I drive mine every day, to work even ( and I get pretty grungy at work! ). Now if the wheater is going to be really nasty, or there's some srt of event that might bring out the stupid drivers (like the circus that the mall owners just had to set up in OUR parking lot), then I drive my 4x4 Blazer. But otherwise, the '55 is the daily driver, stock brakes, steering and all.