RunningBum
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I'm curious how many vehicles (owned or lease) you have per driver you have in your household. Feel free to explain. I'm most curious about "extra" car usagae. Are you a collector, have a "fun" car to drive, an old pickup for utility, snow car, or what? Include anything you drive on a public road, such as an RV or motorcycle. No farm tractors, junkers on blocks, riding lawn mowers, stuff like that.
Read on if you want to know my situation and why I ask, or you can just answer the poll.
I have two, as a solo driver. A daily driver (2014 Subaru Forester), and a '97 Miata for fun, on good weather days only. The back plastic window is torn so I try to not even get caught in the rain with that.
I'll keep this combo for a few more years if I can. Just thinking ahead to what I'll do when I finally part with the Miata. It may be that the Forester will be ready to trade in by then too. I live on a mountain and need a car that does well in snow and ice on steep roads. I know a lot of Subaru drivers who don't know what X-mode is on theirs. I know, and use and really appreciate it on snow/ice. I'm not going to debate whether I need to drive in those conditions. I want to be ready in case I get caught unexpectedly, and I also like to get out to ski, so I consider good AWD or 4WD a must-have on at least one car.
I see various options:
1) Keep the Subaru as a bad weather car, and get a new second car as a daily driver. It could be any one of:
- Another Miata or similar roadster. The Miata RF with hard top would expand its driving season.
- A retro Mustang, Camaro or Charger/Challenger. I love the look of all of these.
- A luxury car. Maybe I've had enough of roadster and want to be spoiled by relaxed driving. The Genesis G80 intrigues me, as do a few others. Not sure how much of an upgrade that really is from a new Subie.
- An econo (wrt to gas usage) car such as a Prius, or Tesla. I don't want to start another Tesla thread but I'll just say I have reservations about it for my situation, the main one being distance from service facility.
- A class B RV. Not sure I could really justify this, but it has its appeal. We're not allowed to have RVs in my community but a class B could probably pass, but it'd have to sit outside.
- A pseudo RV option such as a sprinter van or even a minivan that I could outfit myself for occasional weekend trips. With a cot, good cooler, portable propane stove/grill, solar bag shower, and perhaps a marine toilet, I'd have all I really need. I even have a portable generator, which I know I'd have to use outside the van. I'd need to think about this a lot more. The Toyota Sienna even has an AWD option.
2) Drop down to one car, either my existing Subaru or one like it. That's all I really need, it'll free up room in my garage, and be less hassle to maintain. Certainly the most economical option, and the most ecological option as well. No matter how green a car is, the manufacturing of a second car has more of an impact.
I'm not looking to be told what I should do. I'll make up my own mind. I'm just interested to hear what others do. Maybe it'll expand or influence my decision.
Read on if you want to know my situation and why I ask, or you can just answer the poll.
I have two, as a solo driver. A daily driver (2014 Subaru Forester), and a '97 Miata for fun, on good weather days only. The back plastic window is torn so I try to not even get caught in the rain with that.
I'll keep this combo for a few more years if I can. Just thinking ahead to what I'll do when I finally part with the Miata. It may be that the Forester will be ready to trade in by then too. I live on a mountain and need a car that does well in snow and ice on steep roads. I know a lot of Subaru drivers who don't know what X-mode is on theirs. I know, and use and really appreciate it on snow/ice. I'm not going to debate whether I need to drive in those conditions. I want to be ready in case I get caught unexpectedly, and I also like to get out to ski, so I consider good AWD or 4WD a must-have on at least one car.
I see various options:
1) Keep the Subaru as a bad weather car, and get a new second car as a daily driver. It could be any one of:
- Another Miata or similar roadster. The Miata RF with hard top would expand its driving season.
- A retro Mustang, Camaro or Charger/Challenger. I love the look of all of these.
- A luxury car. Maybe I've had enough of roadster and want to be spoiled by relaxed driving. The Genesis G80 intrigues me, as do a few others. Not sure how much of an upgrade that really is from a new Subie.
- An econo (wrt to gas usage) car such as a Prius, or Tesla. I don't want to start another Tesla thread but I'll just say I have reservations about it for my situation, the main one being distance from service facility.
- A class B RV. Not sure I could really justify this, but it has its appeal. We're not allowed to have RVs in my community but a class B could probably pass, but it'd have to sit outside.
- A pseudo RV option such as a sprinter van or even a minivan that I could outfit myself for occasional weekend trips. With a cot, good cooler, portable propane stove/grill, solar bag shower, and perhaps a marine toilet, I'd have all I really need. I even have a portable generator, which I know I'd have to use outside the van. I'd need to think about this a lot more. The Toyota Sienna even has an AWD option.
2) Drop down to one car, either my existing Subaru or one like it. That's all I really need, it'll free up room in my garage, and be less hassle to maintain. Certainly the most economical option, and the most ecological option as well. No matter how green a car is, the manufacturing of a second car has more of an impact.
I'm not looking to be told what I should do. I'll make up my own mind. I'm just interested to hear what others do. Maybe it'll expand or influence my decision.