What do you like about the vehicle you drive and would you have changed anythin about it?
Realized that with my new job I’m at $500/month for gas. Starting to seriously consider a hybrid or electric but damn they expensive. Either way might just need something more reliable than my 320k+ car.
I have a 2010 Chrysler Town & Country and my dad has a 2018 Ford Fiesta. I drive both pretty regularly.
I prefer the Fiesta. The T&C is a fucking piece of shit. The only thing I don’t like about the Fiesta is the same problem I have with every Ford I’ve ever driven: The steering is stiff and the pedals are sensitive af. But I prefer an overly sensitive brake to the one in the T&C that feels super weak even when pressing the pedal to the floor. When I wanna stop, I wanna know I’m able to.
2007 Nissan Navara King Cab (like Frontier in the US but diesel)
It’s a two seat, 4x4, all black pickup truck. Other than the few mechanical issues with it, I have no complaints. It’s basically my dream car and I truly don’t even know if there’s any other truck I’d rather have. Even the newer model is a bit meh and comes with all sorts of electronics I don’t need.
Those would probably qualify as what OP is asking about. What might be a minor nuisance to you could be a deal-breaker for someone not mechanically inclined.
I like my car (subaru OBXT) because it is fast and can generally be pretty flexible. I want an electric because gas is staggeringly expensive. Luckily though, I moved to a city that has an electric train and is extremely dense, so I can walk or take the stupidly cheap train. The train tickets also work on the buses, surface rail, boats, and other transit. Spending a lot less on gas, which is nice.
It’s at least defrayed my need for a car within city limits.
I bought a 2020 Honda Accord, and I have absolutely zero (meaningful) complaints.
Things I like about it so much that they are requirements for future car purchases:
Adaptive cruise control
Brake-holding
Tactile inputs for media, cruise control, or climate control (almost wasn’t going to mention this, but new cars are shifting away from this, which I can’t stand)
A respectably-snappy infotainment system that supports CarPlay
Little things:
Adaptive cruise control is always ready to be set, so I can just head out and immediately start using it (I’m one of those people who likes to use cruise control at every possible opportunity)
I think they’re referring to Hill Assist. In manual cars if you let your foot off the brake you start to roll down hill. This is dangerous if you’re parked or stopped facing uphill with another car close behind you.
For generations, this was a problem that people had to deal with, and it took some skill. About 15ish years ago manufacturers started putting a feature on that would automatically hold the brakes until your foot hit the gas.
Brake hold is a feature where when you are stopped and in drive, the car will hold the brake until you hit the accelerator. The idea is that in stop and go traffic, or at a red light, you can stop the car and then remove your foot from the brake and the car will hold it’s position rather than creep forward.
I have one of the new Nightsters, it’s a harley-davidson that isn’t a vibrating air cooled dinosaur. It’s smooth, fast, and quiet. It handles great. It gets decent gas mileage.
If it’s raining or cold, I drive an old Samurai. It’s not a vehicle for those on the spectrum like myself who have trouble talking to people, because it sometimes draws a crowd.
I currently drive a hybrid escape, ~600 miles per 14.5gal tank, pretty happy with it. Mine has the lane/brake assist but I turned off the lane since my state is so bad at painting lines it was trying to steer me out of lanes due to old lines being still visible or no lines being visible meant it was worthless too. That’s really my only complaint so far, had it 2 years now.
My driving is a mix of city and highway, I average low-mid 40s
2015 Toyota RAV4. Reliable and does everything I need a car for. Cheap-ish too.
I live in the very north Scandinavia. I go hunting and need a 4wd for that. 25% of my mileage is long drives in Arctic winter conditions. Electric cars that manage this drive were 2-3 times as expensive and I’d have to drive 2-3 times as far every year even when electricity is free to motivate the expense.
Decent enough mpg. Zippy. Fun to drive. Fits in tight city spots.
I’ve upgraded speakers and amp. I’m also very dark tint.
I’m contemplating a full upgrade to the lights. LED for front & rear. I’d like to add one of those under rear bumper high-viz red lights that are good during inclement weather.
Well, mine is a very light, all-terrain vehicle with little maintenance and minimal expenses. It has only two wheels and many speeds of which I only use three on a good day. The only thing I’d change about it is the protection I get from other drivers who are sometimes a little too distracted in their metal-enclosed mobile living rooms.
The car is a piece of shit. It’s falling apart on the inside and in general is probably getting close to death. Cost 5k like 5 years ago, so I’m not too worried.
I’m waiting to pay off my student loans before I commit to a new car payment. But there’s a 70’s RX-7 for sale near me that’s ~6k and I want a project.
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