What car would the dude drive today?

[mnale0507]

I saw this question posed on another forum years ago and I'd thought it would be interesting to see what everyone's thoughts would be. Also, as a plus, what sorta dude car does everyone else on these forums drive?

I drive an old Jeep Wrangler and also own an aging Miata. I feel very blessed, though, and love riding with the tops down!! Haha

[RandoRock]

I drove a 1982 Ram Pickup for a long long time before I finally made the jump to a brand new car. I still miss that old truck with the rust coloration.

[mnale0507]

What sort of new car did you get?

[BikerDude]

The dude wouldn't care what kind of car he drives.
I'm sure he didn't go shopping for green with some rust coloration.
He is on the record as not being down with consumerism.
And if he is down with image and consumerism then he is a huge loser.
If his humble lifestyle is a choice then he is principled.

From the port Huron statement

We live amidst a national celebration of economic prosperity while poverty and deprivation remain an unbreakable way of life for millions in the "affluent society", including many of our own generation. We hear glib reference to the "welfare state", "free enterprise", and "shareholder's democracy" while military defense is the main item of "public" spending and obvious oligopoly and other forms of minority rule defy real individual initiative or popular control. Work, too, is often unfulfilling and victimizing, accepted as a channel to status or plenty, if not a way to pay the bills, rarely as a means of understanding and controlling self and events. In work and leisure the individual is regulated as part of the system, a consuming unit, bombarded by hardsell soft-sell, lies and semi-true appeals and his basest drives. He is always told what he is supposed to enjoy while being told, too, that he is a "free" man because of "free enterprise."

[thevideoartist]

Yeah I'd think the dude would gravitate towards an older model something or other and if he cares about anything it'd be about reliability and space for a few compeers to ride along.  I'd think he'd want a vehicle that gets decent gas mileage too so he can write fewer bad checks to fill it up.  It wouldn't be flashy but it would be a perfect balance of cheap initial price, good mileage, and as few trips to the shop as possible... like a good white russian.

Something like a mid-90s geo or a taurus maybe.  Practical and inexpensive.

[BikerDude]

Yeah I'd think the dude would gravitate towards an older model something or other and if he cares about anything it'd be about reliability and space for a few compeers to ride along.  I'd think he'd want a vehicle that gets decent gas mileage too so he can write fewer bad checks to fill it up.  It wouldn't be flashy but it would be a perfect balance of cheap initial price, good mileage, and as few trips to the shop as possible... like a good white russian.

Something like a mid-90s geo or a taurus maybe.  Practical and inexpensive.

Anything that would get the job done and doesn't involve getting a job.
He is a lazy man but he has his principles as well.
Are they genuine principles  or simply the path of least resistance?
A reason or an excuse.
This is our concern dude.
Savior or a deadbeat, a loser, someone the square community wouldn't give a shit about.

[Reverend Al]

The dude wouldn't care what kind of car he drives.
I'm sure he didn't go shopping for green with some rust coloration.
He is on the record as not being down with consumerism.
And if he is down with image and consumerism then he is a huge loser.
If his humble lifestyle is a choice then he is principled.

Mark it eight, Dudes.  For The Dude a car isn't a status symbol, it's just a mode of transportation.  As long as it's comfortable, reliable, and affordable, it really doesn't matter.