Is your Adventure Vehicle a daily driver?

[Good Times]

I'm curious what kind of membership we have here. I know for the most part many of us drive our junk everywhere but there are a growing number of members who are forced to buy better fuel efficient pos to drive to save money during these trying times. This doesn't mean we're getting rid of the truck but just decommissioned from active duty.

I'll be the first to admit that I really never drove my 4runner daily even from the first day I bought the sucker. But I'm just plain crazy and stupid so I probably don't count. My 4runner isn't a trailer queen so it can still muster the commute but the piss poor fuel efficiency really kills the deal especially when funds are tight. Therefore I get to pimp around in my Honda Accord (yay!)

So tell us your sob story (like I did) in a really short version (hopefully less than 1000 words - haha) on whether your adventure rig is your daily driver or otherwise.



If your daily driver is a pos commuter car then don't forget to show off your ride here! Pimp daily driver rides!

[carljwnc]

DD for me. When I still actually went to 'work' everyday, before I got laid off, I was going to get another vehicle for the daily grind. Lay off came to quick, when I do get a DD, it will be an older 2.2L Outback Sport, gotta' have my Subie.

[troyboy162]

mine isnt normanly the daily driver but it is when im working on my car or sand is kicked up by the winds. its nice to not worry about mods and how they will effect your daily drive. also as you mentioned any lengthy drive in a 4runner adds up at the gas pump fast. heres my other cheap as dirt,rice burner with 27 glorious mpg. picture is from veromnt complete with a farm in the background lol

[corax]

Nice Tib . . . I still have a bit of drool on my chin from the Genesis

I called my 4runner a DD even though it really isn't . . . I do drive it on the weekends wherever I go (gets 20 mpg anyway), but during the week I have a company car to pound pavement with.

[boogyman]

No DD here for me. My truck is the one and only. SWMBO got a new car last year, so I gotta wait until I can get a DD replacement for the truck.

[ecchamberlin]

I sold my 99 Mazda Protege (which I really liked) when I stopped doing the Ventura to San Diego commuting on weekends. So I do daily drive my 4Runner again but the commute is rediculously short. I think I will just ride my bicycle to work when I fell I don't want to take it or don't want to pay the gas prices again.

THis is a hard decision for me because I just simply like that damned 4Runner so much it is hard not to want to drive it. Ask Marc. I have considered selling it for a newer rig or changing hobbies many times but I can't do it. Our family and friends have had so many good times that are associated with it from the wheelin trips.

My wife still has the Prius so we even out pretty well. Like driving 2 normal MPG cars.

[DHC6twinotter]

My vehicle is an adventure to fix.

[X-Tool Pimp]

My vehicle is an adventure to fix.

X2

[oly884]

My truck is my daily driver, and thanks to a *insert several profanities* home owners association, the camper is on it as well. Can we all say YAY for 10-12 MPG!!!!!

Anyhoo, it sucks to have to fill up so often, and pay that much. But I ride the bus to work and can walk to and from my bus stop, so it's not absolutely horrid.

[Whitey]

My truck is my daily driver, and thanks to a *insert several profanities* home owners association, the camper is on it as well. Can we all say YAY for 10-12 MPG!!!!!

Anyhoo, it sucks to have to fill up so often, and pay that much. But I ride the bus to work and can walk to and from my bus stop, so it's not absolutely horrid.

Buy a house and let
obama give you $8000 in mod money.

My 4runner and 96 civic took a crapper at the same time this week.