So what does everybody drive?

F-350 Platinum edition Ford - 4X4 with 7" lift - Electric running boards and way more buttons than the Space X - Mrs. drives a 2009 Nissan which I hate but she loves. Go figure
 
Last June, after driving 4 cylinder PUs for 23 years, I decided I wanted to go back to a car with some power. I was also thinking about my next Birthday being my 65th so I figured it was time for that midlife crisis I had been promising myself. I bought a new 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T with the small Hemi V8 (375 HP) and a 6 speed manual transmission. I love this car. Enough power to be fun to drive but not so much HP to be obnoxious. Gas mileage is great on the highway. Gets 31 MPG cruising at 70 which ain't bad for a 4200 pound car with a muscular V8. Beautiful "Indigo Blue" paint with no stripes or graphics. Like the clean look.

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My daily driver is a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD LTZ Crew Cab, 4WD, Duramax Diesel with the 6-Speed Allison tranny.

My "fun" vehicle is my 1968 Chevrolet el Camino with an LT-1 350 (from a mid-90s Camaro SS donor) and a 700R4 tranny (that still needs to be sorted out).
 

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My fun drive is the little red car in my Avatar.

My DD for the last 50 years is always a 4X4 pickup. Very handy but not too gas friendly.:D I use it now to haul 3 trailers, and general cargo in the bed, to plow snow in our long winters and general use. Had many over the course of years but right now its a 2016 Tundra with the big V8 engine.

Also have access to my wife's SUV which at this time is her 2020 Ford Escape. I prefer to drive my much bigger Tundra but sometimes circumstances put me into the Escape!
 
We have two vehicles, a 4wd 2009 Dodge 1500 Ram truck and a 2008 Toyota Yaris.


Since everything out here's a road trip, we take the gas sippin' Yaris for our grocery shopping and just general drivin' duties.
The truck gets up out when it snows.


Gets us and all of our junk up in the mountains for camping.


Carries the bikes to the trail heads and takes us places to go hiking.


 
2014 BMW Z4

Black hard top disappears into trunk. 40 mpg @ 70 mph. Twin turbo 4 cylinder. Longest road trip was 8,000 miles from Utah to key West, up the East coast and across northern US—6 weeks.
 

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2005 Toyota Solara
Got it in 2012 with 28,000 miles on it
Now it has 157,000 miles and still drives great
Major maintenance:
New ragtop
New suspension
New headlamps
Flush transmission fluid

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2014 Honda Accord EX V-6. Fast as I need with 278 hp and super great mileage. So sorry Honda did away with the V-6.

2018 Mazda CX-5. Perfect runabout and quite comfortable.
 
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