Comments on: How to Be Happy With the Car You Drive

By: Adam78

Adam78 — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:00:55 +0000

My first car was a 1978 Camaro Z28 4spd with T-Tops. I felt like a badass in Highschool. Now that i’m in college and drive a 2006 supercharged Jaguar XJR, I get a kick at all the kids that drive similar cars to what I once drove and think they are faster than my British Power! haha. But as for the Minivan…I could never do it, I needed a car for the winter bc my Jag is no good in the snow. So i got a Landrover, fits as many as a minivan, but A LOT better to drive IMHO

By: tuAbuela

tuAbuela — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:32:22 +0000

Found this site today digging around the internets. Good site and I liked the article. Personally (instilled by my dad all my life) I love Toyotas! Here’s my list of cars since I was 17, 24 now.

1) 1989 Chevy 1/2 ton pick up(from dads job at the time)
2) 1992 celica gt-s(traded 1st car for this)
3) 2002 Honda Civic EX( first car payed for 100% by me!)
4)2007 Camry SE v6 is what I drive now and couldn’t be happier. Granted I bought it used at 48k.
Not bashing at all but I wouldn’t be caught dead driving a minivan lol I’m sure it’s all just preference.

By: Preston

Preston — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:06:10 +0000

First car was a 1977 toyota pickup, yellow, my dad brought it home randomly one day because he saw it in a guys drive way and it had been sitting for years, the guy told him the transmission was gone in it so my dad payed him 50 bux, ended up the clutch was loose on it, tightened up the clutch and it ran fine, awesome truck, even though it had grateful dead teddy bears all over it hahahaha

By: Charlie Lyons

Charlie Lyons — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:15:12 +0000

Currently, an aging, higher-mileage 2003 Pontiac GrandAm. It replaced my last car of limited responsibility… a 92 Honda Prelude S. Before that was a 90 Chevy Cavalier Z24, which I drove with a buddy on that road trip you spoke of, from Waterloo, Ontario to Phoenix, Arizona in the winter of 2003. Awesome to think back and reminisce about these things. Thanks for the memories!

By: Batman

Batman — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:29:43 +0000

Ah yes, My first car was a 1970 VW beetle. It got miles per gallon in oil, and had a limited range. not because of the fuel tank size, but because it’s reliability was inversely proportional to how far away help was. The fact that is is somewhat shaped like an airplane wing meant every destination could be changed to “Heaven” in route if the freeway was involved. It only had 1 windshield wiper, that was from 1970, and was about as effective as oily rag. But it got decent mileage when it did run, and it was freedom! I think regardless of how bad they were, First cars always hold a top ten spot in our hearts!

By: Ediv710

Ediv710 — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:48:06 +0000

1997 Toyota Camry. 116K miles, has some hiccups here and there (dirty distributor, struts, be terry), but SHE still runs like a champ. No sense spending my hard earned cash on a new one when she still runs fine.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:19:23 +0000

Getting from A-B is usually the most important thing to me. I drive a chevy cobalt that has no options (more shit to break), and it gets great mileage. If you need a bad ass car to define your manhood, thats your problem. Dudes with families who put their families needs before their own and drive a minivan are more of a man than the tatted up d-bag in a ed hardy shirt driving a new neon green challenger.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:52:00 +0000

First Car: 2000 Honda Civic
Second Car: 1999 Acura Integra
Third Car: 2003 Honda Pilot
Fourth Car: 2003 Acura Cl
Fifth Car: 2003 BMW M3

Great article by the way, but I agree with SS that I don’t think I could drive a mini-van as well. I agree with Chuck that a mini-van isn’t really something sought out for with young men, hence why you never see posters of vans. I always like to refer to an ad I’ve seen from Porsche where it shows the kid studying and looking out the window to see a nice looking Porsche 911 as motivation to do well in school. I am torn though on whether or not I should trade in the M3. As much as I love the car, with a baby on the way I cannot see the practicality on owning one. Luckily, my wife has a Subaru Forester, so that’s really my only saving grace on why I haven’t gotten a sedan.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:14:04 +0000

Appreciate the article, but can’t agree with you at all regarding the mini-van. You’re not a confident man who knows who he is, you are just someone who has given up on life.

When you were younger did you put pictures of mini vans on your wall and dream of the day that you’d have one? Of course not. You comment that you don’t have abs like Domenic Toretto, but the only thing stopping you achieving this is the fact that you have given up trying to achieve this.

If you need a van out of neccesity, then go for it, but why not buy a something nice for yourself as a second car. If you can’t afford the second car, then you’re not really confident and sucessful, you are just content with being a beta male with bad abs.

By: SS

SS — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:20:03 +0000

Nothing will suck the manliness straight out of you quicker than a minivan. I certainly wouldn’t judge someone because they drive a minivan, but I could never drive one daily. They are pretty much designed around and built for women (contrary to what the Dodge Grand Crapavan commercials say). I don’t interpret driving one as being a doormat for the wife, but the wife SHOULD be the one driving a minivan.

To make matters worse, all of the current “crossovers” are starting to look just like one another, and all of them look like the current lineup of minivans. Heck, the Honda Odyssey doesn’t even look like a minivan anymore – its probably the best looking of the bunch and maybe has a tiny bit of masculinity in black trim with black leather seats.

If you are a man that needs to seat 7 and luggage, heck get a Suburban, Yukon, Tahoe, 4Runner with back seats, Pathfinder with back seats… and if you HAVE to get a minivan, get something in black with a swanky leather interior and some chrome.