What car do you drive your camera around in and is it a he or a she?

[barnwulf]

I drive a ten year old Lexus RX300. It's a crossover SUV with full time 4 wheel drive, goes about anywhere I want to go. It's very reliable and comfortable. We have a fair amount of snow here sometimes and it's no problem for me. NO NAME, just does a great job. Jim

 

[Nomad Z]

Land Rover 90 County Station Wagon (the luxury job), converted to Defender spec with a 200tdi engine. It's called Chippy because it runs on recycled chip fat. I haven't had a need to stand on the roof to take pictures yet. Things I like about it compared the series IIa I had many moons ago: coil spring suspension, an extra 9mpg, a heater that has more settings than "cold" and "off".

 

[pachuco]

In my mind I drive my M9 around in a Bugatti Veyron, but in reality I drive a my M6 around in a 2002 Acura 3.2TL that I call The Beast. I'm saving up for the Veyron and a M9....

 

[clicker]

2010 Mini Cooper S, almost as much fun as a rangefinder camera.

 

[Michael Da Re]

My gear gets chauffered around in my '06' Jeep Liberty. My wife says it's female and by the way it spends my money on gas I'm starting to believe her!!

Michael

 

[rbiemer]

I drive a boat more than I drive my car, the car gets parked when I get to the camp I chef at and the boat is used to get back and forth across the lake. Food in and trash out. Pretty sure the boat had a name painted on it once but that is long gone by now.

So the car is basically parked from about the end of April 'til the beginning of November. A few weekend trips over the summer but if I need to go to town on my days off, I either bicycle or kayak depending on the weather and how much crap I'm carrying.

No name for my car and no gender. I own a '95 Mercury Cougar XR-7 that probably was a pretty nice car 150,000 miles ago. Now, it does still run well but is starting to rust away and I hope to get another two or three years out of it before I have to replace it.

Not sure what I will replace it with; whatever I can afford to buy with out a car loan.

Rob

 

[tbarker13]

98 Jeep Wrangler or a 2000 Land Rover Discovery.
Depends on whether I'm just carrying the RF kit, or if I'm bringing along a DSLR.

 

[back alley]

i don't want a car anymore...i have a 4 door old man's car now but i hope to soon be in another city, in a situation where i can walk or bus it to work, home, shop etc.
it's a simpler life for me!

 

[Doug]

I drive my cams around in a Smart ForTwo, not the Pure model, but the Passion... It thinks it's smarter than I am, so that may be a clue to the gender.

 

[SciAggie]

I drive my gear around in a 2002 Toyota Tacoma 4x4. I usually have a couple of Ms in a bag in the seat next to me.

 

[presspass]

Two at present. One is a full-size 4x4 pickup with led warning lights that's great when I'm in a hurry and goes well off road. The other is a Civic SI, which has a less-obvious led warning light system and is also great when I'm in a hurry but it doesn't park off road quite as well.
Both can carry all the gear I need. The Honda can do it and also accommodate passengers, the truck not so much.

 

[Ezzie]

Land Rover 90 County Station Wagon (the luxury job), converted to Defender spec with a 200tdi engine. It's called Chippy because it runs on recycled chip fat. I haven't had a need to stand on the roof to take pictures yet. Things I like about it compared the series IIa I had many moons ago: coil spring suspension, an extra 9mpg, a heater that has more settings than "cold" and "off".

I could use a heater like that. At 25C below in winter, mine is better off than on, the fan adds wind chill! At least the cameras don't fog up, its as cold inside as out. But I suspect you still have the three way Lucas light switch. Dim, flicker, off?

 

[250swb]

In the knowledge women are unreliable, never on time, forget the food shopping if they see a nice handbag etc my cars are male to ensure the never break down. To that end I mostly drive a Fiat Punto that I've had from new in 2000, which (touch wood) is still going like a train and has never coughed or spluttered or driven into anything. He doesn't have a name, but I'm sure he gets excited when he see's me approach with my camera bag and knows its another fine day out in store.

Steve

 

[tlitody]

That makes sense as I will always remember my dad trying to get the Skoda to go before leaving for the car auctions, "Damn b*tch won't start as usual" or something.

All these years I thought it was clear cut down the line plain and simple abuse, but now I know there was a little love there after all

Q. Why do skodas have heated rear windows?
A. To keep your hands warm when you're pushing it.

 

[viv]

2009 VW Scirocco 2.0 TSI.

Great performance, great looks, great build quality.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Nah, I've had three of the car it was based on, so Disco's are OK in my book. Road salt is eating up my 109. The new blend they use here is 150 times more corrosive than the old stuff, its a battle I can't win. Poor girl.

I had a galvanized chassis put into my 88, AND I live far enough south that we rarely get road salt. Should outlast me!

Cheers,

R.

 

[Luddite Frank]

Birds of a feather ?

Birds of a feather ?

Since folks here seemed to like the idea of a 1928 Ford as an everday car, I dug-up some photos I shot last summer with one of my vintage cameras...

These were shot with an "antique" digi-cam: a Canon G-1 Powershot, new to me last year....

 

[Luddite Frank]

And one more pic...

And one more pic...

One last G-flex pic

 

[dave lackey]

My gentleman's commuter...only a proper motorcar will do for transporting my bride and my cameras.

Oh, almost forgot...the TD has long since been sold. Car-free!

 

[JayM]

97 Passat TDI

It is kind of a boat but the aesthetic has grown on me. Great mileage, huge trunk. I've even used it to tow small uhauls, though it got a bit dicey in the mountains in that particular instance.