What are you Driving?

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Covar

Covar

In Gaming we have the What are you Playing thread. In Media Madness the TV and Movie threads. So for General it's transportation time.

My vehicle is a 2010 Hyundai Sonata with under 40k miles. I picked it up at a carmax after being dicked around by a Ford dealer. I was going to get a 2011 V6 Fusion, but they had to special order one and then didn't want to give me their end of year offers when it finally came in. My Sonata is only a I4 but it has much better pickups than the 4-cylinder fusions I drove, and it's plenty roomy. Enough space in the back seats for me to sit behind the driver seat after I had adjusted it for my size.
 
Dave

Dave

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I have a Dodge Neon with 175,000 miles on it. It makes a variety of noises - some benign but annoying and some scary. But it's the only car we have.
 
HowDroll

HowDroll

I just bought a 2007 Prius with a bit less than 40k miles on it about a month ago, replacing my '05 Chevy Cobalt (which, while a sexy car, wasn't so great for the 700-1000 mile roadtrips I make on a monthly basis to visit family.)

Dat feel when you get 75MPG in the city...
 
LittleKagsin

LittleKagsin

I drive an 03 Hyundai Accent (2 door/hatchback) with...I think 115,000 miles on it. I think it's adorable, but..my poor husband doesn't have the same sentiments. It's nothing fancy, but it gets us from A to B and not having a car payment is AWESOME. =^^=
 
Azurephoenix

Azurephoenix

My wife has a 2010 Corolla XRS with a manual transmission (her request... I love it). My daily driver is a 2000 Honda Civic that really needs some major repair work done this spring. My fun car is a 2001 Honda Prelude that I have modified extensively (supercharged, Hondata S300 ecu upgrade, springs and struts, high performance tires and brakes, lightweight flywheel, upgraded clutch, wideband O2 sensor, wideband and boost gauges).

Unfortunately my fun car sat sidelined last year as it developed a vacuum leak somewhere (not a good idea to drive a supercharged high compression engine around with unmetered air getting in). I plan on getting it back to joy riding status as soon as possible.
 
Azurephoenix

Azurephoenix

HowDroll said:
I just bought a 2007 Prius with a bit less than 40k miles on it about a month ago, replacing my '05 Chevy Cobalt (which, while a sexy car, wasn't so great for the 700-1000 mile roadtrips I make on a monthly basis to visit family.)

Dat feel when you get 75MPG in the city...
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Have you done some kind of custom modifications to your car because there should be no way you are even approaching 75MPG in that vehicle.
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

2002 Saturn SL.

It used to make terrifying noises..but last August we managed to save enough money to get it fixed.

$3000.00 later and the car is running pretty good!
 
HowDroll

HowDroll

Azurephoenix said:
Have you done some kind of custom modifications to your car because there should be no way you are even approaching 75MPG in that vehicle.
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Oh, it's not my overall average. Not even close. If I'm driving around rural Missouri, where I live, I'm usually in the mid to high 40s (mostly because of the hills, I think). But I have a LED screen on my car that gives me updates every 5 minutes of what sort of fuel economy I'm getting, and if I'm gliding around Chicago? I've hit 75 MPG before, yes, although I probably averaged in the 60s for the trip. I'd be happy to take a picture when I'm back up there this weekend if you don't believe me ;)
 
Azurephoenix

Azurephoenix

HowDroll said:
Oh, it's not my overall average. Not even close. If I'm driving around rural Missouri, where I live, I'm usually in the mid to high 40s (mostly because of the hills, I think). But I have a LED screen on my car that gives me updates every 5 minutes of what sort of fuel economy I'm getting, and if I'm gliding around Chicago? I've hit 75 MPG before, yes, although I probably averaged in the 60s for the trip. I'd be happy to take a picture when I'm back up there this weekend if you don't believe me ;)
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Naw, I believe you... I was thinking you were averaging 75mpg and was going to have to come steal your car because of it's physics defying awesomeness :).
 
blotsfan

blotsfan

I had a perfectly adequate 2001 subaru legacy, but when I went away to college my mom decided to give it away for free to a who is now getting rid of it from what I hear. She said it was because she didn't want to pay the insurance when I wouldn't be there, but I'm still pissed that she didn't even offer to let me pay for it.:mad:

And yes..
 
Covar

Covar

WTF?! She could have just ended the policy! You're only required to have insurance on vehicles driving on the road.
 
MindDetective

MindDetective



Except without the tinted windows. I miss my Malibu but we opted to become a one car family for a while when we moved. It was probably the right choice. Someday we'll get a second car but it will probably be a couple of years.
 
Adam

Adam

2009 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited



Once the 2013's come out, we'll be upgrading to that; better gas mileage, more horsepower, etc.
 
Gared

Gared

I've got a 2007 Ford Fusion SEL with just over 91k miles on it. It's the first time I've felt like I had a grown-up car, since all of my others were either a) really really used, or b) a Ford Focus. It's nothing special, but it's got a nice smooth ride (except on some of the freeways around here that haven't been repaired in the past... since they built them originally), and it's roomy and comfortable, and has a decent sized trunk. My wife has (and I swear this is a complete coincidence, since we went to find her a used car at a Toyota dealership) a 2008 Ford Fusion SE, which is also a nice car, but somewhat less roomy, which is fine for her since she's so damn short. I, on the other hand, find that I cannot make the driver's seat comfortable enough for me to drive the car without a lot of fine tuning. Unfortunately, she can't drive my car at all, because hers is an automatic and mine is a manual, and I haven't had the time (and I fear I won't have the necessary patience) to teach her drive a manual yet. Dual car payments are killing us right now, but mine will be paid off this time next year, at which point I will very happily continue to drive my car, if only for the pure pleasure of not having to make a damn car payment every month.
 
Gusto

Gusto

I'm actually getting my first ever car in like 2 days! A 2002 Honda Civic that I'm buying from my grandparents. :)
 
fade

fade

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We have a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, which was fine in a small town, but a gas eater in a big city. My daily commuter is either my 2004 New Beetle convertible (which I managed to steal with only 36K miles on it) or my heavily customized 1991 Honda Nighthawk 750. I've added a flat black paint job, custom seat, fairing, and a massive oil leak to it. When I was a prof, the Nighthawk was my main means of transportation.
 
Frank

Frank

Used to drive an Impreza, now I cruise a 2010 Impala.

Moral: If your car doesn't start with an I, I won't drive it.
 
Null

Null

1991 Toyota Camry with 231,000+ miles on it, extensively repaired. I've put 108,000 or so of those miles on it.
 
M

makare

1995 dodge caravan
I call him Bob- beast of burden.

he's a good van really. The ac just went out but overall he gets me where I need to go. I should take him in for an oil change and top of some various fluids here soon.

I had a ford focus that I adored but it was a real white elephant in my life. When I rolled it it was probably the best thing to happen really.
 
Frank

Frank

Barely, there's a reason I love my Impala. It's basically the car version of the TARDIS. Outside, looks like a regular sized sedan. Insaide, there's enough space to pop a 10 man tent.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

2008 Hyundai Accent. It only had 100 miles on it when I purchased it mid 2009, now I think its just over 20k. I should have it payed off soon, and that will be awesome. It's a good little car and get's decent gas mileage.
 
Gared

Gared

I think my biggest problem with my Focus was the fact that it was neither a good car nor a bad car, it was just kind of there. It wasn't as good as the 1984 Corolla I had as a first car, which was 12 years old when I bought it, had fairly high-ish mileage, but still drove exceptionally well and handled snow awesomely, was comfortable and fun to drive. It wasn't as bad as my 1989 Chevy S10 pickup which I can't even remember how many miles it had on it, but you had to be really careful using the parking brake because it was one of those foot-pedal brakes, and the release handle had come off so you stood a good chance of shattering the bones in your hand if you weren't careful when the thing came flying up on release - but the pickup was bad enough that it had character. The Focus had neither comfort, nor character. It wasn't fun to drive, but it wasn't challenging to drive. It had a little bit of get up and go off the line, but no real staying power. It could handle small hills with ease, but lost momentum quickly on really long hills, like the mountain pass that I used to cross frequently. It didn't have cruise control, it didn't have power anything (except steering), it didn't have a CD player or an MP3 player jack, and it only barely had A/C.

My Fusion, on the other hand, has all of the good things that my corolla had more. It's comfortable and fun to drive. It has a (very) little bit of style. It has a little bit of get up and go off the line, and staying power. It can handle Snoqualmie pass like nothing. It has cruise control, power windows and locks, a 6-disc CD changer and an MP3 player jack, and because it's an SEL model it has a digital heating and cooling system which can be controlled from the buttons on the steering wheel, and a nice little compass on the main instrument panel as well as a thermometer to tell me the temp outside the car. It's not a luxury car or a sports car, but it does make a nice commuter car (and still gets pretty decent mileage even in my hellish commute, 23mpg city and 34 - 38 highway, 40+ highway if it's been recently serviced and I'm really watching my driving), and it's great for long trips.
 
Fun Size

Fun Size

I just had to buy a car because mine had a garage door (and part of a garage) fall on it. Picked up a Honda Pilot. It's funny, because I remember picking out new cars based on looks and sound systems. Now it's all safety ratings and how many people/groceries I can fit in it.

Old man awaaaaaaay!
 
Gared

Gared

Fun Size said:
I just had to buy a car because mine had a garage door (and part of a garage) fall on it. Picked up a Honda Pilot. It's funny, because I remember picking out new cars based on looks and sound systems. Now it's all safety ratings and how many people/groceries I can fit in it.

Old man awaaaaaaay!
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I know how you feel. I keep waffling back and forth about my next car, because the fun-loving side of me wants to pick up either a current model year (meaning 2012) Mustang or a classic ('69 styling) Mustang; and the practical part of me wants to pick up a hybrid.
 
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