The "What Do you drive?" thread....

[mr_rye89]

That coupe is sweet!

I kind of have a phobia of new modern cars. Crossovers, Self driving, hybrid, all electric, CVTs, tiny displacement over stressed turbochaged 4 bangers, gas direct injection, dash tablets/infotainment, automatic transmissions......All stuff I don't want or need.

My mom has one of those Subraru Crosstrek things, worst car I've ever driven. It's top heavy, cramped, completely gutless, it eats oil, uncomfortable seats, no cargo space, and worst of all it's ORANGE!

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by mr_rye89

That coupe is sweet!

I kind of have a phobia of new modern cars. Crossovers, Self driving, hybrid, all electric, CVTs, tiny displacement over stressed turbochaged 4 bangers, gas direct injection, dash tablets/infotainment, automatic transmissions......All stuff I don't want or need.

My mom has one of those Subraru Crosstrek things, worst car I've ever driven. It's top heavy, cramped, completely gutless, it eats oil, uncomfortable seats, no cargo space, and worst of all it's ORANGE!

The car manufacturing firms make a lot of profit on all the extras.
Evidently the car buyers want all these items. The good old days are over, when people bought a car they could truly afford.

[MadMan]

Originally Posted by mr_rye89

I kind of have a phobia of new modern cars. Crossovers, Self driving, hybrid, all electric, CVTs, tiny displacement over stressed turbochaged 4 bangers, gas direct injection, dash tablets/infotainment, automatic transmissions......All stuff I don't want or need.

Automatic transmissions were not a problem at all... right up until they started making 8, 9, and 10 speed units. Even though the engineering is ok on those, they never seem to work right because a computer can't anticipate a driver's every move. With a 3 or 4 speed, it really didn't matter because they didn't have to shift every second.

CVTs are just misunderstood. Like any new tech. That, and getting parts can be impossible. So yeah, I wouldn't advise getting a CVT, just because parts are scarce and/or expensive!

Gas direct injection would be perfect if they could just vent the crankcase to the atmosphere instead of letting all that oil into the intake to get burnt onto the valves. Pity.

[mr_rye89]

With auto transmissions it's a driving preference thing, I just feel like they always shift at the wrong time. (notable exception is the later Ford CVPIs) For me driving feels wrong without the tactility of working a shifter lever and clutch. And yes there are very good auto transmissions out there that outlast most manual ones.

Also for small sports cars (like my NB Miata) auto transmissions are stupid. period. It's part of the driving experience for this type of vehicle. I don't think I would even buy a Corvette if it was auto, and yes the new midship 'vette is auto only, damn shame

To be fair about CVTs all the ones I've driven have been half-baked slip-o-matic jobs that are doomed to failure (coughNISSANcough).

And finally for the GDI solution, just run port injectors along with the direct ones to wash the crap off the intake valves

[hi_volt]

Originally Posted by mr_rye89

With auto transmissions it's a driving preference thing, I just feel like they always shift at the wrong time. (notable exception is the later Ford CVPIs) For me driving feels wrong without the tactility of working a shifter lever and clutch. And yes there are very good auto transmissions out there that outlast most manual ones.

Also for small sports cars (like my NB Miata) auto transmissions are stupid. period. It's part of the driving experience for this type of vehicle. I don't think I would even buy a Corvette if it was auto, and yes the new midship 'vette is auto only, damn shame

I presently own six cars and none of them have automatic transmissions. All of the slushboxes I've tried to drive over the years continually hunt for the right gear, so I guess I just don't know how to drive an automatic.

Last year I test drove a car with an automatic and a turbocharger. To me, it was a bad combination. You hit the accelerator, the transmission downshifts, the engine RPMs pick up, the turbo spools up, and then the engine red-lines so you have to let up on the accelerator . I ended up buying the same model but with a 5 speed manual.

[MadMan]

Originally Posted by hi_volt

I presently own six cars and none of them have automatic transmissions. All of the slushboxes I've tried to drive over the years continually hunt for the right gear, so I guess I just don't know how to drive an automatic.

Last year I test drove a car with an automatic and a turbocharger. To me, it was a bad combination. You hit the accelerator, the transmission downshifts, the engine RPMs pick up, the turbo spools up, and then the engine red-lines so you have to let up on the accelerator . I ended up buying the same model but with a 5 speed manual.

That's kind of the nature of a turbocharged engine, though. It needs to rev high to produce power. If you drive at real low rpm all the time, you're not gonna get much power or efficiency.

[compu_85]

Originally Posted by hi_volt

You hit the accelerator, the transmission downshifts, the engine RPMs pick up, the turbo spools up, and then the engine red-lines so you have to let up on the accelerator .

Sounds herky-jerky

We've racked up 45,000 miles on our Tesla Model 3 since April last year. Only problem has been a failing air conditioning compressor (it didn't totally fail, it was getting noisy). Some back of the envelope math says it's lost about 5% of its original range... on par with other cars and if the trend continues to match it won't fall much more for the rest of the cars life.

-J