Believe it or not..... Soccer Mom's are even more judgy than you guys. I'll feel a lot better knowing there are a handful of guys on the interweb that hate my wheel choices than I'd feel about myself rolling up with Dubs on my Pacifica to the Surf Shop every morning.
We now have an Escalade and the Land Cruiser, I drive the LC everyday to work (approx 6 miles, over 3 rail road tracks, thru 3 lights and over one viaduct) and we use it to pull the boat to the ramp (21' shallow water bay boat, pretty small load - and we live like a half mile from the boat ramp). Hubs drives the Escalade to work everyday ( off the island approx 40 miles each way, mainly highway). If I were to do something like.... leave the island to spend the day in Houston we'd swap cars and I'd take the Escalade. My "everyday" drive consists of coming to the shop, hitting the drive thru bank for a deposit, maybe going to the storage unit and back to the shop and possibly running the Boerboel and Pit to the dog park. I will be getting an advertising something or other (back glass piece probably) for my shop also. Surf Shop - think.....Oakley, Reef, Maui jim, Billabong, Hurley, Quiksilver, Dewey Weber, O'Neill, etc..... shop has been open since 1985, need to appeal to young and old. So my ride needs to look clean and slightly unique, I can't find a VW Bus I can afford that would work for my everyday life so here we are.
Completely flat island, East/South-ish Texas, no mud, mountains to climb, no long distances to travel. My criteria for my last 6 vehicles has always been the same - *white exterior, sunroof, leather, cargo room* (Add on to that it spends about 6 hours a day parked outside the shop and would be more fun if it looked kind of *unique*).
I definitely don't expect you guys to guys to see my "vision" but I don't want y'all to think I'm completely crazy either. I don't think I am...I think in the long run it will have a pretty cool look to it, that's what I'm going for.