What's in your garage?

My wife came across a conversation in the twitter world that made me smile.

In this case, the conversation was connected to a short piece in the online magazine The Federalist about the sale of pickup trucks. Link: http://thefederalist.com/2017/01/04/...-drives-truck/

In this piece that has a political bent, the author points out that last year the top three best selling new vehicles in America were full-size pickup trucks. Not crossovers, SUVs, sports cars, or sedans. But pickup trucks, of which, in 2016 more than 162,000 were sold.

I was aware of their popularity because of where we live in rural Virginia, but not aware of just how popular pickups are in general across the country. As reported by AutoBlog, these are the 2016 new vehicle sales numbers:

1) Ford F-Series - 69,651;
2) Ram 1500-3500 - 47,792;
3) Chevrolet Silverado - 45,380;
4) Toyota Corolla - 32,272;
5) Honda CR-V - 31,884;
6) Toyota Camry - 30,707;
7) Toyota RAV4 - 29,348;
8) Honda Civic - 28,184
9) Honda Accord - 27,204; and
10) Nissan Rogue - 26,459.

Link: http://www.autoblog.com/photos/best-...#slide-3625527

While I am not taking a side with or against the author’s politics, I did find humor in responses that apparently resulted from this question, which was not well received by journalists: Do you personally know someone that owns a pickup truck?

As mentioned in the Federalist piece, according to a market research firm trucks (with Ford leading the way) are the most popular vehicles among Republicans and Subaru is the most popular choice of vehicle for Democrats.

I have to chuckle. In my garage is a Ram crew cab pickup. Next to it, as you face the garage, on the left, is a Subaru.

Not sure about those numbers as I know that about +/-250,000 chevy equinox's are sold every year.

http://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/chevr...sales-numbers/

Doc – You were right to question the numbers in my post. I incorrectly represented that they were annual numbers, when in fact they were just for the month of September. Below are full year 2016 new vehicle sales numbers as reported by the Wall Street Journal. Though there is some shifting of models, full size pickups remain the top three sellers. Good catch. Sorry about that. - Deerfield

http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/pag...tml#autosalesA

TOP 10 VEHICLES DEC YTD 2016

Ford F-Series 820,799
Chevy Silverado 574,876
Ram 1500-3500 489,418
Toyota Camry 388,616
Honda Civic 366,927
Toyota Corolla / Matrix 360,483
Honda CR-V 357,335
Toyota RAV4 352,139
Honda Accord 345,225
Nissan Rogue 329,904

as long as we have cheap oil, this will continue to be the case. trucks are one of the most profitable segments of the new car business so no way the big3 are ever going to promote nor can survive on small car sales. based on your data above, democrats should just stop running for office since subaru will not ever have a vehicle in the top10 nor be a large automaker to challenge the top5 :)

my garage currently:
2000 ford f150. 2-3k miles at most a year and pretty much only tows the boat.
1998 saturn sl1. winter beater
2015 hyundai genesis coupe. summer fun car.

not sure what my garage says about me. perhaps an independent since I drive a mixed bag.

Haha I have a Subaru next to our f150 as well. We are currently sitting on:
2015 f150 my dd and tow rig
2016 Subaru Legacy
2007 mini cooper s- wife's sporty toy
1998- eclipse gsx- my sporty toy (doing a pretty good size build on it approaching 400whp right now)

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Ford F350
83 Chev C10
Ford Fusion
Chrysler 200
Victory Kingpin

My Garage:
2011 GMC Sierra 2500 6.0L gets 12.5MPG
2012 Mini Cooper gets 38MPG

2011 C300 4Matic
2012 Honda Pilot Touring
2015 Ram 1500 Laramie.

Quick idea of my normal commute here in Northern Utah.
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my garage

2015 GMC Sierra 1500 crew cab Good vehicle weekend driver and pull boat
2006 Jeep Grand Cherekee my daily driver
2015 dodge 1500 club cab Not realy ours but wife daily driver supply by her work

When need to pull something serious the construction company I own has a
2004.5 Chevy 2500 crew cab diesel (I am lucky to drive this one every two or three months it seems like)

2015 Tahoe (better looking and better motor than expedition [emoji14])

2015 Toyota Avalon. Company owns this one.

Lifted club car golf cart - for the kids.

The remainder of garage is wife's storage building.

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We've got a 16 F-150, 16 Rav4 and a 15 Escape.

03 Chevy 2500, 13 kia optima, and 14 F150 (work truck). Actually in the garage: boat and kia.

'05 Dodge 2500 (Cummins), 09 Honda Civic.

Wife 2015 Lexus RX350
Me 2015 Chevy SS (sleeper with over 400hp)
Son 2016 Chevy Cruze eco
Work trucks brother and I share
2015 2500HD Duramax
2016 Chevy Suburban

Here's our line up:

2014 Audi Q7: Wife's daily driver
2012 Porsche Cayenne S: My winter daily driver (and tow rig for the Moomba and our Ski Doo's)
2010 Porsche 911 4S Cab: My non-winter daily driver (for pretty much anything other than snow)
1968 Porsche 911L: My long-term restoration project (I bought it from my uncle in '92, who bought it in '72 from the original owner)
2016 Jeep Cherokee: Son's college car

2009 Hyundai Sonata
2016 Toyota Tacoma
2014 Snapper rear engine rider
2016 Rheem 50 gallon water heater

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Originally Posted by jtatexc

1998- eclipse gsx- my sporty toy (doing a pretty good size build on it approaching 400whp right now)

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come on man.... if you are doing a "pretty good size build", that 4g63 is good for 6-700hp easy.
my old evo's were both over 360whp with just basic boltons and meth injection.

lets see some vette killer stats out of that rice rocket.

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Originally Posted by sandm

come on man.... that 4g63 is good for 6-700hp easy

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sandm - How would you upgrade to that kind of power with a 2.0 L engine that (according to wikipedia) from the factory only puts out 180-195 HP?

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Originally Posted by deerfield

sandm - How would you upgrade to that kind of power with a 2.0 L engine that (according to wikipedia) from the factory only puts out 180-195 HP?

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I am still on stock internals and just running a super 20g trying to dial in boost. When I blow the internals I will be doing the dsmlink/forged internals/gt35r turbo route to play with the 500whp range.
Deerfield arguably some of the least reliable cars ever built but you can make them faster than hell. The awd aspect is pretty damn cool too. This is the 3rd one I've had and have only had it about 2 months. Picked it up from original owner with 88k on it and I had it molested inside of a week lol. This is as it sits right now, the drop is going on next week.http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2017...a17bc6b840.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2017...6aac780200.jpg

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2011 Suburban 1500
2012 Silverado 3500HD
2013 Silverado 1500

2013 Chevy Cruze
2008 Chevy Suburban
2007 Ford Escape
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Club Car golf cart
Honda XR100 toy bike
Murray Rider
7 bicycles

2011 Ram 1500
2011 Kia optima
2016 Keywest
whole lotta stuff
3 bikes-2 hanging from the ceiling
2004 Honda civic -in the driveway

2016 Ram 3500 Dually
2016 Ford Explorer Sport (Daily driver)
2014 Honda Accord (wives daily driver)
2003 Suburban



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07 Moomba LSV
2010 Mini Cooper
2002 Chevy Suburban
1995 Porsche 911
2015 Toyota Camry
1999 Ford Explorer

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sandm - How would you upgrade to that kind of power with a 2.0 L engine that (according to wikipedia) from the factory only puts out 180-195 HP?

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Deer, that engine is amazingly strong and responds well to high boost applications. in the eclipses, it topped out at 210hp iicr. in the evo's, same block with some different headwork was 290hp at the crank. I added different intake, exhaust, replaced 1 cam and meth injection to allow pushing the boost from 19 to 32psi and turned 363whp/362tq on a dyno-stock block, head and turbo. his upgraded turbo with some adders will be good well in excess of 400wph without all the issues of meth injection.
see link for tuners making in excess of 1000whp on this block.
it was sooo much fun to take the evo to the track and dust guys in v8's with 2liters of displacement :)
http://www.superstreetonline.com/how...-engine-build/

sandm and jtatexc – You two guys will appreciate this.

The below link takes you to the 1989 archive of Illinois Issues, a publication of the University of Illinois at Springfield. Select the July issue with the cover photo of a Mitsubishi Eclipse parked in the driveway of the Illinois Executive Mansion, with Governor James R. Thompson.

http://www.lib.niu.edu/1989/iilist89.html

The Eclipse in the picture was on display at the Chicago Auto Show. Assembled at the new Diamond Star plant in Normal IL, after the show it was then prepped to take up residence as an official vehicle at the Executive Mansion, having been gifted to the State of Illinois by Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America.

It is a top-of-the-line Maranello Red 1990 model year Mitsubishi Eclipse GS, with turbo-intercooled engine. The window sticker indicated an MSRP of $16,414.00.

After it arrived back in Normal from the Chicago Auto Show, it was my privilege to meet with the dealer to complete documentation related to the “sale” of the vehicle and accept it on behalf of the state, and unique pleasure to drive this 5-speed gem 75 miles south on I-55 to its new home at the Executive Mansion. It was a screamer.

For some reason I have the correspondence (five letters) that took place between the State and Mitsubishi. It covers the offer, details of the build, appearance at the auto show, and expression of gratitude.

In the file I also found the marketing brochure and above referenced window sticker that accompanied the car. Dealer name on the window sticker is “Parkway Mitsubishi O’Brien Imports Inc.”, Normal, IL. If interested in researching the car’s history, the VIN is: 4A3C844U0LE000760.

pretty cool.
not a real fan of the 1g eclipses. prefer the 2g as it's a much sportier look. 3g was the end of the car and most tuners would call it a "chic car".
buddy back in Idaho has/had a 1g awd street legal car running 8's in the 1/4 mile. it was a screamer and not really streetable but he did drive it occasionally.

betting the red car with the vin above is either a rustbucket somewhere or sitting in a garage as a trailer queen. you should try to track it down as if it's a trailer queen, someone would really like the stuff you have on it.

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Here's our line up:

2014 Audi Q7: Wife's daily driver
2012 Porsche Cayenne S: My winter daily driver (and tow rig for the Moomba and our Ski Doo's)
2010 Porsche 911 4S Cab: My non-winter daily driver (for pretty much anything other than snow)
1968 Porsche 911L: My long-term restoration project (I bought it from my uncle in '92, who bought it in '72 from the original owner)
2016 Jeep Cherokee: Son's college car

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Glad I'm not the only one that has a soft spot for the Germans... Oh, and your son is spoiled. I had a $2000 car for my first two years of college and parked it for my final 2 years because I couldn't afford to pay insurance while in school.


The wife's 2013 F150 Ecoboost FX4 isn't "in" the garage because it won't fit with the 35's and 6" lift.
Inside the garage you'll find:

• 2002 Audi S6 Avant (with the 340hp V8 )
• 1998 BMW M3 Cabrio (with tons of mods)
• 2005 Kawasaki ZX6R Ninja 636

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Originally Posted by sandm

Deer, that engine is amazingly strong and responds well to high boost applications. in the eclipses, it topped out at 210hp iicr. in the evo's, same block with some different headwork was 290hp at the crank. I added different intake, exhaust, replaced 1 cam and meth injection to allow pushing the boost from 19 to 32psi and turned 363whp/362tq on a dyno-stock block, head and turbo. his upgraded turbo with some adders will be good well in excess of 400wph without all the issues of meth injection.
see link for tuners making in excess of 1000whp on this block.
it was sooo much fun to take the evo to the track and dust guys in v8's with 2liters of displacement :)
http://www.superstreetonline.com/how...-engine-build/

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32psi ooh wee lol, I'm scared to go above 20 on my internals at this point. I'm sure I'll get bored and play a little though. I'm definitely more partial to the 2g's as well with the 1g as my backup. I had a buddy putting 450whp on his 1g and I tell you what, his built tranny doing an all wheel burnout was fun as hell! 3g to me is pretty lame, sorry if anyone has one. But the boost capability is what made the eclipse so cool and the ease of upgrade. The 3g took a step back

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don't go over 21-22psi without racegas or meth injection. after dealing with meth, I would stick with upgraded internals/turbo before going back. it was kind of a pita to deal with and if the injector clogs or you run out, engine will detonate. Snow claims to have failsafes, but I didn't trust 'em.
lots of guys moving to e85 and if I ever get back into the boosted world, I would consider upgrading to that.

gencoupe has 400hp out of it's v6 and it's ok, but I sure miss the rush of a built turbo hitting at 3200rpms.... and the bite of awd...

2015 Hyundai Sonata Limited wife's daily
2015 Hyundai Elantra Daughters car
2011 Nissan Titan Pro4X crew cab My daily
2010 Toyota Tacoma Pre runner crew cab Son's college
2012 KLX 250 dual sport (for sale)
2015 Can Am Commander Limited.
2010 YZ250 2 stroke Son's race bike (for sale)
2007 YZ250 2 stroke Practice bike (for sale once I have fixed it)
2016 BIG DOG mower Alpha MP
2015 LS 4047 tractor

2015 Lexus ES (wife)
2011 Ford Expedition (me)
2004 Mazda RX-8 (me for fun)
2001 Yamaha XLT-1200 (modified fast couch)
1996 Yamaha Super Jet (stand up ski with mods)
1996 Kawasaki KDX 220r (mostly stock)
1995 Yamaha Wave Blaster (dirt bike for the water with mods)
Various Toyotas and Hondas for the kids
Old stuff that still run like new and best of all everything but the Lexus is paid off.

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... best of all everything but the Lexus is paid off.

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Way to go!!

Nothing fits in the garage but toys and tools...

2017 RZR 1000s
2007 Wolverine 450
2008 YFZ450
2005 Raptor 660
Bunch of mountain bikes, the all important beer fridge and an overpriced treadmill with incredibly low miles...
I desperately need to upgrade to have room for a 65 Chevelle SS and possibly a 50th anniversary Vette in the future.

Driveway ornaments include:
2005 F350
2007 Navigator L
1998 Honda CRV
2014 Outback Terrain 332

2007 Chevy 2500
2013 Grand Cherokee

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Originally Posted by deerfield

Way to go!!

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Traded all of those payments for college payments though :(

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possibly a 50th anniversary Vette in the future.

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I didn't know you were into the 50th Vettes, I was really wanting one for a long time but the more I looked into them the more I decided to pass on C5.

I don't have a garage right now, I have a Carport LOL.

14 Ram 2500 Crew Cab LB Cummins. My DD
12 VW Passat TDI Wife DD <thanks VW for the extra 6K from the law suite>

RIP 93 40th Anniversary Convertible Vette. I still have lots of aftermarket parts left to sell though LOL.

My list of vehicles looks inadequate for most on this list LOL.

A Moomba and a Kubota.