# What do you drive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418 "2018-08-28T17:45:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/41 "2018-08-28T22:16:30Z")
A 21-speed Giant Cypress bicycle. And what it says about me is mostly that I’m too cheap to own a car. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/42 "2018-08-28T22:17:21Z")
I drive…my wife crazy! I’ll be here all week folks. Be sure to tip your servers. Seriously though, 2004 Accord. It gets me to and from work (70miles round trip) everyday with very few issues. Almost 200k on it now. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/43 "2018-08-28T22:55:09Z")
My daily driver is the subway. I do have an old 2006 Malibu that I drive sometimes. But it isn’t even parked at my place, and I so rarely drive it. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/44 "2018-08-28T22:56:57Z")
I have three BMWs: a 2014 X3, a 2004 330ci coupe, and a 2002 530i sedan. I go between the three depending on mood, weather, and purpose. The X3 is loaded with tech and very good in snow and rain; I use the 330 for track sports and to tool around on pleasure drives, and the 530 is great for really hot or cold days – this old beast has the most magnificent AC I’ve ever experienced in a car. It is also a real highway beast, very fast and comfy. I’m hoping to keep the old cars rolling along for decades(s) more, they’re at 160 and 150k. The X3 has 36k and a warranty – I’ll probably trade it in for another in a few years. My rule is to pay cash, strict limit of $4,000 for old BMWs, and always have a newer car with a warranty. I tell myself I won’t care as much if my cheap oldies become beyond reasonable repair or I kill one on the track (of course I would, but this is my story to myself). Mrs. Shark has a 2017 Mini Cooper convertible with 1,725 miles on it. She tends to use whatever car is conveniently parked, which is most often one of mine. She’s retired and is a homebody. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/45 "2018-08-28T22:57:26Z")
> [@emulsified](#): > > No one will own up to driving a minivan other than me? > > Now I really feel uncool. I admitted driving a Soul - that’s sort of a microvan, isn’t it? In any case its ‘cool’ factor is basically nonexistent as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/46 "2018-08-28T23:17:52Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > 2014 Jeep Wrangler soft-top manual transmission. Two door, back seat removed for the dogs, front passenger seat modified to accept our bird’s travel cage. A one-man vehicle. I’ve had two Wranglers and a Grand Cherokee – I loved my Jeepies! You could market bird-modified Jeeps: “Cheep Jeep by Kayaker.” ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/47 "2018-08-28T23:21:52Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > 2012 Scion Xb. Very easy for crippled up old people to get in and out of, roomy inside, (we’re both bigger than a bread box), Very zippy, (I call it the ‘flying toaster’), tiny turning circle. I still like it after 5 years. Wife wants me to get another pickup, but I’d have to sell the Scion. I don wanna. These are great cars, a friend has one from the first year of manufacture (2004?) and has had zero issues. We sold Wifey’s Wrangler due to knee problems, the Xb was on our possibilities list. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/48 "2018-08-28T23:27:17Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > [2016 Ducati Multistrada](https://www.totalmotorcycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-Ducati-Multistrada-1200a.jpg?d=1&i=1). I’d like to imagine that it tells people that I am an unconventional free spirit, enjoying life in the moment. The reality is that I suspect most people don’t think about the bike at all, to the point of being invisible in traffic. If I am noticed and considered, I suspect the most common phrase that comes to mind is, “What an idiot. He’s going to kill himself.” > > I enjoy it immensely. And it’s the first bike I’ve owned that doesn’t have me shopping for a new bike after only two years. So there’s that. > > I genuinely do put more miles on the bike than on my car. My bike has 12,000 miles in just over two years. My car is at 40,000 miles in almost 10 years. I have an '09 BMW 135i convertible. Most people probably assume I drive like a douche. I do not. I even use my turn signals! > > I am considering replacing it, 10% because I’m worried about escalating maintenance costs considering it’s a 9+ year old BMW, and 90% because it has an automatic transmission and that’s been eating at me since the day I got it. Also it’s the first car out of seven that I’ve owned that has a back seat. I feel like I went soft when I bought it. I’ve gone soft. I drove a friend’s M3 (manual) for a few autocross laps last week and scurried right back to my Steptronic tranny. I just don’t have enough remaining knee cartilage to drive a real car. The Ducati is GORGEOUS! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/49 "2018-08-28T23:28:23Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > These are great cars, a friend has one from the first year of manufacture (2004?) and has had zero issues. We sold Wifey’s Wrangler due to knee problems, the Xb was on our possibilities list. The Scion brand was invented by Toyota to try to appeal to hip, young, first-time car buyers who would see the Toyota brand as old and fuddy-duddy. But they mostly got purchased by cheapskate middle aged geezers like me! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/50 "2018-08-28T23:36:56Z")
2014 Mazda 3 (bought used with 917 miles on that puppy. Yay!) Before that, it was a 2004 Mazda 3 (had it for 10 years, bought used at 11.5K miles, ran it up to 130K miles with no issues). When I bought the first Mazda, I was in the market for a Honda or Toyota, didn’t even have Mazda on my mind, but my first drive in it, I was sold. I’m not really a car guy, but I really enjoy driving their cars. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/51 "2018-08-28T23:47:58Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > The Scion brand was invented by Toyota to try to appeal to hip, young, first-time car buyers who would see the Toyota brand as old and fuddy-duddy. But they mostly got purchased by cheapskate middle aged geezers like me! Yay for us geezers! I do see younger male drivers with “modded out” XBs. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/52 "2018-08-28T23:51:46Z")
I drive a company car for work, but my own car is a 2011 Jeep Wrangler 2 door hard top ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/53 "2018-08-29T00:01:29Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > My rule is to pay cash, strict limit of $4,000 for old BMWs, and always have a newer car with a warranty. What a remarkable coincidence! I just happen to be selling a '73 e10 for that exact amount. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/54 "2018-08-29T01:16:10Z")
A 2002 PT Cruiser. Best car I ever had. Starting with 2003, they were made out of garbage, so I got lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/55 "2018-08-29T01:51:36Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > What a remarkable coincidence! I just happen to be selling a '73 e10 for that exact amount. 😉 Will you be charging extra for the “special edition” cylinder head you’ll be installing? 😛 Of curiousity, what are you listing the car at? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/56 "2018-08-29T02:19:03Z")
2014 Mazda CX-5 2.5L AWD. Just turned 75k miles. It’s a nice enough car; reliable, handles pretty well, gets decent gas milage, but it’s just kinda…boring. Not as sporty or as capable as my previous rides (Mazda 3, 4Runners), but I got a _great_ deal so I can’t really complain. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/57 "2018-08-29T02:56:06Z")
_What is your daily driver?_ 2016 Mazda 6 Grand Touring, dark grey. _What, if anything, does it say about you?_ That I am incredibly boring :p? I genuinely prefer 4-door, mid-sized sedans. And I’m not generally able to talk myself into buying into the luxury segment, so I tend to get the mid-range versions with most of the bells and whistles. _Do you like it?_ I do. I tend to like sedans that handle well and have at least a bit of road feel and I like how responsive the Mazda is. It may be a dull as dirt utility commute car with an economy engine, but it has very nicely weighted steering in particular. By contrast I tend not to care for Toyotas in the same segment because the feel a bit more floaty and isolated. I’d rather more road noise and a slightly rougher ride but with better handling than vice versa. _Want a change?_. Nah, I still like it. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/58 "2018-08-29T02:56:29Z")
1992 Lexus with three pedals (that should tell you the model). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/59 "2018-08-29T03:22:34Z")
2017 Toyota Rav-4 which I bought last October. It’s my third Toyota in a row. I like Toyotas because they are reliable and last a long time (the Camry I traded in was eleven years old). I would have bought another Camry (my previous two cars were Camrys) but I wanted something with more cargo room. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418/60 "2018-08-29T04:08:57Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > Will you be charging extra for the “special edition” cylinder head you’ll be installing? 😛 > > Of curiousity, what are you listing the car at? $4k. I was serious. Too lazy to swap heads. For some reason, craig’s keeps deleting my ad. Having a rough go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-drive/820418.md?page=4)