What you enjoy the most in cars ?
Posted by Wonderful_Product_14@reddit | askcarguys | View on Reddit | 15 comments
I'm quite interested in what makes you keen to cars. Is it car brand, it's history or certain events like races, rally or whatever. Also, I'd like to hear what car culture you prefer japanese, american or european and which of them has biggest "soul" for you. Thanks!
TheEstablishment7@reddit
Cleverness. I'm a geek for automotive finance and engineering. You can afford a lot of R&D and fancy tooling when your free cash flow is $180b (Ford), $190b (GM), or $230b (Toyota). But what about Mazda, at $30b? They can't go head to head with Ford, Toyota, or GM. They need to be clever. So they have three platforms (small for the Mazda3, CX-30, and CX-50; large for CX-70 and CX-90; and the Miata platform). They have simple, easily interchangeable body stamps and tooling, but the cars are beautiful for mass market cars. They have one engine architecture. Watching this is fascinating.
I also like handling. My wife's Subaru is noseheavy and understeers like it's going out of style. It's a medium size car that drives like an oil tanker. But lots of other automakers have at least some agile models that don't fight you around curves. Thank goodness.
Finally, how quick does it feel? Driving a fast car at normal road speeds is boring. Driving it on mountain roads can be fun (see comments on handling). But driving a slow car like you stole it is a riot. I very much enjoy that.
But I'm weird.
MattTheMechan1c@reddit
I tend to lean towards German cars. They have a good blend of good steering feel and a quiet cabin. I’m not looking for F1 levels of steering feel but one where the wheels actually feel connected to the steering wheel and most German cars have that even their basic economy cars. Their cabin quietness is good too. Someone will probably throw in the reliability card but only 1 of the 6 German cars I owned was a dud. The rest were reliable.
doc_55lk@reddit
I feel like most stories about unreliability end up being down to neglected/horribly deferred maintenance. Sure, there's probably a few unlucky people out there too but largely speaking, most of these horror stories boil down to the same ingredients: someone buys a dirt cheap German car that needs a metric fuckton of TLC to get back in good shape and they decide not to give it that TLC for xyz reason so shit just keeps breaking one after the other and the money pit gets deeper.
You need to be on top of maintenance with German cars to get the most out of them. If it tells you to top up your oil at the next fillip, you better damn well be sure you do that next time you're at the gas station. That being said, in my experience, they do still give you some leeway before completely shitting the bed, but generally speaking, you can't just defer maintenance on a German car and expect it not to bite you back.
A lot of people imo also falsely conflate more expensive maintenance with less reliability. Just cuz your oil change is $150 instead of $80 doesn't mean a car is less reliable.
thing_dakine@reddit
Engineering and overall quality.
HarveyMushman72@reddit
I like creature comforts, but i want to feel something when I put my foot down.
Heavy_Gap_5047@reddit
Best A-B and American Muscle.
ContributionDry2252@reddit
It works. It is reliable, cheap to maintain, and takes me where and when I need it to.
So far, I've only had European cars. Possibly getting a Japanese some day.
bloopie1192@reddit
Character.
Older cars with the couch like seats. The different cushion types. The door panels having cushion and patterns on them. The electric windows switches used to just be a thing you would flick forward or back. The windows. Oh God the windows without the top on them. I miss that so much. Big ol trunks with the spare in there. Gas fill under the license plate. Front end mean mugging. (Or smiling)
Newer cars have it but its not the same. Theyre made more for efficiency now and often look the same. I understand that, but please, give us a car thats just its own character that isn't 100k. Every manufacturer should have one for the car guys. I know there aren't many of us left but please.
InternetExploder87@reddit
WOT, and drifting
-Olive-Juice-@reddit
Me like car go fast make loud noise
newtonreddits@reddit
Braaaap stustustu
SailingSpark@reddit
Maybe I am a snob, but I have owned nothing but European cars. Not even high end ones. Even those that came from high end manufacturers, I tended to buy their lower models. I also must be masochistic, as I prefer english and italian cars over German. I used to love Saabs, but those are long gone now.
I just like quirky cars, you rarely get quirky from American companies and Japanese cars are too competent to be quirky.
sebastiand1@reddit
The freedom, the different characteristics that different engine set up can give, I love driving, the looks especially for a purpose built car.
No_Commercial4074@reddit
Hmm, I’ll give it a go.
My order of what leads me to buy/follow a car: 1. Handling: how well the car can turn and get out of a turn (this is the short version)
2. Sound: this used to be lower on my list but I have to love the sound of it, hence an EV won’t be a car I lust after.
3. Must be quick: I know this is subjective but I don’t need 3 sec 0-60 but sub 5, preferably sub 4 sec 0-60 is perfectly fine for me. Higher rpm redline is a must as well.
4. Aesthetically pleasing, again subjective but if I find it good-looking, it’s on the list. 5. I lean towards German cars but many manufacturers have a car or two that interest me outside of German.
I’ve typically been into sports cars but have had family sedans or less than sporty cars and I liked those too. They just didn’t speak to me as much as the sports car did/do. I just want it to feel good on the road.
Henrenator@reddit
A combination of exterior looks, and feel/function