One vehicle. A 2007 Tacoma I bought new. It has a 187k miles on it and is still going strong.

About 6 months ago I recently did what you're posting about Aeteocles. I traded for a 98 Grand Marquis to drive to/from work and only drove my nice car during the weekend. After a week or 2 I came to hate that Grand Marquis and sold it.

Stupidly I bought another smaller car for work, spent a bunch of money fixing it up and ended up strongly disliking it as well. I found that I liked driving my nice car so much that I couldn't stand driving the work car. I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to sell the work car for a month now and still have it.

If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't have bought the 2nd car and now know I'm very content with driving my nice vehicle everyday.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Saving it to not use it? Seems silly.

Exactly. Drive it. A lot. It's meant to be driven and enjoyed. Fix it, if it ever breaks.
Repeat.

When you are driving down the road and think 'My ride sounds good' then it doesn't matter if you squeak past 11 MPG. Drive the nice one.

If your commute involves following a salt truck every morning, drive the other one.

All you may be doing is saving the nicer car for someone else.

I drive the beater ('12 Jeep Grand Cherokee) everywhere and leave the fun car (2019 Mustang GT) in the garage for the weekends. Will I run an occasional errand or would I commute with it to work sometimes?

I would, but it depends on several things. I tend to not take it if I know the parking is tight or hard to come by or the roads are shitty (AKA into NYC). I simply don't want to worry about damage to the car when I'm wherever I am doing whatever I'm doing. The beater gives me that luxury, I could care less what happens to it, where I park it, what I drive through with it or anything. It's a trouble free feeling. I'm not one to obsess over cars or anything else but fact is people just have no respect for others property and I don't see a reason to subject my stuff to potential damage if I don't have to. Same thing applies to watches, no sense wearing a Cartier to Home Depot to pick up cinder blocks.

Use the Right tool for the job.

The great thing about a Rolex, is that they take a beating, and repairs are reasonable so long as they get the parts back.

Nothing wrong with having a “social” car or “date night” car, along with a daily driver/work truck.

I don’t put greasy/messy things in my Tesla - I get my beater old pick up and put in in that.

A car is meant to be driven. I will take my BMW X5 5.0 or Porsche 911 GTS convertible anywhere. I get lot of comments at Walmart parking lot

Watches are meant to be worn. It is just difficult to choose which one.

Would you buy a cheap socket set so your good ones don’t get scratched?

Would you get a Hi-Point so you Sig did not get scratched heading to the range?

Buy what you like and use it.

I don’t have a beater but if I did, that’s what would be driven to work

I average 120k miles for work every 3-4 yrs. I’d like to have something I need not worry too much about it. Have the nicer vehicle in to drive otherwise

My wife has a low mileage 2016 Rogue. I have a 08 Pontiac Vibe (was wrecked and repaired), it's my summer car and a winter spare vehicle. It is used if a vehicle goes in for repairs. I drive a 00 Jeep Cherokee, lifted with 31's for the fall and winter, it is the summer spare vehicle. My Jeep is a local only vehicle, the other two I will take anywhere in the country...Waiting on a call to buy an 05 Chev extended cab with a plow with 80,000 miles as a plow vehicle for camp (also in good enough shape to be used as a spare. Just typical U.P. rust on the rockers and cab corners.

I don’t drive the 57 to work because the turning radius needs a tugboat. Else... all my stuff are beaters.

I use my bike when I can. Just joking just wanted to participate like SIg monkey. I sold the beater. I can also walk. That is how close I live to work. It takes awhile and cars are not respectful. The good car stayed in the garage.

Depends on exactly what it is. Mostly I do "save the best for last". Esp. when it comes to food. I always save the best bite for last.

I have 2 vehicles; a motorcycle & a 5 yr. old Subaru. I drive the motorcycle almost every day to work. Even in the winter as I have heated gear. The bike is fun & gets me out of jams with traffic as I can usually go right around people that block the way. I generally only take the Subaru if I am taking my dog somewhere & on our road trips to visit family (dogs come with us but we take my vehicle instead of my husband's car as mine is bigger.) It has less than 40,000 miles on it.

If I really like something, I tend not to use it. I have a super fancy pair of shoes that I have only used twice in 6 years cos they are too pretty to ruin. I have a gorgeous shirt that I think I have worn maybe 6 times. It is tucked away in the attic so I have it as a keepsake I guess. I feel like it is too pretty to wear.

I use to have a 98' Jeep Grand Cherokee. I LOVED that thing. I couldn't get it stuck, couldn't kill it. Only issues were the gas mileage (full time 4 wheel drive I only got 11 mpg) & it was possessed! We think it was 1 of the "flood" vehicles & the electricle system would just go haywire on a whim. The doors would lock & unlock all on their own. (I always had a spare key attached to me) Never found anyone that could fix the electrical issues. It never left me stranded anywhere though. I drove it all the time & a used the crap out of it. Loved not worrying.

Well, I only have Ford products, so some might say that all my vehicles are beaters....

I bought my Mazda B3000 pickup twenty years ago this month. When I used to commute, it was my daily driver on my 63 mile each way commute. It still runs great and currently serves as a tool truck, ATV and reserve feed truck. But it is butt ugly with duct tape seats.

When in later years I actually bought a "nice" for me car (used 2004 Mustang GT convertible) I would only commute with it on nice days. It still looks nearly new.

Commuting is rough on a vehicle, it will make your nice car a beater anyway.

When I drive somewhere alone, it’s in either the 98 Taco (204k, no AC) or 2002 Grand Cherokee. While the Jeep has crazy low miles (just passed 100k) I suppose both are in the beater category at this point.

For family usage, it’s the 2013 outback.

I drive the nice truck (2015 Silverado Crew) so that I keep miles and abuse off my '97 Land Cruiser. The cruiser could take it, but it's a quieter ride in the Chevy and I have more butt room for the ride.

Drive my Beater - Retired now so only minimal miles - 2004 focus - 110k Minnesota winter and beaten to shit in pot holes. It died last month while eeking out a couple more miles. Had it scraped and got $145.
Now a New Outback 2020 - maybe our last car. I still hove a 2009 Vibe GT - Hot running and only 68K - And for camping my 1995 E150 never has seen snow.