isnt it complete overkill? Like using a powerdrill to brush your teeth. Sure some of us race at proper dragstrips or attend track on occassion but for the majority of our commutes, its on the way to work, shops, gym etc.

Please descirbe your overkill ride for daily commute duties?

-Mine is a VT2 LS1 with extractors/exhaust/cats, intake and mafless tuned. I think overkill for daily duties. But I have a supercharged V8 for the weekend cruise :bounce:

yes, if you can swing the gas

just like old times....

why the hell not i say...

remember back in the day driving to/from work, gym, shops etc.. seeing a nice hotted up street car, those were the days :)

good times IMO

Have my Astra as a daily driver since we traded our old SS in last year, and while the Astra is great on fuel and perfect for a daily I miss driving my V8 my next daily is going to be something with more grunt for sure.

Having owned an SS, XR6T and WRX all modded for much higher then stock power levels, all used for daily driving predominately highway driving.. Just having that punch to overtake.. I cringe when I commute in the wife's new captiva.

My daily driver is a supercharged 400rwkw+ still gets me around 14-15l/100 around town, plus work pays for my fuel so overkill away :lol: :lol:

Low 11 second, full weight blown VY GTS here... I don't work in the city so it only gets driven every second week I'm home - but I do drive it everyday when I'm here.

I've been doing some training in the city the last couple of weeks and will chew thru 2 tanks of fuel a week with the peak hour crawl (I'm only 18kms from the city). There's no way I could afford to run it everyday on the average Perth wage so it is definitely overkill IMO. Not needed for the purpose of the daily commute but it's still cool to be able to rock up at the track, change a pair of tyres and reel off some good times!

If I was to buy a daily, it would still be a V8.

VX LS1 with extractors/exhaust/cats, OTRCAI, mafless tuned and 4.11 diff. Love driving it as my daily. Fuel is always going to be expensive.

My wife has a corolla 6 speed manual, averages between mid 6's to very low 7L/100km (long term average). Boring to drive.

Give me a V8 any day.

QldKev

i only have a bolt on L76 VZ but I use it as my daily drive, and enjoy it, every single day. I've always driven modified cars daily though, most of my commute is highway cruising, so it's great for fuel consumption compared to the Skyline I had previously!

I can see the benefit in having both a boring daily and wild weekend car, however it's quite a bit more expensive than having one moderate car (at least from what I have seen).

Driving style and attitude is more of an issue than power (unless you're making that much power that you're struggling to maintain traction or can't manoeuvre around car parks etc.

yep just sold my V8 100 series cruiser and bought a VY SS Crewman, 5.7, LS2 heads, big cam, OTR, full exhaust, manual, love it as my everyday car :), soon to have 4.11's fitted to make it drive better and make 6th usable.

then the blown clubby 425rwkw for a afternoon/weekend car :D:D:D

of course it is!

I got the mrs a Redline Wagon for her daily commute of 8km's in 50kmh zones...

but we live awy from family so most weekends its a intercontinental ballistic missile criss crossing the state where she shines and never stops putting a smile on my face!

Need no. Want yes

Overkill? No such thing if in the car modding world. That would imply that we were sensible, and spent $$$ with our brains and not our hearts/ego's. Lol.
Cammed L98, 3500 stalled, 3.9's daily (Stato),
Blown iron 402 weekender (cv8),
Modded WRX (wife's daily).

My wife's old 98 sonata used to serve as a daily, and could get us where we were going at the relevant speed limit, but boring as batsh!t.

need... subjectively... yes :)

400 hp that's docile and 10-11 litre per hundred kays on the highway , the stuff we use to dream of 20 years ago .

need it like a kid needs chocolate ..........