Have: 2000 Toyota Echo Want: pretty much any used PHEV or electric
The echo is simple, cheap and robust. But I’d love to stop burning gas for inner city travel.
a) 2012 Honda CR-V <p> b) 2012 Honda CR-V
Living the dream - seriously. Cheap, comfy, reliable car that is fairly good on gas. Has bluetooth for music but doesn’t spy on me. Very convenient, secure antitheft system involving a metal key.
I wish I could drive a car that I could afford. The pricing of vehicles moved to the class above me. I used to be part of the driving class but have been priced out of the game.
2016 Camry. Love it, zero complaints. Car I wish I had? Slightly newer model as they look super nice but holding out to see how that generation fares with reliability. Otherwise I’ll drive this one til the wheels fall off.
I currently drive a 2013 corolla as a commuter, a 2005 converted econoline wheelchair van as my house, and an XT225 dual sport for fun/errands, and an old racing bicycle I’ve turned into a commuter.
I think it would be nice to upgrade to an actual commuter - possibly ebike - with a frame sized for my body. At 6’4", it is difficult to find frames that fit on the used market.
My dream moto is a WR250R. Still light and nimble enough to rip it on trails, but with better specs for riding on the highway so I can zip into town to refill groceries when I’m parked at remote campsites. An electric option would be super cool here, too - but atm, you still can’t beat the energy density of petrochemicals.
I think it must be a sign of my approaching middle age that I am becoming increasingly enamored with the idea of 4x4 muscle cars. Yes, they are completely impractical, but imagine: a 1970 El Camino with a slight lift and oversized, street-legal knobbies. Slight lift, but more dune buggy than monster truck, with fender wheel wells sized up to account for extra tire size and travel. Paint it Hayduke blue, and let the paint fade to reveal a stylish rust patina. Runs as a commuter, a friend-hauler (just jump in the bed!), a work truck, and an adventure vehicle. Build out a custom slide in camper (with the Camino’s low roof, you could sit up in bed!), and it becomes awesome for hanging in the mountains or desert for months at a time as well. And I could drive it from Prudoe Bay to Cancun and get compliments all the way from Alaskan natives, canuck mounties, Portland hipsters, river rats, desert ravers, dads in the grocery store parking lot, tejano mamacitas, mustascioed vaqueros, cartel foot soldiers, and spring breakers in tiny bikinis. Of course, electrification would also be a great enhancement here, but again, energy density.
I have a Mirage G4. It has a five speed transmission. It does not have internet connectivity, it doesn’t have a touchscreen, it doesn’t have keyless ignition, it doesn’t even have a fourth cylinder. It’s as reliable as a hammer, it still gets me over 40 mpg, and it’s paid for.
Dream vehicle? Any motorcycle. I have one, and I ride it sometimes, but I have a family that cares I’m alive and a lot of you seem to need a phone in your face to drive a car…
An aging one.
The one I wish I did is none at all. I would love to just be able to have a car pick me up and take me where I want to go that was shared with everyone else in town and driverless. I don’t really want to own a car at all.
I have a 2004 Porsche Cayenne and a 1996 Ford F-350.
Both were under $2000 CAD and very reliable. I love them both, but I would like to have a second gen Toyota Prius because I Iike hybrids and I really like the air cooled NiMH battery setup. I think they’re pretty cute in an ugly way.
Dream car to have again though would be my old blue 1999 Volkswagen Beetle.
I’ll never get rid of the truck though…will rebuild it over and over again forever.
I wish I didn’t need to drive
I just moved out of a city with amazing cycling infrastructure to the suburbs of a larger city… this city has okay transit but their cycling infrastructure is basically telling drivers to please not hit cyclists on the shared roads. At least until you get downtown you’ll be meandering through neighbourhoods because they don’t want to take away peoples parking spots on the main roads.
None, none.
Congratulations!!
What I drive: None
What I want to drive: a Car-free walkable city
people don’t realise how much better the world would be if we had no cars in cities. You think you do, but you don’t.
I drive a Ford Ranger and it is the vehicle I want to drive.
What I drive: Ford Fiesta (i don’t remember the year)
What I want to drive: The Millennium Falcon
Ford fiestas feel like the default car
That is Ford’s claim to fame!
I have a gas car, but…
I really want to DIY my own electric car. Find a small lightweight stick shift car that has a blown engine, add a forklift motor and some lithium batteries.
I have solar power so it would be free to power the car. Just have no budget for the parts yet.
This is something I’ve wanted to do for a while, but like you… Money.
Yoooo … Finally a thread about cars …
I drive a Manual 2019 Mustang GT convertible I bought of the auction and rebuilt in my apartment … It was tough to find a car in the height of Covid and I had very little wiggle room since I ended up putting a piston thru the block in my 2016 Genesis Coupe …
And this is the Genny I killed, she had over 120 miles and I was very lazy with maintenance … not that their build quality is the best to begin with
