Here we are September 15, 2006
Or what would you like to drive, if you could?
I have a Mazda Protégé, which is starting to get pretty beat up...
If you don`t drive, what is your prefered mode of transportation?
We drive a 2002 Toyota Tundra v-8 Access Cab with four wheel drive. As you might notice from the attached picture taken September 15th, 2006, there are a at least two reasons we use the Tundra.
1. Can't tow a fifth wheel trailer except with a pickup truck. We've owned the trailer since 1992. It's a classic! Well, it is over 25 years old.
2. At 1,300 m in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, we have a saying: "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes". Four wheel drive can be a definite asset.
3. Our last Toyota truck lasted us 12 years and 285,000 km towing this trailer and driving to work and back 35 km, in mountain weather of course. :wave:
4. By the way, this picture is about 40 km from our home. We had to pull the trailer up a 12% slope, in snow, driving around trees that the wet snow had broken down. We had to use low range, four wheel drive, and even then it was not fun! at the time.
Gas mileage is not a priority, obviously, although the truck can get thirsty if we push it too fast.:devil:
PS - we LOVE visitors. :cheers: