@mg-harv  Nickies wants no classics but none of my daily drivers qualify, so I am breaking the rules here.
The 1:1 line up
And the 43rds
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
More like 50 to 55 years ago. I have two models of daily drivers. The 1948 Mercury I made after my high school car which I drove the last two years of high school and beyond and the '55 Bel Air I modified with American Mags like the car I drove daily in 1971 and '72. Both are the colors of the cars I owned.
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I have 2 models of my daily (only) car.
 This 1/64th was sent to me by Honda for those of us who bought the Fit early on.
This 1/43rd is a a tad racier than my 1:1.
But after 7.5 years and 56k miles I wouldn't trade my Fit for anything.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
Here's mine, or at least my reliable old daily driver:
 In truth, my 1:1 is a 2002 version, bought off the showroom floor as a retirement gift from me to me. I still like it, even though it has about 67,000 miles on it. The model has body colored bumper areas, so Maisto was using the 2003 or later styling. The 1/38 model is more toy than realistic interpretation, but it fits the definition... kind of.
I do apologize for my tardiness in responding but I'm having a ceramic figurine of my dear wife Cupcake done. She is my daily driver....as in "round the bend", that is.
Our 2000 Chevy Blazer...
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Sometimes people come to us and say: "I like your SUV".....
The small Blazer is made by Busch.
...Sometimes people come to us and say: "I like your SUV".....
I like your little DAF better! 😎  Do you have the LION Car of it?
Yes, but all packed away, are various Volvos, SAABs, and a merrily-fast Audi --- even one our many Subies. But amazingly enough, i find no models in 1/43 of one of the most prolific vehicles to ply our roads, the Accord....
Hi Karl, the Dutch DAF was quite an accomplishment, but truly not very comfortable to drive.
Design by Michelotti.
The DAF-cars are not a part of my collection, although I sometimes think about the DAF-raincoat, being a fan of the oddballs.
185 Honda Accords on the 'bay right now...old, new, race, passenger, coupe, sedan. wagon...
@lloyd-mecca Lloyd, it's not that easy. There are 10 generations of the Accord, but the North American versions for the most part were totally different from the Euro/Asian cars. The latter were sometimes sold as Acuras here. Alternatively, some NA Accords were sold as Inspire In Japan, and they were RHD, of course. So there are still gaps for those who collect Honda models; not every generation/body style were made in 1/43.Â
Our Euro folks are the luckiest - by my observations (and I have a huge archive, right Karl?
) EVERY post-WWII mass-produced European car has been made in 1/43; many were made more than once. Collectors of Opels, Citroens and Peugeots are struggling - there is nothing left to collect. As long as the budget permits, you can have the entire line-up of your favourite brand in a matter of a few months. Mercedes-Benz collectors have their shelves filled with variations of the same car. For example, you can have the 1984-1992 E-class sedan as 230E, 300D, 300E, 400E, 500E, E320, E500, E60 (Minichamps, Spark, Neo, Ixo), and only true Mercedes lovers can tell the difference. And then you have a coupe, a convertible, a wagon, a stretched limousine, and all kinds of custom bodies. And we are still talking about the 1984-1992 E-class series!Â
There is probably 200 models of different American cars produced by Neo, Goldvarg, Kess, TSM, GLM, Matrix, Autocult, Minichamps, Ixo, Premium X and so on in the last 5 years, and it's still only a drop in the bucket.Â
















