What Do You Drive?

[DaFABRICATA]

Safety1st......Thats one of the coolest patrol cars I'll seen!!
Good luck trying to get away from you!!

Turbo-All wheel drive?


Nice WOOFER BOX in the A6!!!

 

[saltytri]

Only on nice days!

 

[Shreknow91]

Nice WOOFER BOX in the A6!!!

DO you mean Subwoofer or Dog? Cause I'm pretty sure thats for his Pup...

 

[DaFABRICATA]

DO you mean Subwoofer or Dog? Cause I'm pretty sure thats for his Pup...

Yes, I know.
That why the WOOFER BOX is in CAPS...





saltytri......BEAUTIFUL!!!!

All Polished Hand-Crafted Aluminum Body?
Swear I've seen that car before!!:welcome:

 

[saltytri]

saltytri......BEAUTIFUL!!!!

All Polished Hand-Crafted Aluminum Body?

Yes. It's a fake but a good fake.

 

[TKC]

I drive a 2006 Toyota Tundra, Double Cab, 4x4,Limited,with TRD off road packed. The headlights and fogs are now all HIDS. I have a Gaylord's X-2000 hard tonneau cover, w/ remote release, and 4 additional power ports hard wired in. IT is Spectra Blue Mica. I LOVE my truck!!

 

[georges80]

When I get 'permission' to drive it from my wife

80 series cruiser with 'stuff'

cheers,
george.

 

[Hooked on Fenix]

2009 Toyota Corolla. Headlights have light sensors so they adjust from daytime running lights to low beams automatically when it gets dark. Interior lights stay on 30 seconds after shutting the doors to allow time to put on seatbelt and put key in the ignition. Back seats fold down to allow cab space to be used for big things in the trunk. Great for campouts when I bring a lot of stuff and would otherwise need a truck. It gets 35 mpg on average. I have gotten 42 mpg on a 500+ mile stretch to and from the Sierra Nevadas. Gas mileage is about the same as a Prius at night with it's lights on. Has no expensive battery or other parts to maintain or replace. Isn't made to fail after about 100,000 miles like a hybrid. With great gas mileage, no premium price for being a hybrid, and being made to last unlike a hybrid I can use the savings from gas and early replacement on lights.

I like hybrids, but my dad had one. I know the quirks and problems that make them not worth it. The battery expires in 80,000-100,000 miles. In extreme heat, the car shuts off and won't start back up because of battery overheating or charging outside of operating temperatures. This happened to my sister on her wedding day. My dad and I had to drive out and pick her up. The premium price of a hybrid over my Corolla doesn't save enough in gas during the lifetime of the vehicle to justify the cost. Hybrids have to be maintained at authorized dealers. Many machanics aren't qualified to work on them. If the car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, it's hard and expensive to get it somewhere where it can be fixed. Hybrids don't work well in cold climates either. At any locality that requires daytime running lights (like Canada), a hybrid won't get any better gas mileage than a new regular car, but it will fail sooner.

I think I made the right choice buying a Corolla instead of a hybrid. With all my night travelling to go night hiking and trips to the middle of nowhere to go backpacking, a hybrid would save me little in gas money and isn't worth the risk if it breaks down far from home.

 

[schiesz]

Thats a great cruiser. Love the snorkel.

I'd really love to have an old FJ but for now the Honda gets me by.

 

[Toohotruk]

Nice Cobra repro...what engine you running in it?

 

[cree_buyer]

ahh... my smiley drives this...

 

[donn_]

For surf fishing only, a 1980 E250/Quigley Conversion:

For everthing else, a 1986 F250 Lariat Diesel:

For small waters, a 16' Sturdee Amesbury Skiff:

For large waters, a 1955 Eldridge-McInnis, twin diesel, mahogany on oak sedan cruiser:

 

[saltytri]

Nice Cobra repro...what engine you running in it?

302 stroked to 331. 4 barrel Holley, of course, with electronic ignition. 450Hp, 420 lb/ft at the flywheel . It's a driver not a garage queen so I prefer the small block because it is so much better balanced than a big block.

 

[LEDcandle]

Ya rite...... I wish


'07 WRX STI Limited :-

I see a couple o' scooby bros here :wave:

 

[stangliter04]

 

[PCC]

'08 VW R32 just over 10K on mileage, 18/23 on mpg

Mayo

:envy:

I have its 5-cyl little brother, an '07 Wabbit

I'm driving my first ever expensive, exotic car. It's a 2006 VW Touareg V10 TDI. For those not familiar with VW that's a TEN cylinder Diesel engine! It's got every gizmo imaginable. However, I miss my sporty car so I'm selling this and looking for a used C6 series Corvette and an older Lexus LS430 (to fill the gap the 2 seat Vette creates).

I have a 2003 VW Jetta wagon TDI (diesel) recently turned 73,000 miles with a life time of 55.53 mpg. Sometimes I drive for mileage and get in the mid 60's or drive "normal" and get mid 50's or pull a 2 ton trailer and get mid 40's. Usually I drive normal.

Wow, not too many VW owners here, and of the few I've found only two (probably one by now) TDIs. Yes, I saw that Audi A6 TDI but I'm talking about VWs here . Sorry if I missed anyone here.

I've owned A1, A2, A3, and, now, A5 VW chassis cars. The A1s were a pair of Mk I Sciroccos ('77 and '81 S), the A2 an '88 Jetta sedan, the A3 a '98 Jetta TDI, and the A5 a '06 Jetta GLI. I was one of the early members of Fred's TDI forums. My TDI was modified with larger injectors, chip, and a few other tweaks that made that car a lot of fun and still returned over 40 MPG of spirited driving. After I wrecked it on a rainy day I was forced to buy a GLI because my wife was convinced that diesels were high performance vehicles and she wanted to slow me down with a 200 horsepower turbocharged gasser! Little does she know...

Her vehicle is a '00 Toyota Sienna that has gotten 24MPG on a long highway drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles. My GLI has returned 36MPG on a drive from San Francisco to Donner Summit and back (200 miles round trip, I think). Same drive in my TDI would return over 50MPG! Average for the van is more like 20 MPG and the GLI is about 25.

Yeah, it is a lot of fun to drive. It only has a modest amount of power, but since it weighs less than 2100 lbs, it scoots along rather nicely and handles like a dream.

An ex-coworker of mine has a second generation Miata, too. He bought a Lotus Elise when they first hit the market. When I asked him about the Miata he told me that it was a blast to drive and that he would never sell it. After getting the Elise, though, he described the handling of the Miata as "like driving a Cadillac!" compared to it.

 

[alaskawolf]

northern most MX5

over the past few months i have been sick , i was bed ridden, sent to the hospital over a dozen times. i racked up an insane medical bill and had to sell off all my cars to try to pay for some of the bills

i was fortunate to have a good friend who gave me the mazda so that i would be able to get around town now that im able to drive again

 

[TONY M]

northern most MX5

over the past few months i have been sick , i was bed ridden, sent to the hospital over a dozen times. i racked up an insane medical bill and had to sell off all my cars to try to pay for some of the bills

i was fortunate to have a good friend who gave me the mazda so that i would be able to get around town now that im able to drive again

The MX-5 looks like a fish out of water at that latitude!

Thats too bad to hear about your health issues, I hope you keep well.

 

[addictedmatt]

05 Subaru Legacy GT

 

[Novaflash]

Year round commuter. Also has great entertainment value.