What do you all drive?

2001 Pontiac Benneville SSEI 75,000.... 3.8 V-6 supercharged...Nice car leather seats and all the fun gadgets. Going to sell her off next year and get a larger SUV that supports the family better. Plus I need somthing that can pull my new fishing boat I will be buying the same time next year "21" Ranger double axle trailer and a 225 Mercury outboard right dear ?" hehe we will have to wait and see.

2005 Subaru Impreza RS 5 speed manual with 25,000 miles on it. I love the AWD in the winter here! Also have a 1987 Chevy PU for hauling things.

btw - in case you are wondering, i don't have the Subie tricked out....

Good luck with the boat JimShady!:haha:

a 1971 Dodge Demon, or at least I will be in a couple of months. We are putting a 318 in to start with, once he knows I can drive good, and start drag racing some, were gonna put in a 360.

My dad is fixing up/restoring a 1968 Plymouth VIP that is actually a very nice car. It has a lot of surface rust, and a not much body work needed. Still has all of the chrome, too. If you wanna look at em, look at my gallery on here :).

I got a Skyline GTR 34, 2002. Dad got it for me after my freshman year of college. Everything is pretty much stock, but its 360HP, enough for my blood.

I got this from my dad (it was his old car): a Black 1993 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3 with black leather (half leather, half something else 0.o ). The pic below is a green version of my car :D !

http://images.consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/autoreview/400x266/1990-93-Mercedes-Benz-190-93603191990001.jpg

I own a 1996 VW Jetta that I'm about to sell, I also drive a 2004 VW Golf.
This is an old thread...

I currently drive three different cars though two of them I share with my family: the same 2004 VW Golf, I've also got a 2003 BMW 318i, and a 2006 BMW 330i (this one is all mine) :slurp:

I drive a 2003 Lincoln Town Car with 70,000 miles
The wife drives a 2005 Mercury Monterrey minivan with about 30,000 miles

These are the fifth and sixth vehicles that I have bought from the same Lincoln Mercury dealer over the past twenty years; no frequent buyer discounts to date, however...

A 1988 Mazda B2200. It's blue.

I may buy a 1999-ish Audi A4 when I turn 18 though. Or an Infiniti I30. Or an Acura 3.0TL/CL. Haven't made the choice yet, since I have another year and two months.

I ended up buying a 1999 Ford Crown Vic - retired police car. Big plans for the stereo.

That's actually pretty cool, cfitzarl! :)

I drive a 2001 Jeep Cherokee (but only on my property, since I'm not 16 yet. :D )

My brother has a cool lifted Chevy Colorado.

I have a 2000 Honda Cr-v

I drive about 155 average with the odd good one at 180. Of course, I only use a Wilson 3 wood circa 1998 slightly oversized so it may make a diference.


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Umm, yeah, I wish I had a Bugatti Veyron... I'm only 14. Let's hope my programming habit turns into well-paying career :D

My daily driver is a 1984 Toyota pickup truck with 257,000 miles.

Diesel engine?

Toyotas are cool.

Damn, that beats mine mailpup, at 193,702 right now (just changed the oil tonight).

I got you both beat! Before buying my Ranger a few years back. I had a '90 Nissan pickup. I sold it in 2001. It had 336,000 miles on it!

2000 Honda S2000 Silverstone metallic

it has the highest output per liter of a naturally aspirated inline or V-configuration motor, 120 HP/Liter....higher than Ferrari's and Lamborghini's...it is sooo fun, especially when revving to 9,000+ RPM

120 hp per liter?!? Isnt that a V6?

That's actually pretty cool, cfitzarl! :)

I drive a 2001 Jeep Cherokee (but only on my property, since I'm not 16 yet. :D )

My brother has a cool lifted Chevy Colorado.

Thanks KittyCat :D !
Trust me, before you know it, you'll be getting your permit ;) .

I have a quarter-mile lane to practice on. So going to get the paper, which is delivered at the other end of the lane, is pretty cool. :D

halo71, NO, it is just a "little 'ol 4-banger" hehe

2003 Ford Ranger XLT EDGE with flex fuel. I try to burn corn samplins' so I don't support Arab oil.

Although I haven't yet driven my car because I need to replace the gasket cover on it; so right now it burns oil :( . I think it will get okay gas mileage though. Tedster, how much gas mileage do you get with that :suspiciou ?

kitty500cat, mine is a 2.4 L, 4 cylinder gasoline engine with 5 speed stick shift.

Oh on gas I get about 18mpg in the city
on corn samplin's I get about 15 mpg in the city
I think it's more actually for both, but i haven't driven my vehicle in almost a year. I've been deployed.

ancient mercedes estate

I recently traded my 2004 Dodge Dakota (quad cab, SLT, 4.7L V8 Automatic 4x4) for a 2007 Ford Fusion (mid-size sedan, SE, 2.3L I4 Manual FWD).

this car was not my first choice, but it was a good combination of looks, price, features, and fuel economy. I have gone from 13~14MPG highway with my Dakota to 31~33MPG highway with my Fusion. and it's fun to drive too ;)

TREE HUGGERS REJOICE!!

BTW, check out my new car PC (http://www.techspot.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2221&cat=500). i'm almost finished installing everything into my new fusion ;)

A 1996 Nissan 240sx SE is my weapon of choice. To whomever sends me an SR20DET motor free of charge: I will declare you the undisputed master of all that is cool!

I have a BMW 318 and a Vauxhall Corsa. I'm getting rid of the BMW as it's crap. It's a saloon and not very practical. The boot is a funny shape so you can't get anything bulky in it and the back seats don't go down in a saloon. The Corsa is ace though. 1.2 16 valve, it has got some kick to it, plus you can get all sorts of crap in the back (and the seats go down!!!). Added bonus that when you park it in Tesco car park or on a road you don't worry somebody is going to damage it, cos you don't care if they do!

KingCody, I know what you mean with the low fuel mileage of the Dakota. My parents used to drive a 5.9 liter Dodge Durango. That thing was cool, never lacked power, but fuel economy was about 12-14 MPG. My mom liked the Jeep's fuel bill better too ;)

Well you pretty much have to expect that with a 5.9L

I got a Skyline GTR 34, 2002.

That is amazing. Thats stock TT? Does it have the drivers wheel on the opposite side?

i drive a toyota supra 1986 and a 1/2 lol ^_^

As of today i am the proud owner of an 02' is300.:)

Shinoz, my wife's car is a 1987 Supra. (non-turbo)

As of today i am the proud owner of an 02' is300.:)

I love that car!

Congrats Twite :D !

Thanks a lot:)..I'm going to have lots of fun with it.

cool mailpup mines a non turbo ^_^ but needs body work

KingCody, I know what you mean with the low fuel mileage of the Dakota. My parents used to drive a 5.9 liter Dodge Durango. That thing was cool, never lacked power, but fuel economy was about 12-14 MPG. My mom liked the Jeep's fuel bill better too ;)Well you pretty much have to expect that with a 5.9Ltrue, but my Dakota was a 4.7L and I got the same ultra-low mileage as kitty's parent's Durango.

its still aggrivating when full size trucks with bigger V8s can get better mileage then "midsized" trucks with smaller engines. but I don't have to worry about that anymore anyways ;)

i drive and fix all of those and i get paid very well oh you pay me

Bearweiser,

If everyone owned a four cyl *87 Jeep, you may be a much poorer [moneywise], mechanic today.

My Wagoneer has doors that still close with the safe-like click of a Brinks security truck. This little jeep is built tough and goes anyplace with 4X4 and the correct tires. Good in snow. Still looks good too.

http://TonyGuitar.blogspot.com [scroll down ]

Only repair so far was a new starter, [expensive Bosch with sealed solonoid]. Starters are down low in the salt and slush so replacement after 20 years is likely. After 240,000kms too.

You can see from my blog site that the next preferred ride is an EV Jeep. Either that or one of those compressed air Paris taxis ..
http://BendGovernment.blogspot.com

Save $400 a month. Look Ma! No gas or diesel to buy. And, Oh yeah, no pollution. = TG

I always thought that the act of compressing air was an energy intensive activity. I say this because because when the air compressor in my living room kicks on, the electric meter in the house spins like a Dradle at Channuka. Sort of like the energy to charge the battery in an all electric car has to come from somewhere. Which is to say that that power station is now the polluter, not the vehicle.

Anyway, at the moment I'm muddling around on a 1991 Honda 750 Nighthawk, 53MPG highway, 40+ city and you don't have to blow it up. Did I mention that it leaves in a reasonably proactive manner?

If I remember correctly, the energy required to run a plug-in electric car would still cost and pollute less than gasoline, even if the electricity was produced by a coal-fired power plant. However, the initial investment (the cost of the car) may still be too high to be feasible.

Said the utility company. A

Said the utility company. We all know that executives don't lie. Consider the crew at Enron, honest to a fault.
Before you accept anything about pollution statistics, you should consider the lowly computer power supply. It generally wastes about 30% of the energy supplied to it. Guess what, you could hook up the 12V of your power supply to the car battery and charge it. What would you think the overall efficiency loss from the power station to the charged battery would be? Don't know, but it has to be more than 30%.
An electric car would alleviate guilt on the part of it's owner since pollution by proxy never has as severe an emotional penalty as good old fashioned DIY pollution.
Electric heating costs about 3 times as much as fossil fuel.


Please forgive me for for the double post, I accidentally hit the stupid key.

CaptainCranky said. . .

** the energy to charge the battery in an all electric car has to come from somewhere. Which is to say that that power station is now the polluter, not the vehicle. **

CC, I am surprised at you. That has got to be the most junior and un-informed question ever asked in the EV battery charging game.

Everyone knows it is vastly more efficient to charge 293 million vehicles from the grid, [ it is about 50% coal-gen in the USA], than it could ever be running on 293 dirty mobile chargers using gasoline / glycol/ oil and other contaminant fluids and producing co2, sulfides and monoxide pollutants.

293 million EV battery packs is the number the Fraser Institute of engineering determined the grid can easily support during evening non-peak hours without any undue stress. = TG

bought a 1995 Montecarlo z34- good motor- crap everything else- it is a chevy after all.

Are you against Chevys?

Anyway I am a CHEVROLET FAN I will be 18 in december probably will get a seventh car. But for now I am very happy with my modified Pontiac Grand Am 2000 I have an almost finished 1989 Malibu in my grandpa's shop it is getting ready to race but I've got to get 18 so I can race legally here in Chihuahua I also drive a 1998 Dodge Durango (What a beauty!) Of course all the time I sell and buy cars and I made the choice between the Durango and Grand Am. My father told me to choose one of them. Not bad counting on that he's got the money and I just get the clients for the cars. He also lends me the 300 M Special 2004 sometimes and my mom has an Intrepid R/T that I like the least of the four.
My ride is one of a kind but it is missing a slight paint job for which I am saving and raising money.

And, oh yeah, Captain Cranky,

You suggest the French are confoozed running Paris taxis on compressed air because your compressor draws a lot of current?

Better fix your air compressor. The French are too smart to run anything that loses money.

The French bought 8 to 10 thousand EVs for their mail delivery. If there is ever a sudden gas and diesel shortge, French business will still click along smoothly because bills and orders in the mail will always be reliably delivered.

We in North America, [Canada & USA], did not think of that yet. There is nothing *confoozed* about the French. = TG

To preach about getting back to nature, they used 75,000 watts of amplification to do it.
The French probably have the energy conscience you suggest, why the women even avoid electric razors.
I tend to find so much idealism on this site (with respect to energy conservation), coming from people with gaming computers with 650 watt power supplies, sitting in air conditioned rooms, not allowing the computer to go to standby so as not to incur "thermal cycling damage", then handing to electric bill to their parents, as to question any credibility from them.
You have no idea what you're talking about with respect energy usage required to compress air. It's easy to subsidize energy usage by a government, just hand the electric bill to your parents, er, I mean taxpayers