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Your Daily Drivers?

Started by RallyeMike, July 23, 2021, 11:15:04 AM

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RallyeMike

I have always had multiple cars at the the same time, but there was always one I considered my go-to commuter/grocery getter. For fun, what were yours?

I have always been really thrifty when it comes to my daily. I think maybe because it justifies my expenses on hobby cars, which also serve as backup part-time drivers.
Here is my list.

1979-1984 Green 69 Charger, 318/auto.
1985 -1985 Orange 69 Roadrunner, 440/4 speed.
1986-1987 Blue & White 73 Chevy Luv, Buick V6/auto.
1988   -1988 Black and Silver 76 Power Wagon 360/auto.
1989   -1989 Brown 74 Charger, Slant 6/auto. $150 car.
1990-1993 Brown 76 Volare Wagon, 318/4 speed.
1994-1998 Blue 72 Charger, 318/auto.
1998-2002 Orange 71 D100 Shortbed, Slant 6/4 speed.
2003-2006 Red & Silver 89 D250 360/auto.
2007   -2007 Turquoise 71 Fury III, 360/auto.
2008   -2008 Silver 07 Ram 2500 4x4 CTD/6 speed manual.
2009   -2009 Tan 78 Chevy C20, 350/auto.
2010-2011 Green 05 Kawasaki KLR650.
2012-2018 Black 07 Susuki Vstrom DL1000.
2019+   White 05 Ram 1500, Hemi/auto. 



1969 Charger 500 #232008
1972 Charger, Grand Sport #41
1973 Charger "T/A"

Drive as fast as you want to on a public road! Click here for info: http://www.sscc.us/

lloyd3

God! And I thought I had too-many vehicles. My fleet seems immense at the moment, but that's because a I have a newer driver and I'm letting him learn on vehicles I don't give a hoot about.  Let's see, oldest is a 2001 Ram 1500 4x4 truck, next is a 2002 Isuzu Trooper, next is a 2004 Volvo S60 sedan, then a 2006 Honda Civic 4-dr, and finally a 2006 Mitsu Montero. We use the (now mostly beater) 4x4s in winter, and drive the fuel sippers in summer (at least that's the plan). The other two are the "vintage cars", a '68 Charger and the '60 Seneca.

b5blue

Now it's 07 Dakota Club Cab and a TW200 in support of my 70 Charger.  :2thumbs:

Mopar Nut

Right now it's a 2021 Daytona, paid for, why have car payments.
"Dear God, my prayer for 2024 is a fat bank account and a thin body. Please don't mix these up like you did the last ten years."

Todd Wilson

As much as I hate to admit it I drive this 2002 Corolla 5 speed a lot. It sips gas!  I keep my Cummins Dodge for weekend and nice drive/trips. I take good care of the Corolla and plan to drive it until it gives up the ghost.


Nacho-RT74

I have had in Vzla just my Charger soooo, well, it has been my driver the same as my hobby. When it was parked for some upgrade or fix, I drove my Dad's ( RIP ) 1975 W116 Mercedes 280S. Both still in Vzla and I hope someday will ship my Charger to Spain. The Mercedes won't be shipped.

Here in Spain I'm driving a 1998 P38 Range Rover 2.5 DSE ( Diesel ) which I just use when leaving the city for whatever reason ( job or pleasure ), but is really rare I really use it to drive around the city with the good public transportation we get here ( and the fuel prices ). There is a heavy iddle shaking when gets hot which is driving me CRAZY, but I can't spend more money on it, so as far it keeps driveable yet, will have to live with that untill get the money ( no job, and if the pandemic situation doens't get better dunno what will be about my life next ).
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cdr

LINK TO MY STORY http://www.onallcylinders.com/2015/11/16/ride-shares-charlie-keel-battles-cancer-ms-to-build-brilliant-1968-dodge-charger/  
                                                                                           
68 Charger 512 cid,9.7to1,Hilborn EFI,Home ported 440 source heads,small hyd roller cam,COLD A/C ,,a518 trans,Dana 60 ,4.10 gear,10.93 et,4100lbs on street tires full exhaust daily driver
Charger55 by Charlie Keel, on Flickr

Mopar Nut

This was my daily driver for 2020, bought it outright and sold it for more money, it was too impractical for a daily.
"Dear God, my prayer for 2024 is a fat bank account and a thin body. Please don't mix these up like you did the last ten years."

KurtfromLaQuinta

Quote from: Mopar Nut on July 24, 2021, 03:09:16 AM
Right now it's a 2021 Daytona, paid for, why have car payments.
Nice!
You do know those yellow "guards" are there for protecting the front spoiler from shipping of the vehicle?

KurtfromLaQuinta


KurtfromLaQuinta

My '74 Power Wagon that I bought almost 47 years ago.
Our 2009 Challenger Classic R/T.
Our 2017 Durango R/T.

It's Dodge, Dodge, Dodge and Dodge between my wife and myself.
And if you add my daughters and my son's, it's Dodge, Dodge and Dodge.
That's 7 total

I've tried 5 times to post pictures. I think I gave up on that.

KurtfromLaQuinta

I'll try again...

My truck, Challenger, Durango...

b5blue


Mopar Nut

Quote from: KurtfromLaQuinta on July 24, 2021, 06:02:12 PM
Quote from: Mopar Nut on July 24, 2021, 03:09:16 AM
Right now it's a 2021 Daytona, paid for, why have car payments.
Nice!
You do know those yellow "guards" are there for protecting the front spoiler from shipping of the vehicle?

Yep, I ordered it five months ago, took delivery of it a month ago. The dealer asked if I wanted them left on because we have drainage ditches everywhere. Haven't really needed them though.
"Dear God, my prayer for 2024 is a fat bank account and a thin body. Please don't mix these up like you did the last ten years."

Mopar Nut

Really nice daily drivers.
"Dear God, my prayer for 2024 is a fat bank account and a thin body. Please don't mix these up like you did the last ten years."

KurtfromLaQuinta

Our Challenger isn't driven as much as our Durango, or my truck.
Our Durango is our big cruising vehicle. And it's my wife's daily driver.  It's been on the entire Route 66 run. All the way to Chicago from California.
The Challenger has been to British Columbia. And other miscellaneous road trips in the last 12 years.
My truck has been a lot of places. Alaska twice. Mexico a few times. And I drive it everyday for work pretty much. Not to mention numerous off road excursions in the last 46.8 years.

HANDM

DD-2017 Ram 2500 CTD club cab long bed 4x4
Wife's DD - 2018 Challenger T/A 5.7

Weekend drivers
91 Prelude SI, 4WS piece of shit, manual, so it's fun to slum around in
Coming soon to weekend driver status 87 Plymouth Reliant K
69 Charger
70 Challenger

Winter weekend and snow days - 97 Dodge 1500 club cab long bed 4x4

69bronzeT5

Daily, I drive our 2018 Honda Civic SI. It's excellent on gas and fun to drive. Otherwise, I drive my 2017 Ram 1500 Rebel.
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1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1971 Charger R/T: B5 Blue 440 Automatic
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1970 GTO: 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: 340 Automatic

Homerr

1987-1990 '78 Celica
1991-1992 '91 CRX Si
1992-1993  '69 Dodge p/u
1994-1995  '69 Charger
1995-2010  '95 Civic Si (stolen)
2010-2018  '02 Subaru Impreza
2018-2020  '02 Accord V6
2020-present  LOL, driving?  all work from home

(still have the Accord)

timmycharger

Fun!

Daily Drivers:

90-91 - 1981 Chevy Chevette
91-92 - 1986 Ford Escort
92-94 - 1985 Honda CRX
95-96 - 1979 Lancia Beta Coupe
96-99 - 1992 Mercury Sable
99-02 - 1987 Dodge Ram 150
02-05 - 1998 Mercury Mystique
05-07 - 1997 Plymouth Breeze
07-12 - 2004 Subaru Legacy Wagon
12-19 - 2000 Chrysler 300M - now my son's car
19-21 - 2015 Dodge Charger  - now my daughter's car

21 - present - sharing the wife's van as I work from home full time.

Had the 68 since 1997 though  :yesnod:

triple_green

here's mine, 99FB, BLK on BLK T-top upgraded suspension and wheels/tires 115K miles
68 Charger 383 HP grandma car (the orignal 3X)

RallyeMike

Quote95-96 - 1979 Lancia Beta Coupe

Now there is an unusual one.  :icon_smile_cool:
1969 Charger 500 #232008
1972 Charger, Grand Sport #41
1973 Charger "T/A"

Drive as fast as you want to on a public road! Click here for info: http://www.sscc.us/

timmycharger

Quote from: RallyeMike on August 05, 2021, 10:25:33 PM
Quote95-96 - 1979 Lancia Beta Coupe

Now there is an unusual one.  :icon_smile_cool:

Ha! yep, don't see many of these, even back in the 90's.  My Dad had one in the early 80's and also had a 77 Lancia Scorpion that was his toy. I love Mopars/Chargers but since my Dad came here from Italy in the early 70's, he influenced me with the sports cars (Rally and F1).

Here is a shot of it after my first attempt at body work and a cheap $250 paint job. 


Old Moparz

Since 2005 my daily ride has been the 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 that I got as a new leftover. Several years ago I started looking to replace it with another truck, but with truck prices as high as they are & coming with a mortgage, I gave up & put some money into my truck & kept it. Long story short, I bought my first car to use as a daily driver since 1988.  :o  It's been trucks ever since.

Took me about three full months of looking & driving several configurations to filter out what I wanted & to also avoid the overpriced, worn out junk that people are getting rid of. I drove a couple of AWD 6 cylinder ones, a couple of AWD & RWD V8 Hemis, & finally settled on a 2013 300C Hemi, RWD with 48,700 miles that was loaded with every option except for the sunroof which I actually didn't want.  :coolgleamA:

White wasn't my first color choice but I do like it.  :cheers:
               Bob                



              I Gotta Stop Taking The Bus

moparstuart

GO SELL CRAZY SOMEWHERE ELSE WE ARE ALL STOCKED UP HERE

moparstuart

sadly  i slum it in an 05  PT vert beater ,  at least it does have a turbo   . I do work from home so its a weekend warrior only    :icon_smile_big:
GO SELL CRAZY SOMEWHERE ELSE WE ARE ALL STOCKED UP HERE

Old Moparz

               Bob                



              I Gotta Stop Taking The Bus

John_Kunkel

2008 Magnum RT, just turned 100K miles yesterday.
Pardon me but my karma just ran over your dogma.

67440chrg

I normally drive the oldest and most worn out vehicles around my place. Sometimes it is what she drove in the ground. Then I get a few more years out of them. Now I am driving a low mileage 1991 S10 4x4 v6 a friends elderly uncle left her that I bought from her.. I will drive it as long as it is going.

moparstuart

Quote from: 67440chrg on August 09, 2021, 02:28:58 PM
I normally drive the oldest and most worn out vehicles around my place. Sometimes it is what she drove in the ground. Then I get a few more years out of them. Now I am driving a low mileage 1991 S10 4x4 v6 a friends elderly uncle left her that I bought from her.. I will drive it as long as it is going.
if its paid for  , no car payments is my moto too  :)    More money for the old ones , they are more fun  .
GO SELL CRAZY SOMEWHERE ELSE WE ARE ALL STOCKED UP HERE

ODZKing

2018 300 S

Old Moparz

Quote from: ODZKing on August 10, 2021, 11:00:10 AM
2018 300 S

I know I've seen one of those somewhere before.  :scratchchin:
               Bob                



              I Gotta Stop Taking The Bus

TexasStroker

The truck should be back up and running soon, but for over the last year the M10 has been the daily:
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Contact me for info!

375instroke

I alternate between two '69 Chargers, a black R/T, and a Cordovan 383.  Whichever one I'm not waiting on parts for.

OldChargerGuy

Quote from: RallyeMike on July 23, 2021, 11:15:04 AM
I have always had multiple cars at the the same time, but there was always one I considered my go-to commuter/grocery getter. For fun, what were yours?

I have always been really thrifty when it comes to my daily. I think maybe because it justifies my expenses on hobby cars, which also serve as backup part-time drivers.
Here is my list.

1979-1984 Green 69 Charger, 318/auto.
1985 -1985 Orange 69 Roadrunner, 440/4 speed.
1986-1987 Blue & White 73 Chevy Luv, Buick V6/auto.
1988   -1988 Black and Silver 76 Power Wagon 360/auto.
1989   -1989 Brown 74 Charger, Slant 6/auto. $150 car.
1990-1993 Brown 76 Volare Wagon, 318/4 speed.
1994-1998 Blue 72 Charger, 318/auto.
1998-2002 Orange 71 D100 Shortbed, Slant 6/4 speed.
2003-2006 Red & Silver 89 D250 360/auto.
2007   -2007 Turquoise 71 Fury III, 360/auto.
2008   -2008 Silver 07 Ram 2500 4x4 CTD/6 speed manual.
2009   -2009 Tan 78 Chevy C20, 350/auto.
2010-2011 Green 05 Kawasaki KLR650.
2012-2018 Black 07 Susuki Vstrom DL1000.
2019+   White 05 Ram 1500, Hemi/auto. 

Just for fun, these were mine . . . I usually owned 1 car at a time, then 2 at a time when married, then several at a time after the divorce.
Here is just my daily-driver history . . .

1976.       1964 Oldsmobile F85 sedan, V6, auto shift.  Totaled.
1977.       1965 Dodge Dart sedan, Slant6, auto shift.  Totaled.
1978-81.  1970 Dodge Charger, 318cid, A904.  A rust-bucket that got me through college. Great car.
1981-85.  1973 Plymouth Valiant sedan, Slant6, auto shift.  Only 2,400 miles.
1984.       Married.
1985.       Wife hated color of Valiant. Sold it; big mistake.
1985.       1982 Plymouth Horizon TC3.  Lousy piece of junk.
1986-89.  1981 Dodge Omni 024.  Not so lousy, but still junk.
1989-97.  1981 Dodge D50 pickup truck. Great little truck.
1997.       Six children.
1998.       1983 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck.
1999.       1993 Dodge Caravan. The wife's leftovers. Junk.
2000-05   1996 Buick Century station wagon.
2001-05   2001 Chevrolet Silverado.
2005.       Divorced.
2005-11   Retained 1996 Buick Century station wagon. Among the best domestic cars ever owned.
2005-17   Retained 2001 Chevrolet Silverado. Great truck, totaled by my daughter.
2011-16   2008 Honda Civic coupe. Loved it.
2016-18   2008 Honda Civic sedan. Totaled.
2018+     2014 Honda Civic sedan. Great car, runs for 9 cents a mile.
2019+     2013 Ram 1500 Express SL. Awesome towin' and haulin' vehicle.

OldChargerGuy

1966 Dodge Charger | AACA HPOF Original
1968 Dodge Charger | restoration-in-progress

Rubberduck

2008 Bullitt



2014 RAM 1500



1988 Mercedes 300CE
´68 Charger, 505 by CWE, 4-speed


T-Cows

Well been driving my 1984/93 W350 Cummins conversion crewcab since about 2010...



Then going back many years it was...

1987 Dodge D250 360/auto
1970 Sport Fury 2dr...318/auto
1986 Chevy Pick up...350/auto
1973 Roadrunner 340/auto
1981 Dodge Caravelle 2dr...318/auto



426HemiChick

Quote from: T-Cows on November 10, 2021, 09:29:22 PM
Well been driving my 1984/93 W350 Cummins conversion crewcab since about 2010...



Then going back many years it was...

1987 Dodge D250 360/auto
1970 Sport Fury 2dr...318/auto
1986 Chevy Pick up...350/auto
1973 Roadrunner 340/auto
1981 Dodge Caravelle 2dr...318/auto




Howdy T Cows,                   20 November 2021

We like your Troka, it has a practical look to it and would guess it's very dependable.

Most of our vehicles are in Phoenix, the only one remaining in Texas is our 09 Ram 1500 Hemi LQC PU which is the DD Here. In Phoenix we have 2 Stangs, 87 and 96, 08 F350 Crew Cab 4X Diesel, 00 CV Interceptor, 68 Hemi RR, 69 6-PK SB. The 96 Stang and the F350 are the daily drivers there, mostly the Stang.

Hopefully, everything will soon be in Phoenix.

Best Always

426 Hemi Chicks
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