Horses For Courses: What are your Vehicles for?..

[Brock Samson]

 Seems most folks here have multiple vehicles, everything from dirt bikes and ATVs to large numbers of project cars and boats...
I'm thinking about this alot,  trying to justify the costs of maintaing a large number of Vehicles... 




Stock 1999 Chrysler 300 M:  - grocery getter, economical, comfortable, stealthy, Daily Short long distance transport.

Modded Dodge Charger R/T S.E, Tinker Toy, Show Car, Drag Racer, Dream Car Attained.

Stock 1971 340 Plymouth Road Runner - Fun sometimes daily Driver,

Stock 1978 Dodge Chinook 13/4 ton Dually R.V. - Camper, Tow Vehicle.

I still want and will probably get a small birt bike...
now i wish i hadn't sold my Cherry Yamaha 250...   

[69bronzeT5]

um.....

69 Dodge Charger---project/work in progress
Lincoin smaller scale chopper---fun to play around with




Ya know, Ive heard of a dirt bike but never a "birt bike"...is that a new kind of dirt bike?

[dodgecharger-fan]

07 Dodge Charger SE - daily driver/company car
02 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer - wife's daily driver/occassional tow vehicle
69 Dodge Charger project car - two-car garage consumer (and some)
71 New Yorker - almost done land yacht for sunny day asphalt sailing

I'll need something for my daughter to drive next year....

I'm not much for recreational vehicles of any sorts... The nearest lake is Lake Ontario and while you can squirt around the shore in anything, you need something substantial to head out into the open. I don't have the cash, time, or room for something like that. Not too interested in trail riding around here.. and thatere's that cash, time, room issue again.

[Joshua]

1968 R/T Charger.....just took it apart cause I wasn't driving it....didn't drive much because of next car below

1931 Ford Model A pickup, hot 350 SBC.....my Hotrod....drive it any chance I get. TOO much FUN! Loud, rough, obnoxious, it's perfect! It's what I usually drive if I go to shows w/o my wife/kids.....

1978 Chevy shortbox lowrider, 454.....REALLY nice, was my stepdads truck, he was killed last year....I use it to run around, get parts, etc....

1969 Chevy 1/2T Suburban 4x4....wife's rig, no motor. Gonna lift it 6" with 35's and be the family tow rig to haul MORE cars home with! .

1999 Suburban...wife's daily....only "new" car I own......and probably the last as well....I don't like new cars....

1928 Ford Model A sedan.....strictly a project now.....was going to do an early 60's show/drag car, lots of chrome, white wall slicks on E-T mags, etc.....but may sell now to use the $$$$ towards the Charger....

Currently looking for an old car for my wife to replace the 1999 rig.....'66/'67 Chevelle hardtop or station wagon, Impala, etc....something early-mid 60's and can fit the family.....

All my cars are gas-guzzlers too......there's more to life than MPG! And NONE of 'em go anywhere on a trailer...........
That's not all......also building a hotrod for my father-in-law......I definitely have too much on my plate......

I had a sandrail, quads, dirtbikes, etc....but never had the time to go ride.....once my son is older, I'll get back into riding.

[dkn1997]

99 grand prix gtp: commuter car
02 tahoe: soccermom mobile, my commuter car 2x a week
00 ford e Van: home depot mobile
68 charger: used for scaring small children and old ladies in my neighborhood, 2x/month commuter car.

[PocketThunder]

1997 Mercury Mystique – Daily Driver (24 mpg)
1968 Charger – Weekend driver (8 mpg), sometimes to work when I can offset the price of gas with vehicle #1
1969 Charger 500 - /6 roadtrip car, (22 mpg)

[Old Moparz]

I sold my daily driver, which was the 1995 Ford F-150, so right now I'm driving my 2004 Dodge Ram. I bought the Ram to use mostly as a tow vehicle only, but the Ford was starting to show it's age. The cost over the next year to maintain it would've taken a big bite out of whatever funds I wanted to put into my older cars. My wife has her vehicle, a 2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor, as her daily driver. We also use that to go places if we aren't camping & towing since it's a V6 & not a V8 Hemi. All the older cars I have, have various purposes, but mostly they're just 1:1 scale toys.

1968 Dodge Coronet 500 Convertible..... It was going to be the base car in my Charger convertible project, but for several reasons, I changed my mind on doing that. I then planned on making it a nice cruiser, but I have other projects that need less work & they interest me more than this one. I'm still not sure what I'll do with it, but probably sell it.

1968 Charger..... It was going to be the other part of the Charger convertible project, but it was too solid to cut up, & now it's going to be a Daytona. I have just about all the parts for it, but it's still on a waiting list. I'll use it to go to shows & cruises in, but not to compete for a trophy. It'll have a mild 440 & a few other upgrades, but nothing radical.

1969 Plymouth Satellite Convertible..... This car I've had for more than half my life & it used to be my daily driver when I first got it in 1984. There's no way I'm ever parting with it, so for right now I drive it occasionally until I decide to take it apart to restore it. If anything, I'll modify the 318 with a bigger cam & a 4bbl & make some suspension upgrades.

1970 Plymouth Road Runner Coupe..... It's not stock, it's not original, it's not numbers matching, & it's not done. With a 4 speed & a 440 that has 11.5:1 pistons, I don't know what it's going to be like to drive. I will probably beat on it to have some fun since I haven't had a high performance car in ages. I'll trailer it to the drag strip to see what it'll do.

1971 Plymouth Scamp..... I've owned this one since 1988, & it too, was a daily driver when I first got it. I'm almost done with some upgrades on it, & will drive it on nice days to work, cruises & shows. I may actually sell it in the near future to free up some money to put into the Charger or the Satellite, or maybe even the Barracuda collecting dust.

1971 Barracuda..... I've always wanted one, but could never afford, or find one when I was hunting for a car to drive years ago. When the prices got totally insane, I decided I better at least find a project before I could never afford that either. When I had read that quarters, fenders, grilles, & more were being made, I snagged one knowing it'll be a back burner project that'll be years before I ever get to it.

2004 Load Trail Car Trailer..... I borrowed a trailer a couple of times & decided that I definitely needed something to drag my cars around. I hated the idea of having some tow truck driver bring one of my cars somewhere, like to a body shop, or wherever else. You never know how it's going to be cared, or not cared for. Besides, I want to go to the drag strip & not worry about getting home if I break something.

2005 Coachmen Travel Trailer..... This has gotten way more use than my car trailer or any of my cars. It's for the whole family to go camping with. We use it on average at least twice a month between April & October, sometimes more. I've taken it to Carlisle, & have taken the older trailer I had to the Mopar Nationals. Since hotels are averaging anywhere from $75 to $195 per night, this is dirt cheap in comparison. My wife also goes to 3 or 4 Bluegrass festivals every year, so to have a trailer instead of a tent makes it 100 times more enjoyable.

I don't have any ATV's or birt bikes, but I do have lots of Matchbox & dicast.   

[RD]

oldest to newest:

68 plymouth sport satellite, once suspension and fuel delivery is complete, a daily cruiser, not commuter

73 Plymouth RR - drag car (maybe a street car someday, probably not)

73 Plymouth Satellite Parts Car = FOR SALE

73 Dodge Charger SE - 2nd in line behind RR

93 Ford Escort GT - daily driver 34 mpg

98 Dodge Neon - wife's daily driver 34 mpg

05 Dodge Ram quad cab 4x4 - haul/used to be daily driver/family outings

[69Charger_440]

2001 Dodge Ram- Daily driver also used for the fun trips  to Lowe's, Wal-Mart, etc...
2004 Tahoe-Wife's  daily driver
'69 Charger R/T SE-project car that is a money pit right now 
'69 Charger R/T SE-see above. 

[Tom_440]

'07 Ram -  haul trailer, hay, and tame me to work to pay for all this stuff.
06 Sienna - wife's kid hauler (got 3)
'71 Challenger - garage paper weight
'68 Charger - weekend fun.

Manx go kart: Fun for kids (and me)
Travel Trailer: For "camping" with shower, microwave, A/C, etc... the only kind my wife is interested in.
3 horses: Transportation around the neighborhood for the wife and kids.

[NYCMille]

2006 Honda Accord 4-cylinder: 34mpg daily driver.

1968 Charger: Which is beginning it's third life:
    - 1st was a basic hotrod
    - 2nd a Pro-touring TV star
    - 3rd is seeing it being slowly converted to a ballz out road racer.

1969 Charger
    - Underwraps for the moment but will soon be turned into something that will turn heads, stop traffic and move like a saturn 5 rocket on crack.... 

[69Charger_440]

2006 Honda Accord 4-cylinder: 34mpg daily driver.

1969 Charger
    - Underwraps for the moment but will soon be turned into something that will turn heads, stop traffic and move like a saturn 5 rocket on crack.... 

Please!!!! Not another General Lee!!

[68charger383]

1968 Dodge Charger-My current money pit/show car
1968 Mercury Cougar-Weekend/occasional driver car.
2005 Toyota Corolla-work car for the 35 MPG
2005 Lexus LX 470-wife's kid hauler

[69bronzeT5]

move like a saturn 5 rocket on crack.... 

could it be a hmmmm...Daytona?

[Charger74]

2003 Dakota  Quad Cab 4x4 - Daily driver, work truck when needed, tow vehicle for very short distances
2007 Honda CRV - Wife's everyday car
1973 Charger SE - Fun car that is currently in many, many pieces boxed away in my garage.  Owned for almost 20 years now in about two months.

[suntech]

Hi there
68 Charger, right now in fair driver condition, Pro Touring project and car of my dreams
00 Chevy Crew Cab dually, daily driver, and haul boats and horsetrailer
95 Ford Escort, wife daily driver
29 foot cuddy daycruiser, to get out and get a sunburn and some cold beers
175 cc ATV, to get my daughter raceboat up and down the slipway

Rolf

[69Coronet]

1984 Silverado for getting to work, school, around town and trips to the dump
1977 F250 project then a driver when i get it done
1977 Camaro project then occasional driver

[Mean 318]

1990 Dodge Ram, show, parts getter, off road if needed.
198? Dodge Aries, work/mileage
1970 Coronet... supporting Miller Brewing CO.

[Joshua]

1970 Coronet... supporting Miller Brewing CO.

[kink67]

My current cars and projects

66 Charger - just restored
68 Charger RT - Project in progress
02 chrylser 300M - Wife everyday car
04 Chevy Trailbrazer - my up north hunting vehicle
49 Ford Convertible - restoring for dad
68 Camaro - 350 4sp project for my daughter

Rich

[Lowprofile]

Here's my list....

98' Freightliner Classic XL..........My Business Partner, My home away from home, my 5.6 mpg Diesel drinking 500 hp Cat powered Large Car!
93' RamCharger........My "eastcoast" ride when I'm at my mom's house in RI
70' R/T............Dust Collection experiment in the Barn.
94' Ranger Pick-up..............My wife's daily driver.

Coming at the end of the year........07' Dodge Nitro...........Wife's new Ride.

[pandamarie]

start with the oldest, 1914 mitchell speedster, in museum right now, great summertime car
1936 Packard120, just picked it up, runs great just needs registered and this 2x2 intake put on it
1940 Packard 180 Limo, been in family for years was the show car for Packard in San Francisco worlds fair in 1940
1941 Packard 120, great daily driver and looks good doing it
1948 Lincoln convertible coupe, 1 of 314 made only 16 known to exist, been in family since 1952,took me 6 years to restore it, drive it as often as I can.
1960 AMC metropolitan, wifes car great driver
1969 Chargerm was my daily driver till I started the Daytona project
1970 challenger r/t 440 6 pack, daily driver when my back is killing me which is most of the time, surgery will be oct 8th.
1975 vette, wifes car, getting it ready to paint Panther Pink.
2003 PT, wifes daily driver

[dpm68]

Well lets see...
1964 Galaxie 500 named Teeth, for sitting in my driveway for long periods of time until I get bored and go for a cruise. It is all stock down to the dog dish caps and it just turned 100k original and is in fine shape. Second is my daily, a 1985 (first year made) Toyota 4Runner with 226k and a 22RE mill that you could not kill with a howitzer. And last but not least is of course my 68 R/T that is patiently waiting in my garage for me to earn some scrilla so's I can toss some at it. I refuse to smear bondo on it and it knows that. As far as two-wheeled toys, I have a 1966 Bianchi (looks like a Vespa) that is also called a Riverside - remember those? They were imported from Italy and sold by Monkey Wards back in the day. I also am a bicycle freak and have too many to list, but my 1968 Stingray five-speed (with top tube shifter) is by far the coolest and is in fantastic shape. And the coolest thing about all this is that my girlfriend understands.

[NHCharger]

71 Charger- In 2,000 pieces waiting to go back together this winter.
72 Charger- My weekend cruiser.
00 Chevy Express van- Work van/daily driver.
97 Firebird- my other fun car
00 Jeep Grand Cherokee- wife's winter wheels
06 Scion XB- Wife's daily driver, 36 MPG
95 GMC Jimmy 4x4- Youngest son's daily driver
97 Mercury Mountaineer- Oldest son's daily driver

[Mean 318]

The sad thing... the only one on the road now is the Aries... ironic huh... I need a beer!
Money invested
Coronet-10,000
Ram-6,000
Aries- 126 - 1$ was what I paid for it!

[TruckDriver]

'72 Charger SE (not running yet)
'93 Dakota 4x4 (daily driver)

I hate not having 2 running cars. If one breaks down I'm pretty much screwed right now. 

[TK73]

73 Charger    318/904   - fun

94 Pathfinder SE  4x4    - driver

[Brock Samson]

pretty impresive lists guys...

especially you Panda! WOW! 

[DukesofHoward]

2006 Silverado - cause I've got stuff to haul
2001 Hyundai (the old lady's)
1995 Cherokee (probably the best money I've ever spent)

1974 Duster (330 hp 318, 727, 8 3/4 -3:55 SG)

[Brock Samson]

 i think getting a new vehicle is alot like sex, except it last's alot longer.. 

seriously though,..

and I noticed No one listed their cars as investments...

[The70RT]

01 Ram Quad Cab - Daily Driver

70 Charger R/T - Being restored now. Sold a 57 Chevy a year ago to fund the project  Bought it as a daily driver back in 78 while I was in school.

70 Cutlass Supreme - Had it 12 years. Finished it a year ago. I take it to cruise nights and car shows.

68 Cutlass Vert - Barn find...well almost. Found it in a garage 5 years ago for a grand, Still has the licence plate on it from sitting since 76

74 Ford Camper Van - Been taking it camping and been restoring it the 25 yeas Ive owned it

62 Falcon - Yard art right now. V-8 with 9inch rear. Thinking of maybe a daily driver later on?

66 Pontiac Tempest - Bought it for a goat project I never found. Storage shed right now

02 Buick Centry for the ole lady

Toys....too many diecast cars

[69charger2002]

ok i'll stab..
1. 2007 dodge ram quad cab.. daily driver-worse than my chargers on gas almost .. 13-14 mpg
2. 2005 chevrolet tahoe-wife's kid mobile 18 mpg
3. 2002 mustang gt convertible-sorry, dodge verts worth a damn are too expensive. used only when weather is perfect for it. 22 mpg
4. 1990 jeep wrangler- has 35's on it, just to play with and go offroad 11 mpg
5. 1981 jeep cj-7.. hey i like jeeps. 400 V8 turbo automatic- also 11 mpg
6. 1970 dodge coronet-440 motor maybe once a month- 9 mpg
7. 1970 dodge charger R/T SE- wife's car will hardly ever get driven ? mpg
8. 1969 dodge charger R/T clone-yellow 440 driven very sparingly- 10 mpg
9. 1969 dodge charger R/T clone-white 383 driven 4-5 times a month, hey it's got a/c!-12 mpg
10.1969 dodge charger 383 60k original miles B3 blue-practically never drive it
11.1969 dodge charger R/T black driven never will probably end up selling
12.1969 dodge charger R/T 4 speed- blue being finished up so it hasn't been driven yet
13.1969 dodge charger daytona 440 4 speed  clone-yellow. being finished up yada yada
14.1969 dodge superbee 383/4 speed- project having metal work done right now
15.1968 dodge charger R/T turquoise driven maybe once every 3 months- 9 mpg
16.1968 dodge charger 383/4 speed-future project car just a corner building ornament right now
17.1968 plymouth roadrunner clone. built for my dad. driven once every 3 months or so 15 mpg

damn that's a stupid amount of cars for a 3 person family.. and yes they are all paid for. i'm not in debt up to my eyeballs   

[Mean 318]

and I noticed No one listed their cars as investments...

It would be enron all over again! lol

[Bullit_68]

i have 2 right now but that could easily change lol

2004 Chrysler 300M daily driver (just got this last week very nice car)
1968 Dodge Charger project car.
thats it for now but i,m looking for a good Demon or Duster to add to the collection soon.

[Ghoste]

I love pretty much anything with an engine but budget constraints limit me to the 67 Charger for a toy and a 2000 Caravan for a daily driver.  She who must be obeyed finally dumped the Tore-us and pulled the trigger on a new Nitro so the driveway is all Dodge now.
Doing my side gig for RM has allowed me the opportunity to sample an enormous variety of vehicles I'll never own so that somewhat eases the lack of toys.

[Brock Samson]

Ghoste is that RM auto autions?.. did ya see my thread on their montery aution a few weeks ago?...

i see three of us have chrysler 300 Ms... Cool.. great cars and cheap too... you should all go out and get one to add to your fleets... 


I notice some of you posted MPG for most of your vehicles... i was am more concerned on how you justify them or why you have them..
travis. the paper work from insurance and DMV registrations would make me crazy...   

o.k.
Crazier.. 

[Ghoste]

One and the same my friend.  One of these handsome fellers in their RM work wear is me.  I didn't do the Monterey sale though.  Did get up close and personal with a few of the cars before they were shipped out but not the concept Charger.

[Joshua]

I notice some of you posted MPG for most of your vehicles... i was am more concerned on how you justify them or why you have them..

Hahahaha....posting MPG IS how they justify owning it......why else would ya own a 4 banger .......

[0X01B8]

1998 BMW 328is - inline six, handles great, getting old but I still love it.

1968 Charger RT - restored it with my Dad in 91-93.  Somewhere between a driver and a trailer queen - lets say it's a trailer trash queen!

-john

[ChargerRT440]

1998 Dodge Ram SST: summer daily/toy
1984 Dodge Ramcharger: Winter daily/tow vehicle
1968 Dodge Dart GT: Project

[MichaelRW]

2001 BMW 325Ci, wife's car, 12,000 miles. It only gets driven to work and the mall.

2003 Lincoln Aviator, this is the work horse, daily driver, trips, loads, trailers.

1970 Charger R/T SE - weekend toy

[BlueSS454]

86 Olds Cutlass - Daily Driver 12 MPG

04 Chevy Silverado 2500HD Diesel 4x4 - Tow vehicle and daily driver when I break the Cutlass

70 Chevelle SS454 - Show Car, toy, etc, trailered more than it's driven latelty 9 MPG

69 Chevelle - Restored, kind of a show car more of a cruise night car, take it to work once in a while 12 MPG

69 Charger - General Lee, being slowly put back together after 2 years of being apart and doing extensive sheetmetal work, MPG unknown at this time

70 Chevelle Convertible - sitting on an old alignment rack off the ground, next project car

69 Olds Cutlass S - spare car for whenever it's needed, MPG unkown but it has a 455 in it