We have a thread for guys who daily drive their Z car. But it occurs to me that those of us who love the Z, probably daily drive something pretty interesting as well…

This is me. I’ve owned Z cars longer, but became a Porsche guy along that path. (I have 5) my daily driver is a Porsche Macan GTS. 400HP 0-60 in 4.4 seconds. Numbers that don’t mean a thing in traffic. But, it’s great to be able to kick it down and humble the Kia’s trying to do the traffic weave. So comfortable too… 8 years old, 40K miles. I love every minute of driving it. Only downside is all the freakin’ buttons you have to press to get everything the way you want it. I rationalize though that it isn’t unlike preflight when you fly a plane.

What is your daily?. 🤓

Good thread! I get to pick my DD based on need...

2000 Lexus LX470 (Landcruiser)

But mostly drive this daily:

2014 BMW Z4 (E89) Manual

My parents were partners in a Toyota dealership so I’ve always had a Toy in the herd.i have a Tacoma that I delegated to shop truck a few months back after the Only Fans girl across the street backed in to the front of it. We have a Lexus NX350 as well. Love your Landcruiser but that BMW is 🤯

@Mike That Land Cruiser is Sweet! I’ve been looking for that exact model in Pristine for a while. If you ever decide to get rid of her please let me know.

2010 BMW 535XiT M sport trim AWD.

I haven't tuned it yet. I can add almost 100hp without much effort.

It's new to me just recently. It's my errands car when I'm not driving my work truck

My daily for the last bunch of years... My trusty steed, my Civic hatch.

Have you currently got snow like that?

I currently daily drive my base spec highway cruiser 2018 Opel Astra Sports Tourer with the 110hp 1.6CDTI diesel tuned up to 145hp and 278ft/lb of torque.

Seeing as gas prices and road tax are pretty high in the Netherlands and I drive a lot for work I really needed a cheap, reliable and fuel efficient car. For context per month I pay $160,- in road tax + $90,- for all risk insurance and diesel cost $8,02 a gallon ($8,55 for normal gasoline). With a MPG of 60 and currently 156.000 miles on the odometer my shitty Opel (GM/Stellantis platform) is still going strong. The car is also incredible simple to maintain with the ability to do all maintenance myself. I also get compensated $0,37 per mile for my daily commute so the car has already paid for itself.

It might be boring but it’s comfortable, fuel efficient and gets the job done. (Photo taken by my girlfriends analogue camera)

 

Nice torque numbers Mitchel! That little thing could tow your house!

16 hours ago, Yarb said:

@Mike That Land Cruiser is Sweet! I’ve been looking for that exact model in Pristine for a while. If you ever decide to get rid of her please let me know.

Settle down Yarbinator! You two are in opposite corners of the country. You’d have to stop at my house to rest and wire my Haltech Nexus R3 to my engine in my Z just to rest and catch your breath. Your lucky to have friends like me that would do that for you… 😎

25 minutes ago, conedodger said:

Nice torque numbers Mitchel! That little thing could tow your house!

Due to EU regulation you are not allowed to tow more than the wet weight of the car, so in my case that’s 1400kg (3100lbs). But I can confirm that she tows 3500kg (7700lbs) no problem using my dad’s 15 feet (without hitch) trailer, picture for trailer size reference.

Come on now, I’m sure @mike can get that loaded on an enclosed transport for me!!