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Old 02-06-2007, 12:37 AM
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just curious bout how you guys with multiple cars decide what to drive and when? like i know id have a hard time deciding and something would end up sitting
Old 02-06-2007, 12:41 AM
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sounds like a real problem . i have a blazer for rainy days and during the winter months, other than those times im driving the Camaro
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Well the trucks my fav for daily driving duties. Its auto and easy to drive. The eclipse comes out in one week stints. Its fun when I havent driven it in a while. The camaro is strictly a cruiser. Not used for any practical reasons. He doesnt come out much
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'99 Escort for most typical driving/foul weather/picking up my kids, etc. (looking to upgrade this in the near future to a nice SUV)

'99 HO Z28 for nice weather and typically just me or maybe one passenger. Shorter trips. NO FOOD. Etc...
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Most every day my Nissan Pickup pull Daily driver duty. Right now I'm filling it up every two weeks, and I drive it every day to and from work and all around town. Plus it take 87 not 92.

On those really shitty days that 2wd just won't cut it I take our faimly's 4x4 dodge pickup.

The camaro stays safe in the garage unless I'm taking a long road trip or it's really nice out.
Old 02-06-2007, 01:17 AM
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I have a 99 Z28 and a 99 SS the SS sits most of the time and I drive the Z daily! Love having the twins!!
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in my back yard there is

1986 nisan p/u
1998 altima
2001 malibu
2001 altima
2003 tahoe
2005 silverado
2007 camry

and soon to be a 2001 formula m6

the way i decide what to drive is simple. i dont drive my dads rides, so there goes the camry and 02 altima, hate my sis car so there goes the 98 altima. cant drive bros truck so there goes the 05 silvi, mom's a soccer mom so there goes the tahoe. i hate driving the old truck so there goes the pick up.

so i am down to my car, the malibu. drive it everyday. when i get the formy i will drive the malibu for work and the formy for pleasure.
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I drive my eclipse most of the time, soon to be given to my son. Planning on getting a new Sierra when Chevy has some type of deal going on. Then I will be driving that most of the time. I just take the Bird out on nice week end days, or when I am working on it ( which seems to be all the time), or when I'm going to the track. I don't like driving the Bird to work. There's too much traffic, and I have to park on the street.
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i was thinking more when you have multiple nice cars. like how do you decide? like alt every few days?
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I only drive the Z28 on perfect weather the weekends during the spring/summer/fall. Just cruising for fun or going to local car shows.

The Monte SS is my good weather daily driver. I'll take it to work or whatever when the weather is nice.

The Bonneville is my bitch. It sees the worst of everything. Snow, rain, salt, etc. Most of my daily driving is done with this car.
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lol, the GTP falls under "bitch work" for me. The ta comes out only in exc. weather and when Im feeling "saucy". I also keep my hand in driving my parents' Olds Silhouette(its the "jam van man") and my bros integra(which makes me feel like im cheating with rice, but I make sure the garage is closed when I get in so the TA is none the wiser ).
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wish I had another ride to leave the cad. parked in shitty weather
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I drive a beat down 93 toyota corolla thats missing a hood right now LOL. She gets driven through everything, (water puddles are the most fun) . The LS1 stays parked until the weekend if its pretty. The LT1 is a semi DD same as corolla almost except no puddles.
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I have my Z and an 89 T-bird. No taillights or dash lights. Easy choice. Can I ask how your Hemi Charger was sold without you know??
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what happened was my dad found out he was sick and decided before he died we were gonna do one more thing together. this all happned when we were in mn to be closer to his drs. im a so cal boy lived here my whole life. we decided to build a hemi car. after he died i got booted out of my house and decided since there was no reason to stay in mn i was going back to so cal to finish school. my uncle who was in charge of the estate sold off my dad's brand new f-150 and the hemi charger. i didnt even know it was for sale. he calls me the day i graduate high school and tells me there gone. so thats how it happened.
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my uncle who was in charge of the estate sold off my dad's brand new f-150 and the hemi charger.


The executer of an estate is usually entitled to a 10% of an estate....Unc made some $$$$$$ !! Sorry for your losses.
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back in high school,it was snow=my dad's ford taurus...nice or rain...my LT1
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Holy **** man! Sorry to hear that! I' m afraid of something similar happening when my old man croaks. ****** ******* set up his will to distribute his **** to me, and my mom' s two offspring!! They aren' t even his ******* kids, he shares NO ******* DNA with them ********......pisses me the **** off! My sister wouldn' t want his cars. He has a 57 Corvette, 67 Camaro RS, two 82 Collector' s Edition Corvettes, and possibly a 92 2500 Silverado, if ******** would stop wrecking it the **** up. Only ONE of those cars is even remotely assembled however. The thing that will **** me off, is if my mom' s POS son gets so much as a used spark plug from any of those vehicles! First of all, that' s MY motherfucking birth right! Secondly, he fucked me hard. I worked under him at a construction company making damn good money, adjusted to the lifestyle, and he got ME fired. Ever since then, I' ve never been able to make half the money of that job, therefore I was screwed ouf of paying all my loans and credit cards off. If he gets ****, I' ll remove his ******* soul with a screw driver and a crowbar!
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i have a boxy blazer i used for school and daily driving, camaro is for everything else. the chevelle that is a garage queen. how i decide which vehicle to drive is simple: if i feel like shifting i take the camaro; if i dont feel like shifting, i take the blazer which is an auto.
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silverado daily, car on some nice weekend days when i feel like it between late march and late october.



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