Daily driver
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Melting Slicks
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From: Waltham Ma.
Daily driver
What do all the Corvette owners on the forum drive as their daily commuter car? How many own a fuel efficient foreign car or even a Hybrid or all electric car? Just curious if the need for horse power is confined to just your Corvette. My wife and I both have 4 cylinder Toyota Camry's as our every day commuter cars.
Burning Brakes
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From: St. Charles/Cave Creek IL/AZ
What do all the Corvette owners on the forum drive as their daily commuter car? How many own a fuel efficient foreign car or even a Hybrid or all electric car? Just curious if the need for horse power is confined to just your Corvette. My wife and I both have 4 cylinder Toyota Camry's as our every day commuter cars.
Melting Slicks
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From: Western Washington
I had a long commute so always had something that got good mileage. My favorite was a '95 240SX that I still have. Before the long commute my daily driver was a '69 RS/SS Camaro which I also still have.
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From: Camp Verde AZ
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The daily drivers are a '79 Ferrari 308 GTS and '37 Ford pickup streetrod.
Unless I have to haul something like cinder blocks, then it is a 2010 Tacoma TuRD 4x4.
I don't commute to work though, so DD is more like a beer run or a trip to the hardware store or post office.
Doug
Unless I have to haul something like cinder blocks, then it is a 2010 Tacoma TuRD 4x4.
I don't commute to work though, so DD is more like a beer run or a trip to the hardware store or post office.
Doug
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From: Chattanooga Tennessee
6-speed E90 BMW 325i, sport and premium package.
There are not enough RWD stick shift sedans being offered in this country. I've got two young kids. I can't get into the caddy styling, or the old G8. Where are you supposed to turn? A non-turbo BMW is actually NOT an expensive proposition to own as long as you aren't the dummy who takes it for service every time the car reminds you to open your wallet. I do my own. It's my second one after my wife traded her automatic in for something larger, and we got plenty of enjoyable trouble free miles without even a plug change.
These 3-series aren't fast, but they are well-sprung, have a smooth six, a great shifter, and a pleasantly heavy amount of steering feedback (pre-electric like mine). And not that it matters, but it gets great mileage.
There are not enough RWD stick shift sedans being offered in this country. I've got two young kids. I can't get into the caddy styling, or the old G8. Where are you supposed to turn? A non-turbo BMW is actually NOT an expensive proposition to own as long as you aren't the dummy who takes it for service every time the car reminds you to open your wallet. I do my own. It's my second one after my wife traded her automatic in for something larger, and we got plenty of enjoyable trouble free miles without even a plug change.
These 3-series aren't fast, but they are well-sprung, have a smooth six, a great shifter, and a pleasantly heavy amount of steering feedback (pre-electric like mine). And not that it matters, but it gets great mileage.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Waltham Ma.
I do envy the people in warm weather climates. They get to drive their Corvettes, Hot Rods, and Muscle cars all year round. But then again I save all my working on it for winter time.
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From: Redondo Beach CA
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Melting Slicks
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From: Columbia, SC
2012 2-door Jeep Wrangler. 22mpg highway, so it's kind of fuel efficient compared to the Vette.
My previous daily driver was a 2002 Ford Focus sedan...this one was still getting 33mpg when I sold it at 10 years/140k miles old.
My previous daily driver was a 2002 Ford Focus sedan...this one was still getting 33mpg when I sold it at 10 years/140k miles old.