What do you drive? (Page 3)

Thanks for the picture.  Sweet ride.  Love 993's

This is what I just sold

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I drive a 2010 Wrangler Unlimited.  Even though the ride is better than the older two door models because of the longer and wider wheelbase, it's definitely still a truck.  The suspension is stiff.  The gas mileage isn't that bad by truck & SUV standards.  I get about 17-18 mpg around town, and 22+ on the highway.  I love mine.  Lots of space inside.  Decent towing capacity, 4wd for Pennsylvania winters, and convertible for spring, summer, and fall.

Mini Cooper convertible. With a trailer hitch and Thule platform bike rack.

Five kids, two dogs, umpteen bikes, fishing gear, hunting gear, kayaks, kids' instruments (daughter plays upright base!), tri-related ridonkulous amount of stuff, boats to tow, etc...

So, we have the land-yacht ('08 Sequoia) and it's tender ('06 Honda Pilot), pictured below.  The sequoia is fresh back from a hunting outing last night (not a single edible bird was flying, though).  We tend to buy things and use 'em up.

Not the most ecologically friendly, but on a per-seat-mile or per-ton-of-chit-hauled basis, these beat a Prius.  

The Better Half has been eyeballing a few old school two-door jeeps, so we might add a "fun" car (as in, maintenance HOG) to the fleet.  I figure it'll soften the blow when I bring up the idea of a new duck boat (boats are like bikes, with the n+1 or s-1 rule).

Occasionally also drive a plane, but have to rent those.

Matt

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We have three cars in the family:

2004 Ford F-150

2012 Toyota Venza

1998 Volvo S70

The Volvo is for my daughters to drive and only has 53,000 miles in mint condition. Wife drives the Venza. Good in winter, decent fuel economy, and roomy. I drive the F-150 and love, love it. Bought it new and its a great truck. Waiting for it to have serious issues so, I can justify buying a new one. The newer F-150s have a lot more technology, including the eco boost engine. I am running the standard 5.4L Triton. It may be rough going from a truck to a car unless you don't haul anything, drive on rough roads or in winter.  

BTW, love the pictures of the classic trucks.

That looks like a lot of fun!

Another reason for the Yukon XL was that I play music and have to haul my double bass (upright) and a full PA system for the shows.  I can sometimes make it work in the Jeep, but the passenger has to sit close to the dash because of the double bass. 

I am currently in a 2002 Jeep Wrangler. I bought it new and took two daughters through softball while coaching them (lots of gear). I now have a bike rack hanging off the spare tire. I can put the top and rear seat down and haul way more then you would think. Cool factor? I keep putting on bigger tires and it keeps getting cooler. It will eventually be replaced with the 4 door version, but not until I have another 100,000 miles on it. And grandkids to load in it 

We have two 2013 VW TDI  Sportwagens   

One is black with black tinted windows(manual trans)   The other is silver (auto trans) just like this pic  including the bike rack!!

The manual gets 42 MPG diesel

Auto trans is 39 MPG also diesel.    We love them!!!

I'm driving a '97 Honda Civic and am the fifth owner.  When first bought, it needed just $250 of work and it hasn't had a problem since. 161,000 miles on it but it still runs like a champ and is extremely cheap on gas.  When just about empty, it costs about $30 to fill up.

Also, I take the front wheel off my bike, put the back seats down, and it fits in perfectly when on its side.  I could use a bike rack, too, but I prefer this method.

Has a couple of dents in it from previous owners but hey, it runs and does everything I could possibly need as a 16 year old.  Not too sure if it would make it for a 100mile + drive but for getting around town it does me fine.

I dare you to get the diesel! I would love to be in the place where I could afford one.   Well, I probably could... but then I could only afford an old Lincoln station wagon with a tail-gunner seat for the wife and kids.   Probably not a smart move.

Sweet ride! My wife is set on a Volvo XC60 for when she is ready to give up the convertible and have kids. But I sure like the idea of a TDi getting awesome mileage. Any maintenance issues with yours yet or are they too new to really have any problems yet?

Dude, that was you on the Schuylkill??? Way to cut that guy off....