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chiefmanywrenches

chiefmanywrenches

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Sep 8, 2011
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First off, I am an automotive nut. I always wonder what other people on forums drive and couldn't find a post similar so I figured I would start one and see if there is any interest. I'll start since I just got a new (to me) truck after selling my Mazdaspeed3.

Welcome to the family, my 2010 Toyota Tacoma, TRD Off-Road 4X4. Hopefully the last truck I'll have to buy for a long long time.

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and my beloved '07 DRZ 400-SM

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I don't have any pics, but we own 4 vehicles, my 20 year old son drives a 2010 Toyota Tacoma Texas Edition, my wife drives a 2007 Ford Expedition Limited, my 16 year old daughter drives a 2001 Nissan Xterra and I drive a 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 with 235,000 miles on it (all the miles are mine, long drive to work everyday).
 
No pics required for anyone. 235K huh, not bad. My buddy's dad had an older Chevy 1500 reg. cab and just recently turned 300K. It has the original motor but the transmission has been rebuilt.
 
In the back is my 1995 Toyota T-100.  It is in great running shape at 178K miles, has always been the dependable vehicle in our stable and something I will probably not get rid of until it goes belly-up.  In the front is my fun ride for the moderate temp's in Arizona (read that as non-summer time).  It is a 1969 Camaro SS convertible, 4-speed tranny and 350 engine.  I'll probably get rid of it when the retirement savings start to run out and I am old and feeble.

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I had a 2010 Nissan Frontier King cab 4x4 but my son is getting to big to cram into a little back seat so I needed to upgrade to the 4 door. The car I was towing was my 2004 Monte Carlo SS. My brother got into an accident so I sold it to him. It was (still is) a great car and I hated to get rid of it but my bro needed a favor and I was in a pretty good position to help him out.

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Now my daily driver is a 2011 Nissan Frontier SE 4x4

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and my wife just got a new car when her old Grand Am took a dump....2012 Nissan Sentra SE with all the bells and whistles.....We drive this when going on long trips and we need some decent gas mileage....

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Having a young and growing family I need to make sure everyone stays safe. Dependable vehicles are the order of the day in my house. I guess I could drive a beater but my wife is never going to have to worry about being stranded.
 
Wife has a 2003 Burb Z71 (has yet to see mud, really needed the off road package) w/100K, her daughter has a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee 2WD (boy that is a long story, I think my wife bought it from a drug addict....like I said, a long story) w/170K, and I have a 2001 Chevy Silverado ext cab 2WD w/ 120K, complete w/ rotted out rocker panels.  Thanks to WI winters and the liberal use of salt, the rocker panels are completely rotted out.  Such a total piss off.  There is nothing wrong mechanically with the truck.  But pretty soon, there will be no more rocker panels to hold the effing doors shut.  Nice, huh?  I'm at a crossroads at this point.  Sell it and buy a different vehicle OR fix it for $3000.00.  I may just fix it and modify it the way I wanted it all along.  Lower the truck with a 3/4 lowering kit, replace the rear bumper with a color keyed roll pan and carbon fiber out all the chrome, big fat cam with long tube headers and flowmasters, Black Bear ECM tune and keep it for another 5 years.  Cam and long tube headers sound like this:  .  So much for the fuel mileage!!
 
Up until a few months ago my daily driver was a 2002 3/4 ton crew cab Chevy Silverado, with the Duramax (230,000) Original Owner. It has since been relinquished from its duties, and now is used for dump runs. camping , and holding down the gravel on the side of the garage. My current ride, and first ever car I've bought (always been a truck guy) is a Kia Rio5 that sips fuel at 42 mpg. My commute between running kids to school and work is about 60-80 miles daily. My summer ride is 1995 Harley Davidson XLH883 Hugger.
 
nepas said:
2012 Mazda Miata

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Those lil buggers are a blast to drive. Got to try one out @ road atlanta on the race track, Kuhmo tires had em out to try out the new tires. BLAST to drive!!!!

My personal drivers, well it depends on the day of the week, where i'm going and what i'll be doing at work. live less than a mile from work, so atvs and yamaha rhino is primary transportation in nice weather. been known to take skid steer or tractor when needed. to go to town, have a 03 hyundai accent, 03 dudge durango and a 89 f350 crew cab dually at the moment.
 
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