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i myself am a die hard truck fan. i've always driven trucks, probably always will. personally, i drive a 95 3/4 ton Ford 4x4 Powerstroke (diesel is the only way to go baby!!). thats my everyday driver. i recently bought a 63 Toyota Landcruiser that i'm fixing up. damn that things cool, hopefully that will take over as my everyday driver. its a good thing i only drive 10 miles to work. what about you guys? what do you drive?
Cars all the way. I've always loved cars, and never felt quite comfertable in a truck. I'm currently driving a 92 Civic Hatchback, and love everysecond of it. You can say what you want about Civic fans, but the car's been nothing but reliable for me, and will continue to do so. And, yes I do "hopup" my car, but I do so properly, and within good taste, so don't bother calling me a ricer, cause it's just not true. To me there's nothing better than the feeling of being in a small car flying down the highway while shifting gears and changing lanes.
1997 Dodge Dakota V6.
88 Chev Z24 with a power chip, headers and pipes, and worked over fuel injection.
94 Hyundai Scoupe with power chip, headers, and custom exhaust.
82 Honda SilverWing Interstate Full Dress........Stock.
78 Ford Courier POS for hauling crap and dump runs.
Toyota Tundra for me:)
oh boy, another toyota fan. i just retired my 87 toyota pu 4x4. has over 185,000 miles on it. i want to pull the 4 cyl engine and put a small block chevy in it and build it into a mudder.Quote:
Originally posted by Tacklebox
Toyota Tundra for me:)
and Tacklebox, what kind of gas milage do you get with the Tundra? hows the Toyota V-8 powerwise? my brother is looking into one so i have lots of questions :)
I'm an SUV guy... I had cars and they're easy to drive, but I like being up higher and being able to pile more crap into it.
that or I'm just a yuppie....:rolleyes:
The cleetus prefers cars. His first car was a '67 mustang, followed by a '92 Isuzu Pickup(not much to look at, but extremely reliable), and now a '98 mustang. He has had quite a few jobs driving all sorts of sized trucks, but prefers the feel of the car for his personal automobile.
I just picked it up a week ago, I got the v8(sweet) nice power. I got the sr5 package,all weather,towing fog lamps,etc.
The reason I went with toyota is durability. If I'm going to keep this truck for 10 or more years, then I want it to last that long.
As far as gas mileage goes, sticker says 19 hwy and 15 city. Full 26 gal tank lasted me a week and a half.
Her's a link to the Toyota site, I got a lot of info there, or feel free to pm me if you have any other questions
2002 Toyota Tacoma XtraCab 4x4, SR5 pakage with the V6. I love it!
Got my Tundra in April 2000. Love it. Nice power and gas milage is good for a V8. I just tripped 100,000 miles this week (I drive the hell out of it) and have not had one single problem with it yet. Have only changed oil, front brake pads once, and belts and spark plugs once. Parts for it as all toyotas are a little on the pricey side but it is worth it in the long run. I will get up and go and go and go some more. I recommend it totally. I got the SR5 access cab and it is plenty roomy for average height people (I am 6'4 so no one sits behind me) But I have ssqueezed 6 adults in it with only slight discomfort. Great Truck, Truck fan all the way!Quote:
Originally posted by Tacklebox
I just picked it up a week ago, I got the v8(sweet) nice power. I got the sr5 package,all weather,towing fog lamps,etc.
The reason I went with toyota is durability. If I'm going to keep this truck for 10 or more years, then I want it to last that long.
As far as gas mileage goes, sticker says 19 hwy and 15 city. Full 26 gal tank lasted me a week and a half.
Her's a link to the Toyota site, I got a lot of info there, or feel free to pm me if you have any other questions
That has to be the worst truck ever made, I remember my Dad had one and it spent more time being broken down than running.Quote:
Originally posted by DocPC
78 Ford Courier POS for hauling crap and dump runs.
Heh, I have had the thing for 5 years. It was my daily driver for a while. Never failed to get me where I was going and only money I ever spent on it was front discs.Quote:
Originally posted by MacGyver
That has to be the worst truck ever made, I remember my Dad had one and it spent more time being broken down than running.
Has 68 thousand original miles, ugly rusty, but always starts and goes.
Your dad must have hsd the crappy Mistsubishi motor. Mine has the Ford Pinto motor.
ford suv = teh die!!!!111111
Buy one of each. :)
Agreed. For that matter,.. any Ford = TEH Suck!! 1111Quote:
Originally posted by Cleetus
ford suv = teh die!!!!111111
1999 Toyota Tundra, 1979 Dodge RAM Sweet RAM has over 250,000 miles on it.
Trucks, ugh.
Buy a truck and get a second career as a mover for free!
What's with the third option? Four wheels is a bit extravagent isn't it? I'm quite happy with either two or three.
2 bikes
1 car
75% of a truck
I'm glad to hear you have had such good luck with your Tundra. This week I am putting my 1993 Chevy S-10 up for sale. I bought it new and have had 140,000 reliable miles on it. It's too small (just had my second daughter), so I am getting a new Tundra LTD in November. It's going to be pricy, but I plan to have it at least ten years, so I figure I might as well get exactly what I want. I thought about getting a Ford F-150, but even with the X-Plan discount I get, I just could not justify getting what I see as being a lesser truck in the long run.Quote:
Originally posted by jeffbrown
Got my Tundra in April 2000. Love it. Nice power and gas milage is good for a V8. I just tripped 100,000 miles this week (I drive the hell out of it) and have not had one single problem with it yet. Have only changed oil, front brake pads once, and belts and spark plugs once. Parts for it as all toyotas are a little on the pricey side but it is worth it in the long run. I will get up and go and go and go some more. I recommend it totally. I got the SR5 access cab and it is plenty roomy for average height people (I am 6'4 so no one sits behind me) But I have ssqueezed 6 adults in it with only slight discomfort. Great Truck, Truck fan all the way!
1991 Honda Accord Wagon
1977 Chevy Nova
I may be a hillbilly, but I am not a truck person.
I can't wait to get an angry motor for that nova. Gonna get a 400 smallblock.
1987 Ford Ranger 1/2ton with 4 inch custom Black Diamond/Rancho/Homebrew suspension lift, custom for jumping things. Parked right now for some work, 283,000miles.
Only work ever done was fixing stuff I tore up. Original motor, tranny, and transfer case, had the axles beefed up with titanium ring and pinion, and custom solid aluminum driveshafts by Point Spring and Driveshaft of good ole' Fairmont, WV, I am a mountian climbin' hillbilly, and proud of it!
2003 Ford Taurus 245 HP 3.0 Liter V6 with headers (stock) and 80mmTB with power chip(boosts to 260HP), B&M Power Filter and Avistart4500 remote starter. Getting a shift kit and transcooler as soon as ford gets 'em in... 1900miles. Daily driver, gonna see those first 2000 in the first 2 weeks.
Ford Ranger 4x4, X-cab, 4 door, 2002. It's my third Ranger, and I like them so much, I'll probably always have one!
Wife's vehicle is a 1998 Explorer Sport 4x4...another good and dependable vehicle. She'll probably always drive those, too. [It's also the primary "dog transportation device."]
Yeah, I guess we're yuppies, too, but we live in a "snow state" and both have jobs we absolutely have to get to, 24/7/365, so being able to plow through snow is essential.
I agree with you totally. Toyotas are, as I heard it once before, bulletproof. I think you will love that Tundra, especially how responsive everything is to you. Mine is a 2000, would love the 2002, especially the sport edition one that just came out, it is SWEET looking. Good choice, 10 years, I just tripped 100000 and it is just the beginning.Quote:
Originally posted by Pinnacle
I'm glad to hear you have had such good luck with your Tundra. This week I am putting my 1993 Chevy S-10 up for sale. I bought it new and have had 140,000 reliable miles on it. It's too small (just had my second daughter), so I am getting a new Tundra LTD in November. It's going to be pricy, but I plan to have it at least ten years, so I figure I might as well get exactly what I want. I thought about getting a Ford F-150, but even with the X-Plan discount I get, I just could not justify getting what I see as being a lesser truck in the long run.
Cars.
I commute and can't see any reason to use a pickup or SUV on the highway just for the added advantages or more pollution, fuel consumption and less safety.
Not to mention that about 2/3 of the vehicles I see in the ditches or jammed up on the side of the highway in the winter are pickups/SUVs/minivans...
But I'd love to get my hands on the Nissan Frontier to lug the mountain bikes around. :D
that being said ;)
http://home.neo.rr.com/joshuadharp/windriverpics/jeep
1989 Ford Bronco II with the 2.9 liter V-6..when you get 35-45 inches of snow every winter.(once or twice in 24 hours)..you gotta have 4 wheel drive..but you know..I did have one of those ford courier trucks once..drove it till the floorboards rusted out, then rebuilt them with plywood..ended it's life with 279,000 miles on it.
I agree. I think pickups and SUVs are overrated in winter weather. People get over confident, and then end up in the ditch. I use to drive a Mazda RX-7 over to the lakeshore every day in winter and never had a problem. For those of you not familar with Michigan weather, the west coast of Michigan gets snow constantly in the winter. The weather comes across Lake Michigan, picking up moisture as it comes, then dumps 90% of it in the first ten miles when it hits land. Just like Lake Erie and Buffalo, NY if you have ever been over there.Quote:
Originally posted by a d e p t
. . . Not to mention that about 2/3 of the vehicles I see in the ditches or jammed up on the side of the highway in the winter are pickups/SUVs/minivans...
Well when you live in a sinking swamp, Ford Suvs = teh sux
But if for any odd reason I ever got a truck I would only get a ford.
Just hate those soccer moms that always seem to drive the bigger Ford Suv's.
But here or North Texas, snow and Ice aren't a big deal, the whole state shuts done, so you pick something you just enjoy driving.
I prefer sports cars, but as I get older, Sedans and better coupe's are looking more practical.
i like trucks i have a ford ranger 97.
:D
Though I'd drag out a long dead thread for a picture of my baby:
http://www.3fazerobotics.co.uk/stuff/truck.jpg
Last picture before the respray.
cars all the way. The smaller the better. My first car was a mazda 626..but it died. then i had a geo metro..i loved that car. it was small and didnt go very fast, but it was fun to drive....like a go kart. but i got a job where alot more traveling was involved and wanted something a little newer. so i bought a brand new 2000 Neon. and I absolutely love it. it took me a while to adjust the driving a bigger car again, but i couldnt be happer with this car. it runs well, it handles pretty good, gets decent gas mileage. has enough room to seat 4 adults fairly comfortably.
now i just wish i had enough $$$ for the new Neon SRT-4...i stopped and looked at one the other day...man do i love those things. they look so much more manly. but..i will have to wait until i get this one paid off :(
Here's mine
http://www.geocities.com/rcassino/tundra2.jpg
That is one sweet red x you are driving, what year is it?
2002 Pontiac Montana Minivan.
Hated it when we first got it (coming from an Acura 3.2TL) but I'm used to it now. It's very comfortable on long trips or going to the drive-in. It really won me over when I did a 10 pc small network install at small business. Everything fit in it in one shot. I didn't have to rent a uhaul. My wife loves the thing. Next summer I'm picking up either GTI or a motorcycle so she can have the van 24/7.
LOL i said the same thing about my brothers metro, its like a go kart that can hit 80, downhill of courseQuote:
Originally Posted by delmer_1
2003. killer gas mileage. Got it below dealer invoice :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Cleetus
A Truck in Australia generally means a flat-top of several ton capacity. I learned to drive as a kid on 3 & 5 ton trucks on the farm.
3/4 or 1-ton with unitary body would be a Ute (Utility Vehicle).
http://mikili.image.pbase.com/u12/ul...8_Brute_21.jpg
I've found a wagon an excellent compromise to combine some load-carrying capacity with car-like comfort;
http://www.rosenthals.com.au/used_img/vvm-597.jpg
but mine's blue with a different grille.
Man, driving a pos ford and a diesel at that. :grin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Budd
I had a good friend who had a diesel and he says that was the worst decision he ever made in his entire life...nothing but trouble.
Plus, guys driving diesels have to wait in line. Most gas stations around here only have one or two diesel pumps. One clown even tried chewing me out because I was taking up space next to "his" diesel pump...something about being inconsiderate. Needless to say, I slowed down what I was doing and ended up taking a whole bunch of time. Maybe next time, this clown will think again before buying a stinking diesel.
And oh yeah, those ford suv's are the ugliest things on the road.
I drive a 98 Dodge Ram Van...a full-sized van with a .318 V8...no stinking mini-vans for me! I've got over 210,000 miles and still going strong.
hey now, don't go knocking my diesels. i'd take a ford diesel pickup in a heartbeat. can't beat a ford truck. i know diesels stink and are loud, but my 7.3 powerstroke gets 19 mpg and up here in WA diesel is .20 cents cheaper than gas. its a tank, it'll pull and haul anything.