If you were new vehicle shopping, what are your must haves

[tombogan03884]

I don't care who made it (although Mitch has a good point about Toyota being #1 in every low tech, service is a dream 3rd world sh!thole ) where or what gadgets it has .
The only thing I require is absolute dependability.
When I turn the key it starts, drives to and from where I need to go and does not quit running until I turn the key the other way.

[Magoo541]

I'm reminded by 'she who must be obeyed' and has XM in her car, that Rush isn't on XM....maybe Beck too for all I know, my truck is too old to have XM, but Fox have their own channel!

Rush 24-7 membership.... Never missed a day in the last 8 years even if I don't get to listen live. But I do get a 3 hour show in 1 3/4 hours 

[Timothy]

1)  Tacoma Access Cab, V6, 4 x 4, 5 spd Auto..  Large enough for what you need and towing a reasonable load.

2)  My daughter has a Ford Escape that is a great little SUV for far less money than anything from Toyota at the moment!  Nothing for off road work but it's quite capable here in the Northeast.

Both have all the bells of two or three 12V outlets, auxiliary (Ipod, Iphone), SM, and GPS options are available.

Nothing from Chrysler or GM for me!  At least for the remainder of my lifetime... f..k 'em for taking .gov (my) money... besides, look at the aft end of the new Corvette!  Looks like the ass of a baboon! 

For my daily, it's gotta start, it's gotta stop and it's gotta get 30 plus mpg... 2011 Focus SE for 15K new!  I'll drive it for ten years or more.  I've lived in the north nearly my entire life and I've not needed four wheel propulsion yet!  Not saying I wouldn't have it but I don't find it critical to my life.

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Is the back seat big enough to screw in.   lol

[Timothy]

Is the back seat big enough to screw in.   lol

I've managed in an original Mini....though I was about 100 lbs lighter then...nuf said!

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[Jrlobo]

My 1996 Ford F-150 4x4 SWB with a small V-8, power this, that and the other, auto-tranny will have to do for me. Less than 30k miles, but had to put new tires on last spring as the old, original rubber was beginning to smell bad. Too much road kill on em, I guess. I reckon if I put an XM radio in her, I'd consider her to be new! The old 1980 Toyota 4x4 pickup, that I had before the Ford, rusted out badly. My wife loved that Toyota, but there are somethings a man has just gotta do. Yup. Then again, if a Jeep Wrangler were to fall in my lap, I might just get generous and give the Ford to my son...maybe.

[Tyler Durden]

How do you have a 96 F-150 with less than 30,000 miles?

What does SWB stand for?

[Magoo541]

What does SWB stand for?

Short Wide Bed.

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SWB (short wheel base)

[Jrlobo]

Sorry guys, I was watching football. But SWB stands for short wheel base. It's a full size truck with a 6 1/2 foot bed vice 8 foot and its wheel base is shortened accordingly. Fits neatly in a garage where I keep it when not using it. So, it's well maintained, mostly out of the weather and sun. To keep it under 30k, I only use it when I need it around the 40. I never used it for a commute (120 miles) vehicle when I was working unless the weather was really bad (snowstorm or blizzard). Today, my son uses it as much as I do in order to haul construction materials to his house and a gazillion leaves to the recycle center. Here in MD, I wouldn't use a truck as an everyday vehicle, only for the things it was designed for. If I lived out west I might feel a lot differently. For everyday I use a 1996 Toyota Camry LE 4 dr and yes it has XM radio. Guess I'm spoiled!