Random Car Chat

[rynryn]

omg autotrader has a white 225k mile '86 si (mine was a black si) in great stock shape for around $12k. its weirdly tempting.

 

[rynryn]

Just saw a 992 GT3.

Made me feel like a failure tbh.

if "i don't have a gt3" is your metric for success, you have a lot of company in failure-land.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

if "i don't have a gt3" is your metric for success, you have a lot of company in failure-land.

I'm a failure for a lot of reasons, but not having a GT3 doesn't help lol

 

[HansonBro]

+1 for the CRX.

Ultralight cars are just the coolest. Closest thing to it today would be the Miata but the CRX is hundreds of pounds lighter even than that.

My neighbour still has a Del Sol that he never drives lol

 

[TheGreenTBer]

So, in the "Biggest f***ing Douchebag on the Road" contest, I'd like to submit the car that has just crossed my eyes: a matte-wrapped Mercedes AMG with a "6T9" license plate.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

My neighbour still has a Del Sol that he never drives lol

Am I the only one that isn't interested in pretty much any current vehicles that are remotely affordable?

Endless stupid tech that will break and cost a lot to fix. Terrible build quality, cheap-as-shit parts and too hard to work on because they are designed to force you to take them into a specialized facility for maintainance (and will start falling apart like clockwork the moment the warranty expires). Too big and massively overweight. Sterile, with no steering feel, driver engagement or any sort of personality. Everything looks the same and drives the same.

Cars have become appliances, man. It sucks.

 

[HansonBro]

Am I the only one that isn't interested in pretty much any current vehicles that are remotely affordable?

Endless stupid tech that will break and cost a lot to fix. Terrible build quality and too hard to work on because they are designed to force you to take them into a specialized facility for maintainance (and will start falling apart like clockwork the moment the warranty expires). Too big and massively overweight. Sterile, with no steering feel, driver engagement or any sort of personality. Everything looks the same and drives the same.

Cars have become appliances, man. It sucks.

I agree with most of that. Whenever i drive the Rav4 I dont feel lavished with luxury. The tech just pisses me off. I do like the way it drives though. Then i get back in the 01 Tahoe and im like ahhhh...simple.

Yes vehicles are looking the same. At least Ford tried with the Bronco. If they were smart and dialed back the tech, they might have been onto something. But you hardly ever see any on the streets with that price tag.

Im sure some company will learn the, keep it simple stupid, motto soon.

 

[rynryn]

With car prices doing what they're about to do there has to be room for someone to build the Lada of the US. We're going to be tooling around in soviet era technology and quality only 50 years later. what a time to be an american.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I agree with most of that. Whenever i drive the Rav4 I dont feel lavished with luxury. The tech just pisses me off. I do like the way it drives though. Then i get back in the 01 Tahoe and im like ahhhh...simple.

That gen Tahoe is great. That's what those type of vehicles are supposed to be.

Yes vehicles are looking the same. At least Ford tried with the Bronco. If they were smart and dialed back the tech, they might have been onto something. But you hardly ever see any on the streets with that price tag.

I like the looks of the lifted Bronco but not the base model. But it's indeed overpriced to shit and hard to get too.

Im sure some company will learn the, keep it simple stupid, motto soon.

I don't think so.

Things are going EV, and EV's are sterile, soulless, heavy appliances no matter how fast they are. Some make great family cars but they're boring as a whole.

 

[HansonBro]

Well ya'll can suck it. Ive got leather, heated seats, 4x4, CD AND CASSETTE DECK! pretty sure the AC probably worked at some time too. But thats how much i care. Oh and i do use my ashtray, ashes only.

My point is thats about all i need for luxury. The needless stuff that is getting forced on us is only driving prices up on already broke ass people. I dont need frigging lane assist, thanks. Thats why i took a drivers test. But makes you wonder how much they charge to install it...the list goes on

 

[DynastyCentralSports]

Things are going EV, and EV's are sterile, soulless, heavy appliances no matter how fast they are. Some make great family cars but they're boring as a whole.

I disagree, as probably one of the actual EV owners on this forum, I enjoy everytime I drive mine. Souless? I don't think so, the electric motor has a soul just as much as ICE does, it just comes in different ways. The perception you have going into an EV is already made up without ever actually driving one. Then if you actually do drive one (riding in one is different than driving,) you've already developed a negative opinion it's hard to overcome that and may never happen. On paper EVs are not THAT much heavier than ICE now a days, comparing a Tesla Model 3 Peformance with a BMW M3 or Audi RS3 the difference in minimal in overall weight.