What do you drive?

[simpleman]

I drove a '96 F350 with that power stroke back 30 years ago or so! One bad truck! I cut concrete in it and it went anywhere with the 4 wheel drive. Tried to buy it when I left but they wouldn't!

Uhhh, a edit here. That should have said 20 years ago! Would have been hard to drive a 1996 in 1994, lol. Fingers are to big for my phones keypad!

 

[hashbrown]

I drive a 2022 gmc at4 the wife drives a Hellcat.

 

[simpleman]

I drive a 2022 gmc at4 the wife drives a Hellcat.View attachment 154465View attachment 154464

Wait, What! Where's the Dang Monza?
Cool Hellcat tho!

 

[hashbrown]

Wait, What! Where's the Dang Monza?
Cool Hellcat tho!

No Monza on our place!

 

[Tommyice]

Cherry red ‘05 GMC Envoy. Needs a little work—I have to use an app on my iPhone as a speedometer and the sensor for the gas needs replacement so I just get gas every 100 miles on the tripometer.

Best things about it are the 4 wheel drive and it’s paid for.

 

[hashbrown]

We have a couple of motorcycles also, I ride a 76 flh and my wife is posing with my rigid custom

 

[simpleman]

We have a couple of motorcycles also, I ride a 76 flh and my wife is posing with my rigid custom


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I had a 2000 Super Glide fitted with Screaming Eagle package. After my back surgeries it was difficult to ride and enjoy, but I sure do miss it and kick my butt for getting rid of it!

 

[Doreena]

My work/winter drive is a Subi Forester. No pictures, it is reliable but not exciting. My summer ride is a 2002 SE Miata.

 

[zoomzoom]

I guess what I drive depends on my want or need at a particular time.
We have several vehicles and choose what's appropriate. The Toyota's are what get used most often.

In our stable:
Silverado Crew Cab
Toyota RAV-4
Lexus RX-350
Mazda CX-9
Toyota Avalon
Toyota Camry
BMW 530i

 

[DrHenley]

2006 Tundra work truck (manual windows and door locks and manual bench seat), and 2004 Grand Marquis.

And occasionally my wife's 2008 4Runner Trail Premium.

 

[Plainflatlander]

My wife has a Sante Fe for her winter car and a 2015 mini cooper roadster for her summer car. I have a toyota regular cab 4x4 pickup for work, my wifes hand me down 2002 vw cabrio and my 1962 ford galaxie. And a 50cc scooter that I need to repair.

 

[d_marsh]

I heard on the radio today that the average person drives a car that's 12 years old. And that 2024 is the first time in history that the average was in the double digits. So its pretty clear the economy is doing really well...

 

[Tirediron]

I heard on the radio today that the average person drives a car that's 12 years old. And that 2024 is the first time in history that the average was in the double digits. So its pretty clear the economy is doing really well...

wow, that is interesting, I always used to wait 'til they were 10 years old because the price seemed to drop dramatically, they already had a scuff of 2. And the fact that replacing either of my duallies would cost more than I paid for fairly large chunks of land, not so long ago.

 

[DrHenley]

I heard on the radio today that the average person drives a car that's 12 years old. And that 2024 is the first time in history that the average was in the double digits. So its pretty clear the economy is doing really well...

Probably because a lot of people are driving Toyotas now. LOL Mine is 18 years old, my wife's is 16 years old. Both drive like new, hers still looks like new. She could sell it today for 10K more that what she paid for it. Mine has had a hard life.

 

[Mountain Dragon]

My daily ride is an 1997 Fiat Marea Weekend
It's an sample pic, mine is an black 1.6 / 16V. Bought it for 300$ 4 years ago after i sold my '89 Trans Am.
Then i still have an 1984 Buick Regal 2-door 305 V8 in the garage, i should bring it back on the street.

 

[dademoss]

Our cars are boring but reliable. I drive a 2018 Subaru Impreza Sport, Lori drives a 2010 Subaru Impreza Sport, or a 2005 Subaru Baja.

I also ride a 2009 Vespa GTI:

 

[Neb]

Ben

 

[simpleman]

My daily ride is an 1997 Fiat Marea WeekendView attachment 154619
It's an sample pic, mine is an black 1.6 / 16V. Bought it for 300$ 4 years ago after i sold my '89 Trans Am.
Then i still have an 1984 Buick Regal 2-door 305 V8 in the garage, i should bring it back on the street.

I had a 82 Regal with V-6, twin turbo, stage II heads, 3500 stall converter on a turbo 350 trans, which if you ask me, is a better racing trans than the turbo 400! Them were the days!

 

[Tirediron]

I had a 82 Regal with V-6, twin turbo, stage II heads, 3500 stall converter on a turbo 350 trans, which if you ask me, is a better racing trans than the turbo 400! Them were the days!

the thm 350 is a far more efficient transmission and right up to it's torque limit I would have to agree with you, especially since the th350 has much more information available to it than the th400. brute torque the 400 handles better.

 

[OldSchool]

Would you believe I drive golf balls with a 9 Iron?

On serious note: What I’m looking forward to driving again is an old F350 with 7.3 power stroke diesel.

 

[lonewolf]

my car is 2014, wife's is 2018, thats the newest cars we have ever owned, there are a lot of old cars being driven here.

 

[Haertig]

We buy cars and then hang on to them until they die. We've never had interest in owning the latest/greatest car (me specifically, the wife yearns for something newer though). So long as it's reliable and gets me where I want to go, I'm good with it. In the past we seemed to go through vehicles much more rapidly than now. We've got a couple, and only two of us drivers, so the miles have been spread across all of the cars and they haven't died yet, despite their age. Four of them are in the "120k to 130k miles on the odometer" range: 2007 Ford F150, 2006 Ford Escape, 2000 Ford Mustang, 1997 Ford E-150 van conversion. The 2009 Honda Accord has 45k miles on it. So our newest car is 15 years old! Wow, I didn't realize that until just now. Maybe we should consider buying something more modern. The wife always wants to buy new, not used, so we're probably talking a vehicle that will cost more than our house did when we bought it. That sucks.

 

[OldSchool]

The payments for new vehicles are reasonable enough. And the suckers buying them play a large part in keeping the economy active and as healthy as possible. Still… I bow out of playing that game.

 

[lonewolf]

we bought ours outright.
I loved my old car but we cant get the parts anymore.

 

[Hooch]

I have a 2005 chevy colorado 4x4 extended cab.
I blew the cam actuator at 162, 000 miles and it got me home..plus another 20 miles to n back from a local shop b4 I said screw these guys n drive it back home. I barely made it the last 10 miles but it did the job, about 50 miles on a engine that was done done done. From there I had it towed to the chevy dealership where they confirmed to me my engine was toast.
I chose to have a new engine put in it. Cheaper than a new truck and guaranteed for 3 years or 30,000 miles by chevy. 10 grand for a new engine or 50 grand to buy a new colorado comparable to mine..
That was 4 years ago and I just got over the 30,000 mile mark. I've put a few thousand buck of maintenance type stuff to it just this year but it drives great. I'll have this truck till it totally dies..
I bought my friends 2011 Subaru outback to commute to work n be the dog car last summer. However I've had it for a few years already. Long story but my friend left it to her dying mom who is my neighbor. When her momma died a few years ago my friend had this car n her personal items relocated to my house. She said I could use it as long as I paid insurance and kept it up untill she comes to get it n her stuff.
I ended up just buying it from her last summer since it is unlikely she will drive it back to where she is now. It's a great commuter, easy for the old dogs to get in n out of and being AWD..does pretty good on dreary mountain roads in winter.
And it has butt warmers...I love that in winter..
I've had a 1976 jeep..loved it!
I've had a dodge Dakota..POS truck..never again
I've had a kinda wildish but beautiful Appaloosa in my younger years and a equally beautiful great great Doc Bar granddaughter dun mare ..old school transportation but fun and reliable untill old age took them both.
I think I'm at the point that I want and need a new truck. Payments scare me..but I've a plan in motion.
When I retire I want to travel a bit. Go rockhounding, visit people I'd like to meet and see, states id like to see and wonder around a bit if we are still able to . I cant reliability do it with old vehicles ..so soonish I will get exactly the truck to do that job that i can enjoy for a bit. Then maybe I will get a half draft rescue to pull a wagon n go wonder up in the mountains on.
Well see..

 

[Haertig]

When you think about the cost to purchase a car, maintain it, license it, etc. - it's probably cheaper to just pay to have groceries and other things you need delivered, take an Uber everywhere you yourself need to go, and rent a nice new fancy car when you want to go on vacation - assuming you even know how to drive one. Some of the newer cars may defy the aging population's knowledge with all the self driving and other stuff built into them these days. Used to be you could pretty much hop into any car made and be able to drive it (back in the days when everybody knew how to drive a stick). Nowadays - I'll bet if I hopped into a Tesla, I wouldn't be able to go anywhere in it. I think those probably require specific instruction in how to operate them, don't they? Even my sisters car befuddled me at first. I'm looking for where you put in the key. What do you mean you don't turn a key to start it anymore (you push a button)? And you have to carry around this monstrous key fob so the car recognizes you (with no key on it, so why is it called a "key fob")? No, I don't think I'd know how to run a Tesla.

 

[old tex]

I'm going to throw this in here because it is car related. I took my Highlander to the dealership to have a recall fixed. No problem & 4 hours later it was ready. Understand here that I'm a big guy. So I got my key & got in & WTH? The seat was all the way back as in I didn't know that it went that far back. It was also lowered all the way. I felt like a midget in a big truck. How big was the person that did that, over 7 ft tall & 500 lbs? Does big foot work at the Toyota dealership? I was blown away. Also it took me 20 minutes of fiddling with the seat to get it back to the way I drive. I adjusted it 3 years ago when we got it & hadn't touched the controls since then & I forgot how they worked. Duh!

 

[Mountain trapper]

Back in 1987, when I lived on paved roads, I bought a new Camero IROC Z28. Loved that car.

 

[Hooch]

I'm going to throw this in here because it is car related. I took my Highlander to the dealership to have a recall fixed. No problem & 4 hours later it was ready. Understand here that I'm a big guy. So I got my key & got in & WTH? The seat was all the way back as in I didn't know that it went that far back. It was also lowered all the way. I felt like a midget in a big truck. How big was the person that did that, over 7 ft tall & 500 lbs? Does big foot work at the Toyota dealership? I was blown away. Also it took me 20 minutes of fiddling with the seat to get it back to the way I drive. I adjusted it 3 years ago when we got it & hadn't touched the controls since then & I forgot how they worked. Duh!

The Subaru has one of those fancy computer screens on the console and a small one on the upper dash. It is a model that has all the bells and whistles , plus a sun roof.
Anyways..I took it in once for a oil change and all the settings were different including the seats when I got back in.
I was pretty irritated. I had to figure out how to get stuff back...lost the odometer reading I had and the smaller screen on top took me a while to reset since I didnt know where the button was.
I now have a soda box over the big screen to block the light that it emits at night. I dont know how to dim it and I dont need all that fancy crap anyway.
I need a vehicle to ; start, get in gear, steer correctly and stop.
I dont need a back up camera, a million buttons to control everything. Ok I do like those butt warmers in winter ..I love those actually..but I think this car can make coffee n do my taxes probably with all the controls it has..
I think the vehicle industry has screwed themselves with how fancy they are now. All this extra crap in them has hiked up the prices so bad they are hard to afford to purchase or fix.
I get the better fuel efficiency aspect ..but I wish they still made the simple versions for folks like me who are not impressed or interested in learning how to pilot a 50,000 dollar new base model machine to go get groceries 10 miles down a road that has potholes so deep n wide it will turn your blinkers on if you hit one.

 

[teeceetx]

Just bought a new car last August. Would have loved a truck, but, I'm in Suburbia with no need for one. So I bought a 2023 Audi S6 to replace my 2017 Mustang GT. 444hp, AWD, ...