What is your day driver?


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wdwerker,

Here ya go.......

2003 E 150 full size Ford van with 91,000 miles.

LOVE it!  Will carry full size sheets of plywood and lumber up to 10' long and can leave material overnight if necessary with safety from weather and/or theft.

Will carry any and store most all my tools if I had to do it.

Bought it used with 80,000 miles on it six years ago. It is nice living in a small town and being retired as far as rolling up the miles on a vehicle goes. Most days it doesn't move at all! :)

 

Rog

    My wife wanted to use my pick up the other day... She went to start it......nothing!  Had to charge the battery, it had sat so long without moving.... I like retired!

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    My wife wanted to use my pick up the other day... She went to start it......nothing!  Had to charge the battery, it had sat so long without moving.... I like retired!

 

I HATE when that happens! :angry:

 I made up my mind years ago that I will NEVER have a vehicle that won't start because of a battery or have bad tires. Those are the first things I check on a regular basis besides  oil and water. ;) 

As a teenager, I kept having trouble with tires and batteries and decided that those were the most important parts of a car. :huh: I do not price shop for either batteries or tires anymore. It is top notch or nothing!  :P

 

Rog

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1998 Subaru Forester.  1155xx on the odo, 120xxx on the engine.  (replaced the engine within 30 days of buying the car.)

 

I get about 20-22 mpg, and can haul up to six sheets of 3/4 ply on the luggage rack.  (I'm making a lumber rack so I don't lose another retaining bolt.)

Love the 'Ru, but getting to the point where I need another car.  One with leg room in the back seat.  (Oldest is 6'1", and sits with his knees under his chin when we all get into the car.)

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2014 4Runner Limited. It's the first Toyota I have in quite a while (the last three vehicles were Honda / Acura).

I am not too fussy about hauling wood in it. I put a pretty good scratch in the plastic on the rear tailgate hauling an elm slab last week.

I think a utility trailer is in my future. If I scratched the leather i'd be pissed.

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Stingy boss or pissy insurance carrier?

it depends on the day :) there's so much BS that goes into a DOT rating for a company, and every little thing that goes wrong notches your score up and then the state guys keep a close eye on you, it's pretty ridiculous, hell the DOT physicals are getting so bad if you have any thing wrong it could disqualify you from driving. However,he would probably let me borrow it if I needed to, of course I would have to pay for fuel, and considering the best mileage I've ever gotten was 7, I'll find an alternative!
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