What do you drive?

[kyrawhitworth]

Another FJ appreciation comment. Nearly 200K and the husbands short bus is going strong!

[Jay521]

2007 FJ Cruiser. Manual transmission.

Manual transmission

I realized as I wrote that post that I have owned at least one vehicle that was a manual transmission my entire driving life which extends just over 60 years. I’ve driven stick shifts for so long that I don’t think about shifting at all. I do have to admit that when I drive my wife’s car, I stomp my left foot down once or twice until my brain flips to automatic.

[BirkinS]

Honda Civic baby, hasn't let me down yet!

[ejfred]

Really miss my Wrangler. Sure, it would get 3 miles to the gallon. And the suspension was not ideal for going to the grocery store. But I could take the doors off, parallel park it darn near anywhere, and go lots of places that my Forester doesn't seem to want to go.

[Ryan P]

Ranger... a.k.a. "the other pickup truck"

[Wildernessjane]

Between the two of us we have an Xterra, Honda Civic and lifted 4WD Quigley van. The Xterra replaced a lifted Wrangler (RIP Roxy) that was recently totaled in an accident. As much as I miss my Wrangler, the Xterra has been fantastic for extended mountain trips by myself. I feel like this vehicle was designed for the outdoor enthusiast/peak bagger (converts to a perfectly flat platform in about 30 seconds, can handle some pretty rough roads, has lots of secret compartments, etc). It’s such a bummer they don’t make them any more. We got lucky and found a 2015 Pro-4X with only 25K miles. I’ve done the pickup with a sleeping platform thing but personally I like to be able to hop in the driver’s seat and take off if something sketchy goes down, especially if I’m by myself.

[nyker]

Pickup trucks definitely represent well. Though as look at price trends, I probably should have included them in the "high end" vehicles. Crazy what even a near new or CPO pickup costs these days.

[Woodie Hopper]

I used a base 4Runner for years (2011)- it was great, bomb proof, and I spent many pre hike evenings sleeping in the back. One of our kids uses it at college out of state, and at 180k + miles, it's fine.

Currently I drive a Bronco Badlands. It does everything the 4Runner did (without going for the Sasquatch package), but it's faster and I have an aftermarket sleep system that works well. With 25k miles it's too soon to really know about reliability, but I haven't had any problems, and have been enjoying it (especially after replacing the awful stock sound system!).

[nyker]

Cool, I've heard some good things about the new Broncos

[XterraRob]

1994 Plymouth Voyager GT

[Matt]

2007 FJ Cruiser. Manual transmission. It’s got 284,000 miles on it and literally no maintenance issues beyond the normal (brakes, batteries, tires, etc.). I’ve owned a lot of vehicles in my life but my FJ is far and away the most dependable and reliable.

Can’t believe nobody else has mentioned the venerable FJ..

It was a sad f**king day when I realized my 2007 FJ was done. That thing took me everywhere in my peak bagging glory days and I beat the s**t out of it.
Like yours, nothing broke outside the replaceable parts. One set of shocks/struts. The clutch went out at 191k miles. Stupid Denver emissions cost me a new catalytic converter. That's it.

Needs a new timing chain (quoted $4800) or engine and the electrical system has gone rouge.
It had well over 300k miles. I don't know exactly because the odometer shorted out for almost two years back when I still hiked all over the place.

Scooped a 2014 4Runner with 100k for $22,000. It's great in its own way with a much better stereo and some more recent tech installed. I expect a lot more miles to come.
It's my first car since the 90s with an automatic. Oh well...

Interesting decision on groupings, Explorer?

I didn't read the answers above me, but I bet it falls out like so:
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7. Other

7. Other includes all the $100k Range Rovers and new Land Cruisers I see in East Denver whose considerable capabilities are sadly wasted in their lives as leased status symbols tooling around Cherry Creek and Hilltop.