Fess up: are you an automotive hoarder? (Eco-cars or not)

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by Xringer

However, I just found out that I will need AWD this winter..

You don't actually need it (assuming you're driving around Massachusetts). People got around just fine thereabouts long before anything but jeeps had 4WD. Though I did have a neighbor who somehow put a Jeep drivetrain under a mid-60s Chevy II :-)

[Xringer]

The hills that I need to climb this winter, should be against MA state law!
The coffee in the cup holder goes into the back seat steep..


I would need to put on the chains on the Ford to get up there.
I'm hoping the Rav4 AWD can make it where the BMW X-Drive can go.
Everyone who lives on top of these hills has AWD.

To get up there on foot, we would need ice climbing equipment..

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

If you would go there just once in a while, why bothering to get a more expensive and fuel-consuming AWD when chains could make your FWD rig able to do so?

[JimIsbell]

its not an affliction ( I own 18 cars,classics ALL) I am doing a service to humanity by preserving history. (denial)

1936 Replica SS100 Jaguar.
1937 Ford pickup RatRod (1970 Cadillac V8)
1956 Continental
1970 Jaguar XKE
1972 Lola Formula Ford
1983 Jagual XJ6
1984 Rolls Royce Silver Spur LWB
2000 Honda Insight
2007 Lincoln Towncar
2008 Saturn Sky Redline Roadster

Cant remember the other 8.

[RealZ28]

Not too bad here. Currently:
2015 Chevy Equinox
2014 GMC Sierra Crew Cab
2009 Chevy Aveo
1999 Buick Park Avenue ULTRA
1995 Z28 Convertible
2008 Harley Davidson Dyna Lowrider (105th Anniversary)
2003 Suzuki GZ250
1976 Puch MAXI [2hp] (1977 Puch MAXI stolen)

Bending the definition of 'vehicles':
2010 30' Crossroads Sunset Trail RV
2016 John Deere X758 (the other two tractors are 'just lawnmowers'...hehe)

[Xringer]

Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr

If you would go there just once in a while, why bothering to get a more expensive and fuel-consuming AWD when chains could make your FWD rig able to do so?

A few reasons:
1. I can't leave the chains on the SUV, because they should not be used, or aren't allowed on main roads that have been plowed. (They damage the roads).

2. Putting the chains on and removing them when I get to the hilly area, is not easy and it's hard to find a safe place to park, during a large snow storm. Parking lots are likely to have deep snow blocking access.

3. I'm 70 years old, and don't like working outdoors during a winter storm.

4. I will not be using the AWD for any trips that do not require carrying large or heavy cargo. No Pizza runs.. (I like the Prius C for those trips).
(During the last 3 or 4 years, I put about 300-400 miles on the Ford per year).
So fuel use isn't a big deal for the SUV. I can't remember the last time I got a fill up..

[jray3]

Guilty as charged.
2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV (16 kWh, 49 kW electric)
2000 Honda Odyssey gasser
1987 Ford F-250, 6.9 liter diesel IDI
1983 Grumman KurbWatt (32 kwh, 120 kW electric)
1982 Mazda RX-7 (older electric conversion soon to join the fleet)
1971 Karmann Ghia (24 kWh, 340 kW electric hot rod)
1965 Karmann Ghia Cabriolet (gasser, formerly electric)
1965 Simplicity Sovereign garden tractor (48V electric)
Cushman Minute Miser utility scooter (24V electric)

[Crazyrabbit]

Just to add a little ecomodder content, my daily driver is a 2004 Vibe. I made a thermostatic warm air inlet that has a mixer valve so I can switch between the thermostatically controlled warm air and a cold pitot ram air supply for power bursts. Best trip so far was from Pasadena CA to Tempe AZ at 48.2 mpg. There was a bit of a tailwind. I need to figure out how to game the O2 sensor, if anybody knows a link on how to do it, that would be appreciated.

The wife drives a 2010 Matrix.
My daughter drives a 2004 Matrix
Then there is the 1953 MGTD, a 1957 and a 1963 Sears (Puch) 175 Twingles, a 1963 Austin Mini 850 Super Deluxe, a 1965 Volvo 122S, two 1966 Lotus Cortinas, a 1985 RZ350, and a 1991 Miata.

I lost my job, so its possible that will trigger the Lotus Cortina retirement plan here. The 1997 Dodge Cummins, the 1981 Rabbit Diesel, and another project car all left the building in the last couple of years. So 12, down from 15, I don't need no stinking 10 step program.

[LouMan]

well lets see LOL

1929 Mercedes Gazel kit (project)
1967 Chevy Impala (Super Natural tv show project)
1969 VW Karmann Ghia (project)
1984 ford LTD II
1988 Bayliner I know not a car but I drive it
1989 Cajun Bass Boat
2001 Dodge Dakota
2004 Yamaha V-Star
2008 Honda Shadow

I made sure I had something of each brand so's not to get caught up in that (you a Chevy guy, no I'm a Ford guy, no I'M A German car all the way, hay you aint got nothing if it isn't Asian) hahhaa

[Bicycle Bob]

I went 30 years on zero cars, and am amazed that I now have three. One is parts-only, one is in occasional use, and one is being restored to allow sale of the other. All 3-cyl cars. I also have a pedal car experimental relic that still makes news:
The Flexible Flyer: How composites made velomobile history : CompositesWorld