Do you have a daily or occasional beater car?

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07-09-2016, 11:19 AM

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MJG911

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My daily/airport car:

my weekend fun car (track only)

and my garage queen, no reason to have car

and my wife's 2 daily's sandwiching my car

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07-09-2016, 11:23 AM

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My daily/airport car:

and my wife's 2 daily's sandwiching my car

Nice! What's your favorite color?

I like the older Nissan. 280Z?

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07-09-2016, 11:32 AM

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Nice! What's your favorite color?

I like the older Nissan. 280Z?

86 300ZX GLL 97000 miles, all original, except the paint and everything works!

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07-09-2016, 02:52 PM

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Can I ask you a question? We're you drinking when you bought the Nissan? LOL. Hopefully we'll see you in a Macan in the near future!

I don't know! It's supposed to get 30mpg which I thought would be great for long snowy ski/board trips... and it does handle well in the snow with decent snow tires. The main problem is, Nissan are complete liars, it gets 22mpg and you're lucky to get 200 miles with a reasonable reserve between gas stations on the ridiculous 10 gallon tank. Also I get severe back pain from the ****ty seats.

I don't know about the Macan, it's much nicer of course but I get so many chips and dents on the weekly drive up to Tahoe in the winter, I like having more of a beater type vehicle. When I get around to dumping this one, I'll probably get a wrangler.

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07-09-2016, 04:17 PM

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MINI Countryman All4 John Cooper Works...room for four, room for Costco runs, and like most small cars, it feels fast.

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07-09-2016, 04:42 PM

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Luv my wagon!! GTS is hubby's DD:

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07-09-2016, 05:38 PM

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Audi Q5

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07-09-2016, 08:09 PM

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Daily Driver (without trailer): New F150 is a nice improvement over the prior.

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07-09-2016, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dawgcatching

This 1st-gen Taco is my workhorse. Aside from poor MPG, it's the reason I can own a 911: it's been forever since I have seen depreciation, needed to pay for a repair outside of normal maintenance, or had a car payment. I ski forty days a year in it: attend bike races in it; make dump and landscaping runs in it, camp in the back with my son. It gets 20k miles a year on the ODO, and is in flawless condition for being 15 years old. And it will probably still be in my driveway in 10 years. As much as I love the 911, the Taco is much more valuable to me (and a real bargain)!

So, 300 K miles? Makes our Ridgeline look like a pup...T