What kind of car do you drive?

2008 Mazda 3 hatchback. Manual. fun as piss to drive. 9'4 fits inside, 26-30mpg in town, 32+ highway.
2012 Jamis Boss beach cruiser

 

Yeah... lets swap rides. my 09 GTI gets its best mileage in 6th cruising around 75-80. Seriously upper 30's low 40's according to the indash computer. Does it in style too. Has racks so logs are no problem. I've been looking for used taco's.

 

hot damn! a new $45k BMW is for "poor" men??

 

when you think an M3 sedan is $20k more plus insane insurance premiums, 15-20 MPG at best on premium (same $ as diesel) and much higher cost to maintain down the road makes it seem down rate affordable.

 

I love these things. They're probably the closest thing to a 70 series you can get in the states. I've considered moving to Australia or South Africa just to be able to have a HZJ78 troop carrier as my surf mobile (never mind the great waves) as I understand that it's near impossible to legally import one here...

 

Bought a new Tundra this year, with the smaller V8, 17-22mpg. First new car ever owned. I'd buy it again today. extended cab, 2wd. I need a campershell.

 

I'm sure you know, but the e30 and e36 325i's offer tons of bang for your buck.. if your handy with a wrench. My 12 yr old A4 1.8 turbo is a comfortable and fun awd 4 door for lugging broke friends to the beach.. specs say 28mpg, but i'm lucky to get 25.

 

335d is a luxury vehicle. A new m3 is for people who just don't give a F**K about $. That must be nice...

 

Yeah, they're not fast but they can pull a dead whale up the beach in deep sand. Speaking of the HZ, I have been looking at getting the Euro barn doors for the rear to replace the split hatch AND importing the turbo kit that will bolt directly to my 3FE. This is my second and cheaper choice to doing a Toyozu or Tummins swap. Still gonna put the 5 spd od tranny in--that is the first project and is good for 5-8 more mpg.

 

those 20 valve 1.8t motors have a notorious sludging problem- sludge clogs the oil pickup/return, head gets starved of oil and bad things happen but they sure are torquey, fun and tons of performance parts are available. 25 MPG for AWD is pretty good- especially in an Audi that doesn't feel like a Pepsi can going down the road.

 

There's alot of old 1.8t's out there that were maintained properly and have >200k on them. I'm at about 260 ft lbs of torque right now and it tosses your head back when you get on it. Not bad for a $4000 car with about $1000 worth of mods. Gotta love grease under the fingernails to daily drive an old eurotuner, though.

 

All BMWs are sports cars first and luxury cars second- that's Munich's opinion and mine!

 

1975 VW Westfalia Weekender, 1972 VW Eurospec Westfalia Oslo, both have "street camped" at Wrightsville, and an 84 VW Rabbit convertible. (When I'm landlocked in the Piedmont I walk to work, thus the uber reliable trans) To get to our beach place at CB, my wife's Chevy Equinox. Loaded with boards and gear about 22 mpg. We leave our gear there for the most part, so unlaiden it gets 25 mpg...much like an African Swallow...

 

2003 vw jetta wagon 2.0. Seats lay flat for haulin gear and it's pretty descent on gas mileage.

 

Subie Or Die! best all around no question! climbing, surf, kayak bike, ski, tows my 16 ft skiff, cant beat it!

 

so what your saying is the vanagon may drive south with the sun or the house martin or the plumber may seek warmer climes in the winter yet these are not strangers to our land?

 

2004 Toyota Tacoma TRD extracab. Not 4WD but gets me and boards to all but those very remote beach parks even with some sand and unimproved lava roads.
Gas milage isn't great and is expensive (4.58 at the Costco) but on the other hand I usually don't have to drive too far...

 

Subaru 2011 Impreza hatchback, 5 speed

 

1999 buick century. I ripped the backseat out so I could put my board through the trunk and into the backseat. I was sick of dealing with the roof rack and find now that I do not have a backseat i do not need to drive more than one person around. Gas mileage is average at best but I think i increased it slightly by losing the weight of the seat!

 

Just traded up from my 84 ext-cab 4x4 Toyota to a 1990 ext-cab 4x4 Toyota 4cyl with 33x12.5 gets 19 around town and 23 hwy with 4:88s. But with the beach just 600 yrds away a tank o gas lasts a couple weeks