Anyone else ever relish driving a mundane car?!

[HonestIago]

Noticed this the other day how nice it was driving the family 2002 Golf TDI..so quiet, smooth and relaxing!

I think this is just because both my cars are fairly performance-orientated and you always feel you have to "drive" them with every journey being an event. Don't get me wrong I love this...but its only when I drove the old golf that I realised how different the experience is (aside from purely being able to drive faster!).

I may be on my own here though!

[MGgeordie]

No! I really wouldn't want a mundane car. Going to work is bad enough so you might aswell enjoy the commute!

[jones325i]

I always enjoyed driving the wife's Puma. Ok obviously it's meant to be a fun car.

But half the reason I like it is because you can enjoy it at low speeds and take it through the gears without ending up speeding.

[Willy Nilly]

I like driving my civic and like the fact that most people I know have had several cars in the time I have had just one.

[Ecosseven]

I have driven my Mondeo daily for 85k miles. It’s quiet, comfortable, reliable, and cheap to run. It doesn’t excite me but I admire that way it does everything well. It’s a great workhorse.

[Republik1980]

I wouldn't go that far but I do enjoy the odd relaxed drive where you're not in a hurry and the most important goals are calm, smooth and fluid driving with minimal accelerations and good fuel economy.. an anti-hoon, if you will

[thatsprettyshady]

Rented a new shape fiesta when I was between cars, had plenty of fun on my favourite roads on the way to work by just trying to NEVER use the brakes. It made up for the relevant lack of power compared to my other cars and also made me realise that sometimes it's fun just making a car "flow" than just outright speed.

[Captain Muppet]

I've had a really good drive in a Diesel Transit van - flat out along winding B-roads, hussling the big empty thing in a way that you're not supposed to.

I've also had good fun going as fast as I could in a number of seemingly rubbish cars. Even a mk1 Vectra wasn't entirely joy free.

Even driving something dreadful is still driving, and so it can be fun.
It's just much easier to find the fun in something that is inherently more fun, like an Elise, or a £350 Nissan Silvia with the diff welded up, or anything at all with a nice sounding engine.

[chr15b]

driving any car can be made fun

[big_boz]

For the boring 40 minute trawl to work and back, i would choose my boring diesel super mini box with great stereo, heated seats and stop start over almost anything, if it had a self shifter it would be perfect. Its a tool for a job

[toon10]

Not for me. I had to drive the company diesel insignia last week. It was comfortable and handled the motorway ok but my god after 2 miles I was desperate to drive something more fun.

[Liokault]

When I first met my GF (14 years ago) she had a cinquecento. Not the exciting "Sporting" just a bog standard example.

I loved every second driving that thing, it’s like driving fun is inversely proportional to structural integrity.

[big_boz]

Liokault said:

When I first met my GF (14 years ago) she had a cinquecento. Not the exciting "Sporting" just a bog standard example.

I loved every second driving that thing, it’s like driving fun is inversely proportional to structural integrity.

You should have tried the full house sporting with a monstrous 55 raging Italian stallions on tap!

[Andy665]

I'm happy spending the week in a Seat Exeo TDi - no one notices me, its quiet, comfortable, economical and has most of the toys you could want / need

Makes stepping into my E36 328 or GTV V6 that much more enjoyable

[swisstoni]

I bought a Mk1 Fiesta for about £350 as something to save putting miles on my, then brand new, TVR Chimaera. The paint had faded to a stealth matt black and it was horrible to behold.

Yet I viewed it as almost free transport. I didn't care about where I left it and supermarket car parks held no fear for me. It was quite liberating to drive without care.

[Hoofy]

After the gym or climbing, I'd rather have a sedate automatic with generous PAS!

[ED209]

Last year i had a 2001 mondeo 1.8 snotter, after it went i really missed it. All 500 quids worth. Something about the cheapness and fact i could park it anywhere appeals to me even now. I think i actually preferred it to the evoque that replaced it.

[Aidancky]

Willy Nilly said:

I like driving my civic and like the fact that most people I know have had several cars in the time I have had just one.

I know that feeling, someone I know passed within a few months of me, in that time he's had over 15 cars, i'm on my second Toyota Yaris. Not mundane at all, fun

[djglover]

I have a low spec Skoda Fabia on hire at the moment

Its a great fun car to drive.

My daily driver at home is an E90 330i and last week I hired an astra 1.6 which was awful.

[billzeebub]

Hate mundane cars, a lot! I had a couple of hatchback (Astras) with boredom engines a few years ago and I used to leave them at the office and get he train home they depressed me so much ! Life's too short for such cars