Daily Driver
What is your daily driver? Vehicles that you own for every day transportation.Not the tractor trailer you drive for a living or the investment covered in the garage but drive to work,grocery getter type.Mine is an old Nissan pick up.
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Wife drove my 2017 Trax once, she didn't like it, too small.
She prefers her 96 Bronco, with over 250,000 miles on it.
Of course neither are "daily" drivers.
Being retired, she goes shopping 2-3 times a month.
I am not figuring my mileage by MPG, but by "MPT" - how many (months per tankfull)
At least 2, sometimes 3.
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05 Cheby cavalier. 40 miles round trip to work and back every stinkin' day. Sometimes twice on the same calendar day. Get about 32 mpg and most everything on it doesn't work real good. The only gauge that still works is the gas gauge. I just blend into traffic, that's my speedo. Recently put $260 into new shoes for it, so it's good for another 60k or so. I see I can get a new gauge cluster for about $130 and maybe a 2 hr job to replace it. Time to have the tranny serviced and at 140k it probably needs a new timing belt. Not sure it's worth it, but I just can't give up on the old girl.
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My work pickup is an 04 Chevy 1/2 ton. Primary farm pickup is a 98 Chevy K3500. Backup for either use is 2001 Chevy K2500.
AND NONE OF THEM HAS BEEN WASHED LATELY. Shiny, freshly waxed vehicles aren't a part of life here.
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My Nissan Frontier 4WD gets 21.5 mpg. Six cylinder 3.5 liter.
We had to go pick up boulders and gravel at the quarry last week, we got the truck loaded up, pulled up to the scale to pay. Oops! The gal said we had 2,100 pounds. That is a bit much for a 1/2 ton truck. I was afraid I was going to blow tires or springs but, no, drove it 7 miles to my place and unloaded it by hand, no problem no damage to the truck.
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07 Tacoma TRD Off Road. 200k and still going strong...knock on wood.
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2011 Jeep Sahara, '04 F-250 6.0 Diesel, '08 HD Street Glide
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Wife and I both drive 2013 Landrover LR4s. Last year of the naturally aspirated V-8. Probably our last cars.
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My main mode of transportation is an '08 KIA Sportage V6 4X4 with dual exhausts. It currently has 111,000 miles on it and is pet friendly as my 2 K-9's go just about everywhere I do. With the windows down, folks following me most likely see the fur flying from good ole Corky the Golden Retriever who sheds hair by the clumps!
I also have an "07 Ford Ranger Sport 4x4 pickup 4 liter V-6 with 85,000 miles that I use on rare occasions.
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My daily is a 2011 Nissan Frontier 4x4. For you guys who own 2005-2009 and SOME 2010’s and have the V6 and auto transmission make sure you do the transmission cooler bypass or you risk what’s called SMOD. Strawberry Milkshake Of Death. The transmission fluid mixes with the coolant and destroys the transmission. It’s an easy fix and there was a recall and known issue with these. Other than that they are reliable. The wife drives a 2017 Toyota 4Runner Limited 4x4.
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The SMOD. Good God I never heard of that one. I do have a 2010 Frontier. I just did a little research and it looks like this problem was solved by 2010.
2010 Nissan Frontier Recalls | Cars.com
Find 2010 Nissan Frontier recalls information, reported by the NHTSA, and we will help you find a nearby service center where you can get your car fixed.I bought mine 3 years ago and it now has 65K miles, no problems so hopefully I have dodged this bullet.
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I find myself still using my 2006 Nissan Frontier for running to the post office. Anything longer distance, we take my 4Runner or Rav4.
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'04 GMC 2500HD extended cab 4x4. 240,000+ miles on it and it just keeps chuggin' along. Next year when I start collecting my SS we're thinking about getting a new 4 door pickemup for hauling the camper and boat around. Gonna hang onto the '04 as a farm truck.
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2021 tundra. around 15 mpg city. best truck I ever had.
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2018 extended cab F150 . It has the 3.3 v6 engine. So far very pleased with the truck. I t was bought in Oct of last year . If it does as well as it predecessor, a 1995 f150, it will likely be the last truck I buy .Wife drives a 2017 Toyota Camry
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2012 F150 2WD, with 5.0 V8 with 140K on it. I got 21 MPG yesterday on a 160 mile round trip. Gets 15-16 in town. Wife drives a 2018 Buick Encore that will get 35 MPG if you keep your right foot off of the floor.
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