2mAns Daily Driver Thread - who knows what it is today...

[moatilliatta]

Yes on Coilovers. And No, why would you want to ruin your daily.

https://www.motor1.com/news/298943/2019-toyota-prius-trd/

Cool thing about a Prius it uses minimal battery pack, Low CFD, Fairly light. Its a nice modern higher tier economy car.

And if you get a Prime you get a Carbon Hatch


Probably doesn't matter what you get. You'll put to much money in it, and sell it. Hows that a cheap daily?.. :p

[khiobrien2]

Probably.

Every single vehicle is a compromise. Some are close to perfect IMO for daily, but their cost is too high.

There is that saying and instagram, 2 car solution. I think you can cover most bases with 2 cars.

But yeah, 2 cars will always cost more, but in some ways they can cost less (upkeep, sanity, etc).

For the money you can't beat the efficiency, 4 door is easier for car seat, and like most Priii in California - when the bumpers have massive indents and gashes you won't care.

It's an appliance, you'll save on gas, and you'll have the 996 when you want to feel alive.

Relatively safe, go as new as budget allows to get the most airbags and safety etc.

If you want safe and big, it's killdozer, Hummer EV, cybertruck, Land Cruiser, full size etc are there but you lose efficiency or cost is too high either financially or life altering.

Killdozer and e30 sounds like the perfect 2 car solution. Thank you for the amazing suggestion.

[2mAn]

Suddenly Harry’s Garage releases this video just for me…

https://youtu.be/nZysvgm2_Aw?si=lDOsMCr4GTiZmMAi

[DEV0 E30]

They do, or lift kits.

If I had the scrilah, space, need, etc, a new prius on wheels, slight drop looks damn good.

Plenty of pictures have shown me that may be a car that is on my hit list when they are a few years old.

[2mAn]

It's sounding like prius time, my friend

Do they make coilovers for Prius?

[MrBurgundy]

It's sounding like prius time, my friend

[DEV0 E30]

A Corrado is the only VW of my era that I never owned... and I have been jonesing for another VR6 car, but it doesnt check any of the boxes I need right now haha

Should I just get a Prius?

Probably.

Every single vehicle is a compromise. Some are close to perfect IMO for daily, but their cost is too high.

There is that saying and instagram, 2 car solution. I think you can cover most bases with 2 cars.

But yeah, 2 cars will always cost more, but in some ways they can cost less (upkeep, sanity, etc).

For the money you can't beat the efficiency, 4 door is easier for car seat, and like most Priii in California - when the bumpers have massive indents and gashes you won't care.

It's an appliance, you'll save on gas, and you'll have the 996 when you want to feel alive.

Relatively safe, go as new as budget allows to get the most airbags and safety etc.

If you want safe and big, it's killdozer, Hummer EV, cybertruck, Land Cruiser, full size etc are there but you lose efficiency or cost is too high either financially or life altering.

[2mAn]

A Corrado is the only VW of my era that I never owned... and I have been jonesing for another VR6 car, but it doesnt check any of the boxes I need right now haha

Should I just get a Prius?

[Staszek]

Prius & Viggen!... we're getting weird now... but are somehow getting closer to what I'm thinking

My vote!!

[moatilliatta]

I don't believe it is worth the mental fatigue to battle entropy with a classic daily. Enjoy on Enjoyable occasions.

[Panici]

My annual fuel cost will be around 3-4K driving the 911 and that doesn’t factor the wear and tear on my high performance sports car...

Yes, but you'll be enjoying a Porsche instead of an econobox. A little bit of joy every day.

[2mAn]

My annual fuel cost will be around 3-4K driving the 911 and that doesn’t factor the wear and tear on my high performance sports car...

so I’d rather throw that into a 02-07 shitbox that I can throw into the trash after a year if it dies.

ivan drago meme

[varg]

so the budget is less than $5k. I also had some Gold/ Jetta TDi's on my list but a sub $5k car is a clapped out EMKAY4

<$5k, in 2024? Just save the money and drive the Porsche imo. There's probably nothing simultaneously keepable and DDable for that. Just more stuff you'll quickly bore of or waste a bunch of money fixing then sell.

[DEV0 E30]

Some of those don’t work because no back seat. Earlier he said 2 door. 4 door is easier for a car seat for sure though.

I missed a good one:

RSX… which is just an integra 2 door and back seat. Type S would be the pick but they are getting hard to find and expensive now.

or TSX - 4 door, can be had with manual. Or TL…

[roguetoaster]

Don't rule out a 318ti, although they're just aboi5 too old to hit the mark, and are probably getting too valuable for whatever reason.

What else have we missed, Astra, Fit, Accent, Integra, Yaris, Corvette, Solstice coupe, Vehicross, Z3 coupe, and ???