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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 07:42 PM
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My work vehicle(construction) 80-120 miles a day. Weekends its the Camry--Wife says the truck is too loud and rough riding-----oooohhhh welll
 
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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I drive mine almost every day but I can't call it a daily driver, its my mule. It pulls my 5er and three trailers all over the county. I haul cars and etc. in the 42' trailers and I couldn't be more proud of the way it gets down and pulls hard on the mountains! If for some reason I couldn't drive it I would get bored.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 08:18 PM
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good i was just makin sure i wasnt the only one that daily drove my truck
 
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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Mine has been my daily driver since Sept of 2000 when I bought it.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2009 | 10:10 PM
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not really...honda gets 35-40 mpg on regular so it gets the abuse of being my dd. truck is my toy...i think i tend to baby her more than necessary sometimes lol. although with the weather warming up, i've been back to terrorizing back bay and seeing how fast we can take the curves. when i get the 4wd working again and new tires...brace yourselves!
 
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 11:32 AM
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The 97 is my wife's DD. 293000 miles still runs great and is reliable. She won't have anything to do with driving a car.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 05:28 PM
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Mine is my daily driver... and dog hauler. haha
 
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:37 PM
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Mine isn't my daily driver... but the truck tends to get more miles per year than the car.

Throw the camper on, load the DW and kids in, and go thousands of miles on one trip plus several more multi-hundred mile trips to the lake or beach and they add up.

If diesel stays down I won't replace my car when it dies and the truck will become my daily driver. But if the price shoots up again, then my car will be replaced.
 
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Mine is my daily driver... The mustang was suppost to be my car to get me to college. And well um didn't turn out that way, I still have not finished high school yet.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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I don't leave home without it.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 05:41 PM
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yup i drive it as much as i can... which doesn't happen to be a lot while i'm at school... but it does have over 230,000 miles on it and much more than twice the original power of stock!! she's runnin strong
 
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 09:55 PM
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Drive it everyday. Wife prefers the minivan. Daughter says, "Daddy, you drive your truck like a sports car!" I say, "Thank, honey."
 
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