Man...

Its really great. I now have a little 86 Toyota Beater Truck!

Its soooo nice to not have to daily drive my Z anymore. As you all know my Z is heavily mod'ed so its great to be able to give her a rest, and know that she is safe and pretty sitting in my garage

Who else has a beeter?

 

Lucky you!! No fair :-p

 

88 jeep cherokee with 325,00o miles on it.

 

I dont personally, heck the Z isn't technically mine yet either. My parents have 6 cars i think between the 4 of us. I usually drive an F250 turbo diesel. It is nice to have something else to drive.

 

dayum.. My lil' Yota has "only" 148,000 miles

 

Got a 92 Prelude back in Oct. with 142,000 miles on it. It's a little banged up but it runs like a champ and just passed VA emissions with flying colors.

I love not having to put all the miles and daily wear and tear on the Z. She's resting comfortably in the garage waiting for a nice sunny day.

 

95 Toyota Corolla with 120k baby! I got the car a year after I got the Z. The first year's mileage on the Z = 20,000. The second year's mileage on the Z = 4,000 and counting until April.

You gotta love having a beater, especially when the snow comes (if it ever will this winter...).

 

'97 Ford Probe 4-cyl. It's a great winter car...No power, skinny tires, FWD. 96,000 miles and runs like a champ. Thanks to the Probe, I've only put 4,600 miles on the Z in the 11 months that I've owned it. The family car is a fully loaded Lincoln Navigator for haulin the kid and groceries and stuff.

 

Man.. cool stuff.. I drove the Z for a little bit last night... wash her, then park her back in the garage... .. I got lucky and no rain.



Felt great to get in the truck this morning, knowing the Z is sitting all cleaned up, waiting for a sunny day.

I'll try and post some pics of the beater tonight

 

man i wish i had kept my 97 blazer 4x4....times like this i wish i had a beater....u might think 97 aint a beater...but belieeeeve me...that thing was DEF a beater!!

 

Damn, now I thought my 91 Accord beater with 301K miles was impressive. Well, it was until I hit that deer back in October.

All I have to say is that having a cheap beater is nice and economical, but I really missed having a fun daily driver. Plus, I averaged out how much I spent on the beater along with maintenance costs (mainly to get it past inspection), and the per month cost is still more than the WRX I picked up. Then again, I got a killer deal on the Subaru... Something to think about...

Oh, and if anybody wants a free Honda to fix up as a beater car in the area, let me know. The car runs fine, but is missing headlight because of the deer. Has a lot of miles, but pass VA emissions in May, burns some oil, but still gets 31+mpg city.

Edit: I forgot to say that having a beater has low insurance costs... that was not factored into my per month equation I cited above...

 

I've got a 94 Saturn with 112,000 miles on it and a Honday CR-V with 93,000miles on it. I still drive the G even if it's raining. But when the snow comes she'll be warm inside the garage.

 

My beater is a '98 Mistu Montero Sport LS with 255,000 on it .She still runs great. I basically have not driven her in the last year, because I have a company vehicle......now that's my beater...

 

OMG where were you six months ago when I was searchiing for a beeter!

LOL

 

I see I need to take some pics of the beast

 

95 honda Civic 114,000 miles

 

Jordon! .. happy new year mang!

yea.. Jordons beeter is HOT...

Its like mine.. sposored by "rust" and "oil leaks"

 

i think the true question for mike is.....

r u going to bring it to the meet? hahahaha

jkk bring the Z should be a very nice day actually...

Ben

 

I have a choice of:
05 Liberty 4x4
04 Spec V
04 F-250 Diesel
as a beater.

 

If you ever get tired of the 04 F-250 Diesel .. I'll take it off your hands