The "What Do you drive?" thread....

[freakaftr8]

Had a 2005 Corvette. Got sick of the wife complaining. Got her '12 Prius and she has a Lincoln MKT. For the hauling, 2004 Cadillac Escalade ESV. Long wheelbase!

I still can fit quite alot of equipment in the back of the Prius thou. Just lost a little manhood...

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by freakaftr8

Had a 2005 Corvette. Got sick of the wife complaining. Got her '12 Prius and she has a Lincoln MKT. For the hauling, 2004 Cadillac Escalade ESV. Long wheelbase!

I still can fit quite alot of equipment in the back of the Prius thou. Just lost a little manhood...

Way back, when the Ford Mustang first came out, it was tagged as a Woman's car. Not too much today!
My 2011 Prius is my daily driver. I consider it to be an Electrician's car or Electronic Techs car. I do have two Jeeps and a Dakota pickup, if that a redeeming quality.

[freakaftr8]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Way back, when the Ford Mustang first came out, it was tagged as a Woman's car. Not too much today!
My 2011 Prius is my daily driver. I consider it to be an Electrician's car or Electronic Techs car. I do have two Jeeps and a Dakota pickup, if that a redeeming quality.

That makes me feel better! Haha. At least when it breaks I can go thru and sub out the affected battery module in the pack. Been there, done that. Also headgaskets are a peach to change. 300k mi on it now.

The Escalade has the nice 6.0 LQ9 engine. about the same lower end as the LS2.

All in all gets the job done. wife drove the Prius into a parked car last December. Bent up fender and all but ahh who cares.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by freakaftr8

That makes me feel better! Haha. At least when it breaks I can go thru and sub out the affected battery module in the pack. Been there, done that. Also headgaskets are a peach to change. 300k mi on it now.

The Escalade has the nice 6.0 LQ9 engine. about the same lower end as the LS2.

All in all gets the job done. wife drove the Prius into a parked car last December. Bent up fender and all but ahh who cares.

I had a 2006 Prius, where I had the battery pack out twice. Once at 205K and 235K. Just go through the packs and the one that reads under 7 volts is the one that needs replacement. Get them on the Eplace site. They all seem to come from the east coast. They're used as taxis in NYC and other large cities.
I sat in the bank drive through yesterday with the AC on, for 5 min and the engine never ran. The AC runs off the invertor pack, 3 phase AC. How's that for good engineering.

[hi_volt]

A new project.

1947 Plymouth Special DeLuxe Business Coupe. Bought it in early July, and am gradually getting it serviced and back on the road.

[mr_rye89]

That coupe is sweet!

I kind of have a phobia of new modern cars. Crossovers, Self driving, hybrid, all electric, CVTs, tiny displacement over stressed turbochaged 4 bangers, gas direct injection, dash tablets/infotainment, automatic transmissions......All stuff I don't want or need.

My mom has one of those Subraru Crosstrek things, worst car I've ever driven. It's top heavy, cramped, completely gutless, it eats oil, uncomfortable seats, no cargo space, and worst of all it's ORANGE!

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by mr_rye89

That coupe is sweet!

I kind of have a phobia of new modern cars. Crossovers, Self driving, hybrid, all electric, CVTs, tiny displacement over stressed turbochaged 4 bangers, gas direct injection, dash tablets/infotainment, automatic transmissions......All stuff I don't want or need.

My mom has one of those Subraru Crosstrek things, worst car I've ever driven. It's top heavy, cramped, completely gutless, it eats oil, uncomfortable seats, no cargo space, and worst of all it's ORANGE!

The car manufacturing firms make a lot of profit on all the extras.
Evidently the car buyers want all these items. The good old days are over, when people bought a car they could truly afford.

[MadMan]

Originally Posted by mr_rye89

I kind of have a phobia of new modern cars. Crossovers, Self driving, hybrid, all electric, CVTs, tiny displacement over stressed turbochaged 4 bangers, gas direct injection, dash tablets/infotainment, automatic transmissions......All stuff I don't want or need.

Automatic transmissions were not a problem at all... right up until they started making 8, 9, and 10 speed units. Even though the engineering is ok on those, they never seem to work right because a computer can't anticipate a driver's every move. With a 3 or 4 speed, it really didn't matter because they didn't have to shift every second.

CVTs are just misunderstood. Like any new tech. That, and getting parts can be impossible. So yeah, I wouldn't advise getting a CVT, just because parts are scarce and/or expensive!

Gas direct injection would be perfect if they could just vent the crankcase to the atmosphere instead of letting all that oil into the intake to get burnt onto the valves. Pity.