What is your second car?

Update. Picked up a work car. A 93 Celica ST. $700 on CL and about $450 parts/labor. Low Miles on this car and there isn't one piece of rust on the body. Hoping to get another 100,000 miles out of it.

 

aiming a little low aren't ya. there was 250K on my 1980 corolla when I sold it 14 years ago and I still see it round town. my taco has 226 on it now (its pushing 40" tires and 10lb of boost needles to say it gets beat on). my moms priva van has 260 on it.

 

You are right. It has 123k on it now I am hoping to get 250 out of it. My 2003 Celica has 133k and the Taco has about 68k on it. I got 200k out of a mercury cougar, so I should get 400k out of the Toyotas.

 

it all boil's down to regular maintenance.

Edit: I over kill on my stuff full synthetic AMS oil in everything and the engine oil gets changed every 3K

 

Every single swag wagon (previa) I've ever seen in the local junk yard had over 400k on it.

 

my dad knew nothing of maintaining his shit, he was a "Toyota's run for ever" kinda guy. Problem is if you never change anything but the engine oil and brake pads. Eventually shit fails in a not worth keeping or fixing kind of way. cyl head gasket has popped it doesn't overheat yet just miss's like a mad on fist start up. and the auto trans fluid looks like tar. so I told him drive it till it doesn't move anymore that was 5 months and 7 thousand miles ago. fucking thing just wont stop moving.

 

Well I know have a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee srt8 as my second vehicle.

 

had a buddy's wife get one over an srt8 they almost got divorced over it. hope you have better luck. they are fast as shit.

 

I recently picked up a 92 accord ex for winter. 197k miles. Tempted to sell it since I only paid $300 for it and already fixed the couple issues with it. I kinda like it though. Insurance is $86 for 6 months of liability only.

 

My buddy has one that looks a little bit straighter than that one with over twice the mileage. If I could find one for a good deal I'd buy it. I say keep it.

 

Wish I had a picture , it's in the driveway , but my second car is a VW Jetta TDI , manual 5 speed , Arctic Blue ( pretty rare color ) . I bought it on E-Bay back in 2006 , I live in Pa. The car was in Houston. $19,000 with 32,000 miles on it . Saved $5000 by not buying it here in Pa. ! Flew down for $102 , dealer picked me up , did paperwork , and I was driving home all in about 2-1/2 hrs. The car was more than I expected after just seeing pics on Ebay
What I like most about this car is the mileage .... 46 around town .... 52-53 on the highway
Wish my Tacoma would do at least 1/2 of that !!! Lol ... The tacoma is far more fun to drive , but costly at times .... It seems to Love stopping in fuel stations ! I know I don't , but it has its own personality : )
The Jetta is also very reliable , just do the maintenance ... 600 miles on $45 ... Sweet !
I drive it conservatively , but every now and then show some hot shot what it can do ...
Chevy Z71 PU... Smoked his ass , couldn't keep up at 140 mph

 

LOL of course it's at the gas station. Haha those are nice... and thirsty.

 

My daily

 

My Toyota collection

#1 1991 Steel mist grey MR2 turbo T-Top
#2 1991 Aqua marine pearl MR2 turbo Sunroof
#3 1992 Black MR2 turbo T-Top (parts car)
#4 1998 TRD supercharged 4x4 Tacoma ( about 4 months I've had it )

 

1993 Mazda rx-7

 

Nice. I always wanted one.

 

Looking at all these purdy sporty cars everybody else drives when they aren't Tacoma-ing it makes me jealous.
My other vehicle during the winter:
1984 Dodge W150


My other vehicles from April-November:
2006 Suzuki M50

2004 Kawasaki Ninja 250

 

Scion FR-S
F-150 SVT Raptor Super Cab (newly purchased)

I am not sure what to do with my Tacoma, but will figure out soon.

 

Mother of God.

 

I dreamed of one of those as a kid. The fact that you never see them anymore makes it even more desirable.