These are my vehicles. I love my vehicles.
First up is my beloved 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche. This truck is a 4-wheel drive with the Z71 off-road suspension package. It came from the factory with every option available (Navigation, heated memory seats, adjustable memory pedals, BOSE touchscreen stereo, etc). The roof rack is the only thing I didn't get so I will be adding the roof rack later. This truck has been out in the Arizona deserts as well as up a 9000 foot mountain. No major off-road damge yet except a blown tire.
"You can mess with my money. You can mess with my wife. You mess with my truck, and you're messin' with your life!"
Next up is the 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix GXP. The GXP model gets a 5.3 litre V8 with Active Fuel Management (shuts 4 cylinders off when under light loads), cross-drilled rotors, suede leather seat inserts, heads-up display, and other various goodies. Ours happens to also have the Navigation, XM radio, OnStar, and all other add-ons. This car is wonderful. It handles well and has plenty of room for the kids, groceries, or anything else we need. It also does a great job of outrunning Ford Mustangs from a stop or a roll.
Now to introduce my 1994 Mazda MX-6. Basically, the way I came to be the proud owner of this fine vehicle is that I found a dude on Craigslist that was wanting to trade a running car for some guitar equipment. I happened to have some guitar equipment that I hadn't used in a while and figured I could use an economical beater to save some gas and keep miles off of my beloved Avalanche. After some email exchanges between myself and the car's owner, the wife and I decided to take a 50-mile Sunday drive to see the car in person. I drove it around for a few minutes and it ran really strong. I decided that I liked the car enough to do the deal. The car's owner followed me back to my house to take a look at my guitar equipment. We both decided we wanted to do the trade so we loaded the guitar gear into his small SUV and I got the title and keys to my very own MX-6. I borrowed a buddy's trailer and drove back and loaded up the Mazda. Although it runs it needed new tires and a throttle position sensor, so trailering it was the wisest option. I will be setting aside a little time each week to work on the car and get it back up to proper condition before using for a daily commuter. Fortunately the car is in pretty good shape mechanically. The paint, on the other hand, is a complete eyesore. But I will worry about that later.
