What type of car(s)are you driving?

I heard that's where most manufacturers are headed towards--smaller turbo powered engines with higher horse power and better gas consumption.

The new generation MINI Cooper base engine runs on a 3 cylinder engine (specifically, the one BMW uses on the i8!) with turbo and is still quicker than the sport engine from previous generations with a whole helluva lot less road noise in the little fucker too .

Looks like my 2010 Kia Forte LX (Kinda). I bought it new, PAID CASH. Got a hell of a deal, still under warranty. Only 48K miles on it. Mine has a 2.0L engine, 156 horsepower. Runs great, very reliable.

Apparently i was mistaken. The Lexus IS released a turbo 4 for the first time last year. Haven't read any reviews but the numbers look comparable.

As for what I drive right now I have a 2010 model year Mazda3 (bought in August 2009). got it before I had my job, was married or had kids. Had the truck at the same time for a few years until it failed smog again. For a sedan of its class it's pretty fun to drive since I've rented
Its competitors over time.

That was some odd formatting. You okay?

I just shot a 66, by the way.

Yeah, but only on nine holes . . .

Gawd, I can't believe I just made a golf joke . . .

Tiger Woods XBOX actually....lol

Obviously meant for the US market... Kia here don't sell a standard model above a 1.7L engine and horsepower is normally in the 130 range tops on the Cee'd, not sure about the Sportage or their other 4x4. They do make a rally version of the Cee'd with 200bhp but there's almost no luxuries on that and it costs more than my spec.

I used to frequently go round TPC Sawgrass under par on the playstation. Then i played it in real life a few years back....... lets just say despite my best and considerable efforts, it was a good bit tougher.

I Make all my posts in the dark with a baby in my arms. While drunk.

And while driving.

Using tapatalk

When I was younger, it was all about speed and power. Now that I'm older, I just want reliability and good mileage. My Saturn isn't the most powerful car in the world, even among mid-sized sedans, but it gets good gas mileage, and handles well. I must admit, however, that I can't help enjoying the car's response time. There is no problems with its pick-up-and-go.

Of course, it saddens me that Saturn, as a company, no longer exists. It figures I'd find my car maker of choice (two Saturns in a row, a 1992 and a 2004) and they'd go out of business. The last model year was 2009, so I can still get a relatively modern used car, but I think it's a shame they're gone. They made great cars.

They are cars for old men.

Turbos, supposedly, have a higher rate of mechanical failure due to more moving parts, higher compression, and some of those moving parts operating at very high rpms. Thus Lexus claims it is sticking with larger naturally asperated motors instead of turbos.

That said, turbos are neat but it might be better to lease them and let someone else take the put of warrenty hit on repairs.

2009 Honda Fit Base (Jazz outside of NA). It is a fine commuter appliance. And it holds a lot of shit. eleventieth car I ever owned.

Comes highly recommended too!

What the fuck is this doing in the redrum?

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger - it's pretty much expected where I live.

This, especially that last paragraph. I'd never buy a BMW for that reason.

The 2.0 L engine is the Theta II engine Kia/Hyundai uses all over the world. They sell an SX version of my car here with a 2.4L engine @173hp. Both our cars replace the Kia Spectra in their markets. The Forte and the Hyundai Elantra here in the US are Mechanically identical. Hyundai comes out with a new model here and Kia follows with their version a year later. The Kia Rio and Hyundai Accent, Kia Optima and Hyundai Sonata are also clones.

Yet the optima I test drove a few years ago felt better than the sonata. Weird.

Could've been different wheel base for one or the other.

The Optima seems sportier than the Sonata, I like the front grill better. But either car can have the 2.4 or the 2.0. I drove an Optima as a rental while mine was being fixed. it had the 2.0 turbo and it just flew.

2012 Corolla. Currently debating whether or not to get a new one; they finally brought back the dark green color I like, and I kinda want a back up camera. Alternatively, since I bought instead of leased this one, I could just hold onto it until there's an inexpensive self-driving car to buy.

Took me a few seconds to realize you weren't using your current car as your primary means of photography . . .

Back-up camera is nice. The commercials like to dramatize people almost running over their children and their children's toys, but it's useful when backing out of parking spots to give you confidence you aren't going to ram the next row over.

My buddy at work has some sort of lexus. He's had it a while and decided to use the back-up camera to pull out of a parking space. Yes, he nailed the car behind him. I didn't laugh.

I just realized I only have one more year to pay on my VW Beetle! Is another VW in my future one this car is paid for? I'll keep maintaining it until it starts breaking down to the point of diminishing returns I suppose. Maybe a mini cooper? The car world is my oyster!

Back up cameras will soon be standard in all new cars. So get used to it.

You'll like the feel of the MINI''s sporty drive after having a VW. I don't need to tell you that the rear leg and head space is in limited supply for the Beetle. The MINIs all have flat tops so even taller people don't feel too squished if they have to hop in the 2 door Cooper for short periods.

It may be worth it to wait for the new Countryman redesign coming next year which has the BMW engine versus the Peugeot one in them now.

Parallel parking. I always underestimate how much space I have behind. Back-up camera would make that so much easier.

Back up cameras wouldn't help me much, unless they have x-ray vision. The real threat is cars zipping through the parking lot - and because you are sandwiched between giant trucks that block out the sun, you can't see them until they are right up on you. So instead of a back-up camera, an actual periscope to see over the taller vehicles would be better.

When my wife test drove a Mustang a few weeks ago, I sat in the back seat.

Or tried to.

It's...cramped, especially considering that the car itself isn't exactly small. Children and short women could sit there, but average height men would hate it. I know I would if I had to ride there for an extended period.

At least the 370 I'm hoping to buy makes no pretense of having a back seat. It's just more cargo room.