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!