[JonnyM]

Two at present, although one would suffice 90% of the time.

DW prefers full-size pickup as "her" vehicle and she wants total reliability which implies reasonably new. Traded 1999 Dodge Pickup (318ci) for 2004 Dodge 4wd Hemi in '04. They truely made us an offer we couldn't refuse, 10k of Factory price plus ZERO percent loan. She wants to pay it off with a year and a half to go, and I keep arguing (so far successfully) that it's other people's money, what's the rush.

She appreciates being above the crowd for good visibility, lots of American Steel to protects us from all those Prius's whose drivers cut us off, (LOL) and most importantly what smaller vehicle could effectively haul the kids around (pack of 3 Irish Wolfhounds). Neither of us would be caught dead in a mini-van, just can't do it.

Invariably she defers (prefers?) to my driving her Truck when we travel so I "get" to drive her Hemi regularly, it is an extremely comfortable "car" for long trips. It's like sitting in a comfy chair, except this giant T-Rex size head keeps popping into your peripheral vision from the back seat (with seat fully folded up and dog pads in place, you can fit two IW's back there) licking your ear which is Wolfhound for "Please put the back window down Dad, I wanna smell the outside world".

While I worked my last three years with DW already ER'd at home, she bought me a Auction car on the cheap, '95 Lincoln Mark VIII with 119K for $3k, and 5 years later it's at not quite 130k, my commute was that far, and I liked her not being stranded, OK what I really liked was her ability to run errands and get things done I didn't want to do after I got home from W**k. Now 2 years into ER it's mostly just a spare although I try to use around town or for trips out to Drummer's house in the sticks for Musical Jamming. If it failed or became to expensive to fix (knock on wood, it's been very economical so far, just tires and a Battery in 5 years, god I hope I didn't just jinx it by writing this!) we'd probably just stick with the pick'em up truck for a few years until we get in a place where we can find reliable dog-sitting. Then she wants a Caddie XLR for cruising the country. I tell her it's too small for packing much luggage, she says we'll just get a teardrop trailer to pull. Gotta lover her...