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a sedan
26.83%
an SUV / station wagon
37.07%
a pickup truck
29.27%
a minivan
1.95%
whatever gets the highest mpg
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What is the ideal car to pair with your sports car?

Old 01-14-2016, 01:35 PM
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To hard to narrow down to one. So here we go
1. 2013 Mini Cooper S - Drives like a sports car . Gets 35 mpg .
2. 2005 Subaru Forester XT - Goes fast , handles snow duties very well , can haul majority of cargo duties.
3. 1995 Nissan pickup - Cheap to buy used , good trash truck , Lowes and Home Depot runs.
4. 2000 Honda Prelude - Such a good looking car . Why did everyone stop making stylish coupes? Could not resist purchase of perfect condition 12,375 miles at 15 years old 2 door stunner .
Old 01-14-2016, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by LDfavoriteson
Nissan Pathfinder thanks to Saki's recommendation
I hope it's working out! I've since moved on to a Durango...

It has full-size car space and luxury, the room to haul and move lots of things for projects road trips, the comfort and stability for soaking up highway miles, and a high seating position for the +1 to lord it over the peons.

I've had large and small sedans in the past, but for the money and mpg, you might as well get a wagon or SUV. Only stand out would be a small hatch for sportiness, high mpg and utility, kind of a jack of all trades, but a compromise on multiple fronts.
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I would totally be fine with just my pickup, but my wife does not like my truck since it's the 2500hd and is very large. I think if we traded in the 2500hd and went to a 1500 pickup she would be more inclined to drive my truck. She also demands that my next truck have a backup camera. Since my truck is a 2012, it does not.

Wife would choose SUV and I would choose the pickup. I could not imagine life without my truck. I've owned a truck for 13 years and will own one until the day I die.
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I think a 4 door, full sized truck is the most useful all arounder someone can drive. I live in the sticks and have a hundred friends with em need I use one.. So I don't have one. I'd like a nice 08ish F350 though
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Depends if you have a family, need to haul stuff, have big dogs, live in a climate with winter weather. For me I prefer a mid size sporty sedan. GT3 and M3 is a pretty good combo. If I had kids or had to haul people probably swap the M3 for a Macan Turbo, X5M or something.
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Originally Posted by FearlessFife
Originally Posted by sam_spider' timestamp='1452809177' post='23852591
SUV for me. I've done a lot of sedans, the last one was considerably quicker than the S so the S remained parked and I rarely drove it. Now having an SUV I can do what I need to with it and get my jollies in the S again.

My wife's Jeep Wrangler was supposed to fill the SUV role, but we found its limitations, so on the radar next for her is either a sedan or a wagon. We've got 6 cars currently (one is a project car) so we need a sedan to fill the void. The IS300/350 F sport is at the top of the list right now.
Question for you Sam - do Jeep Wrangler's drive as poorly as I have been told?
Drove my buddy's few year old Rubicon a while back. Best way I can describe it is the front wheels don't feel like they are attached to the steering wheel and the rear wheels don't feel like they are attached to the front wheels. Not good. Kind of fun riding up high for a change though
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2008 xB is my daily. Auto, decent gas mileage and can pretty much load anything I need to- groceries, cases of Capt Morgan, etc.
If I need to move anything larger, I have an 02 Astro than can pretty much carry anything, and if it can't, I'll rent a larger cargo box van or pick up. Both are paid off, only monthly cost is fuel.
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We have an e90 and a srt jeep to compliment the s2k as well as in the past had 3/4 ton trucks and even a Evo. Of all of the different cars we have had I prefer the jeep to go with the s2k if I Can only keep one other car.It does three things very well for a daily. It can drive in the snow in bad weather, haul all of my kids stuff plus tow a trailer if I need to go to lowes for bigger items and it can be fun out pacing some sport sedans and coupes. I'm not an SUV fan at all I hate driving my dads rx350 and pilot but these new sport SUVs like the srt, cayenne, and x5m are just the perfect combination for utility and fun for a dd. The only downside is gas mileage but I can deal with that ft not driving a snoozmobile
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I think the poll is missing "another sports car". the truest vote is the one with the wallet. To that end I paired my sports cars with another sports car.
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