What do you drive?

[Jay Whitehair]

An antique by American standards. 26 years old. Right hand drive, 2.5 ltd diesel, 5 sunroofs, and a karaoke machine. I load it for fly fishing, paragliding, hang gliding, diving, ice boat racing, kayaking. At my age I am in no rush - its a zen wagon.... I go slow, stop often, make food, dip a line, play some banjo.... life is good in a Delica. Its kind of a fuss when I stop though.... everybody seems to ask about it. Best of all... I have a comfy cot in the back. Best waterside naps ever : )

 

[TuckerIdaho]

An antique by American standards. 26 years old. Right hand drive, 2.5 ltd diesel, 5 sunroofs, and a karaoke machine.

There's a shop local to me that sells those and the pickup version. I want a pickup version for when I don't feel like killing dinosaurs left and right with my daily. (15 chevy 2500hd double cab) or for hauling things my fiancee would kill me for hauling in her 20 terrain denali.

 

[Doctor Rig]

Still looking...... boy the soon to be released Hyundai Santa Cruz and the Ford Hybird Maverick small pickups look pretty interesting.

Santa Cruz vs. Maverick:
What do you think?

Any new favorite drives you’d like to share?

 

[Paul M]

I used to have a Wrangler and a truck.
Now....

 

[Doctor Rig]

I used to have a Wrangler and a truck.
Now....
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Looks like a nice ride!! How does the smaller bed size work out? Looks very similar in size to the Santa Cruz & Maverick.

 

[Paul M]

Looks like a nice ride!! How does the smaller bed size work out? Looks very similar in size to the Santa Cruz & Maverick.

Gladiator bed size is good for me. 56.8" wide and 60.3" length. I dont think Maverick and Santa Cruz are 5' beds. They are quite different than Gladiator/Taco/Ranger types of small trucks with frames.
They will fill a niche though. The Maverick looks ok but the Santa Cruz is polarizing like the 1st gen Ridgeline.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

I just acquired my wife’s older 2002 4Runner.
It only has 127K miles on it and runs and looks perfect.
She bought a new Highlander Hybrid so I took the 4Runner. I still have my 2002 Tacoma that I use for work but the 4Runner is my new diving vehicle.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

Whatever happened to the Toyota Luv truck. It can't be bad if its been the vehicle of choice for thousands of rebel warlords.

 

[hedonist222]

ford raptor

I haul a dirt bike in the back and trailer a side by side

rear seats lift up - so dive gear (no tanks) go in the back

 

[lowwall]

Whatever happened to the Toyota Luv truck. It can't be bad if its been the vehicle of choice for thousands of rebel warlords.

...the 1964 “Chicken Tax” — the 25% tariff/tax on imported light-duty pickup trucks, which has insulated the Big 3 (Ford, GM and Chrysler) from foreign competition in the truck market for more than half a century - https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/the-...-big-3-from-foreign-competition-for-50-years/