What's the best thing about your car?
What's the best thing about your car?
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white_goodman

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4,476 posts

217 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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Just interested to see what everyone likes about their current cars (hopefully you like your car)! Fortunately, even my worst/least interesting cars have had some good points! Conversely, has anyone ever owned a car with no redeeming features?

The best thing about my current car, an Impreza WRX is full throttle in 3rd gear!

Just for interest of my previous cars, this is what I liked best:

Cinq Sporting: Handling and joie de vivre
mk3.5 Astra 1.4 (V-shaped grille) - Best speakers and acoustics of any car I have ever owned!
205 GTi 1.6 - handling and lift-off oversteer on demand!
MX5 - top down summer evening drives
BMW 325i (E30) - comfort and straight-six noise!
Corrado VR6 - the noise and the rear spoiler!
mk4 Golf GTi - VW 6-disc CD changer (unfortunately it was slow, unreliable and very thirsty though)!
Polo TDI - fantastic fuel economy, cheap tax and fantastic cupholder!
Fiat 500 - Red and white interior

What's the best thing about your car and have you ever owned a car with no redeeming features?

smn159

15,499 posts

243 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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Series 2 Landy; rolling the sides and back of the soft top up, removing the door tops and opening the front vents - perfect in this weather!

Porsche 964 - the sound, the sense of occasion whenever I got into it

Corrado - the rear spoiler smile

Porsche 968 - the handling, with tail out goodness on demand


JREwing

17,547 posts

205 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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Corsa: the options package (fairly rare) which includes some really quite terrific seats.

kambites

71,053 posts

247 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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Elise: The steering.

Edited by kambites on Sunday 19th August 20:00

Dave Hedgehog

16,046 posts

230 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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to much to list

folos

900 posts

168 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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First few cars there wasn't much to like I guess!

1st - 1998 5 door 1.2 renault clio, it got me around!
2nd - 2004 ford fiesta finesse 1.25, bugger all!
3rd - 2008 ford fiesta zetec S tdci - fuel economy?
4th - Liquid yellow clio 197 R27, the handling - no corner was too much for it!
5th (current) - 2007 (56) DPB golf Mk5 R32, the engine obviously smilesmile

poing

8,743 posts

226 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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It's red.

tim0409

5,834 posts

185 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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Current car - 2008 118d ES Edition - The best thing about it is the seats as I suffer from a bad back and its the only car that I can drive for any length of time without crippling myself.

E38Ross

36,727 posts

238 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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The refinement/smoothness.

peterbredde

775 posts

226 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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Mazda 3 - the stereo - for a base car it's pretty damned good.

VinceFox

20,566 posts

198 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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The balance of being quite powerful, smooth and still engaging, for half the price youd have to pay for anything else that does the same, while still being reliable.

Edited by VinceFox on Sunday 19th August 19:34

Stu R

21,535 posts

241 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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The noise.

Jasandjules

72,168 posts

255 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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I have a TVR Chimaera. I trust this is a rhetorical question.

PumpkinSteve

4,240 posts

182 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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New Polo: It's quiet. It does nothing fantastically well, but nothing poorly either.

Edited by PumpkinSteve on Sunday 19th August 20:07

TheHeretic

73,668 posts

281 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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Fiesta 1.1 Pop plus - The car that got me everywhere. Still have a soft spot for them.
Sierra Sapphire 1.8 GL something or other - First RWD car. Taught me a lot, without killing me. Also, bloody comfy.
Astra 1.6 Euro 96 special edition - No particular redeeming features. Was new, but apart from that, meh.
1993 MR2 NA - Bloody lovely. Not the fastest, but lovely handling. Made me want more power, so...
1994 MR2 Turbo - Bloody lovely. On boost it gives a hell of a push. Comfiest car I've ever sat in. The car I regret selling the most.
1984 Merc 190e - 2.0 auto. Like a tank, went surprisingly well considering an auto. Loved that car. Handled really nicely, and despite the somewhat tweed seating, and squarish dash, was very nice place to sit.
1984 Astra GTE - Fully race prepped ex-luminition championship car. Handled like a silly thing, and the engine with its Peter Maiden head screamed like something being tortured. Little rocket ship. Had to be push started.
Isuzu Amigo - Got me into offloading, and did SO many miles out in the backwoods of the Adirondacks. Many good memories.
Infiniti G35 - Comfy, comfy, and comfy. Lovely noise from the 3.5 V6, and being RWD you could really play with it. Bit of a sleeper as it just looks like an everyday sedan type thing.
Suzuki Vitara - Current plaything and daily. Slow, not overly comfortable, noisy, not great on juice, but had hours, and hours of fun in the thing out in the hills and back trails.

matthias73

2,901 posts

176 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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RWD. Absolutely innapropriate for someone my age, I shouldnt' be allowed near it to be honest!


A900ss

3,312 posts

178 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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BMW 520d - Cruises at 95MPH at less than 2,500 RPM and is so relaxing whilst doing it. Handy when you drive high miles.
It may not be PH but it is real-world.

(and a Bluetooth System that connects with my iPhone to warn me of speed cameras).

900T-R

20,406 posts

283 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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TVR. The noise cloud9
MINI. Mini roundabouts biggrin

Conor D

2,124 posts

201 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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1.6 Eunos - Dab of oppo in the wet, well below legal speeds.

white_goodman

Original Poster:

4,476 posts

217 months

Sunday 19th August 2012
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Apologies. Should have said in the OP but some of you haven't actually said what car you're talking about!