I will never ever own a...

[Tannedbaldhead]

For me its a car with a CVT.

[RDMcG]

A Prius

[anonymous-user]

An EV

[Tannedbaldhead]

RDMcG said:

A Prius

Was it the CVT that put you off?

[jm8403]

moktabe said:

An EV

+1

[RDMcG]

Tannedbaldhead said:

Was it the CVT that put you off?

Hard to point to one thing but the general blahness is the thing. If I were to write a tag for it , it would be "cures excitement"

[Panamax]

Tannedbaldhead said:

For me its a car with a CVT.

The Nissan CVT is surprisingly good - the the extent I didn't even realise my hire car was a CVT until I was looking in the driver manual! The transmission software makes it not fully continuously variable but moves in steps to make it feel like a conventional auto. Don't hold me to this but I think the Nissan drive belt "pushes" rather than "pulling".
https://www.nissanusa.com/experience-nissan/news-a...

Bizarrely, modern autos with 8 or 10 gears are virtually CVT in any event, having very close ratios.

I'll be very surprised if I ever own a diesel.

Similarly hybrids - expect I'll eventually jump straight to full electric, at least for journeys where no charging away from home is required.

[Rolls-canardley]

jm8403 said:

+1

+2

[Bennet]

Rolls-canardley said:

jm8403 said:

moktabe said:

An EV

+1

+2

Unless you are all already in your 70s or thinking of giving up driving any time soon, this is a bold statement.

[ITP]

A diesel.

[mike9009]

SUV

[Phunk]

A Vauxhall.

I do own a EV and recently had a Prius though! Prius isn’t a CVT but feels the same.

[Hippea]

Panamax said:

Tannedbaldhead said:

For me its a car with a CVT.

The Nissan CVT is surprisingly good - the the extent I didn't even realise my hire car was a CVT until I was looking in the driver manual! The transmission software makes it not fully continuously variable but moves in steps to make it feel like a conventional auto. Don't hold me to this but I think the Nissan drive belt "pushes" rather than "pulling".
https://www.nissanusa.com/experience-nissan/news-a...

Bizarrely, modern autos with 8 or 10 gears are virtually CVT in any event, having very close ratios.

I'll be very surprised if I ever own a diesel.

Similarly hybrids - expect I'll eventually jump straight to full electric, at least for journeys where no charging away from home is required.

Which Nissan? I had a Nissan Juke CVT as a hire car a few years back and it was dreadful, the rubber band effect was horrible

[SlimJim16v]

ITP said:

A diesel.

[thebraketester]

ITP said:

A diesel.

Agreed.

[kambites]

SlimJim16v said:

ITP said:

A diesel.

[anonymous-user]

Ferrari 288 GTO, which is a shame as I'd really quite like one.

[TyrannosauRoss Lex]

Bennet said:

Rolls-canardley said:

jm8403 said:

moktabe said:

An EV

+1

+2

Unless you are all already in your 70s or thinking of giving up driving any time soon, this is a bold statement.

Yes, that's what I thought. I like ICE cars (well, decent petrol ones), but at 34 years old I think it goes without saying that I can't keep with ICE for the rest of my driving days.

[WonkeyDonkey]

A car from the VW Group or BMW.

[MisterBigglesworth]

A Tesla.