QOTW: What car do you drive?

[Jedibeeftrix]

A Duster.

How do I rate it in terms of tech?
Blooming excellent! It has none, which is the way I like my cars.
Fewer things to go wrong and require servicing.

n.b. it does have bluetooth - which is my 100% foolproof technology pass/fail benchmark for automobiles.

[mikeo]

Hyundai I30N ... great little car.

Tech OK in it. Bluetooth works just fine. Needs decent voice recognition though, you only get this if connected via Android Auto. Standard audio could be better but I could aim that comment at most cars.

[Spreadie]

A Duster.

How do I rate it in terms of tech?
Blooming excellent! It has none, which is the way I like my cars.
Fewer things to go wrong and require servicing.

n.b. it does have bluetooth - which is my 100% foolproof technology pass/fail benchmark for automobiles.

Fewer things to go wrong?

You know it's basically a Renault, right?

[Saracen999]

Is that the kind that beeps / massages your buttocks when you drift or is it the kind that actively changes your direction to keep you in lane? I am fine with the first but despise the second. Also, I routinely drive out of my lane.

I'm not fine with either. I don't want a car computer that thinks it knows better than me what lane I want to be in, and I certainly don't want stupid beeps.

While I'm not idealogically opposed to a good buttock massage, first, not while I'm driving, and second, not by a jumped-up mobile microchip.

[iworrall]

I'm not fine with either. I don't want a car computer that thinks it knows better than me what lane I want to be in, and I certainly don't want stupid beeps.

While I'm not idealogically opposed to a good buttock massage, first, not while I'm driving, and second, not by a jumped-up mobile microchip.

Luckily for you, lane assist still comes with an off switch (for now).

[spacein_vader]

2011 Honda Jazz.

It's one year too old for Bluetooth, but I don't really care. I can call people when I get to my destination, and am not important enough that it matters whether they can reach me while I'm driving.

It does have a USB plug for an mp3 player, which I have used sparingly. Mostly I still use CDs or the radio. I have the upgraded sound system option, which is nice.

It also has electronic stability control, which not all cars had at the time, and has come in handy a few times during the winter, especially early on when I was an inexperienced driver. That was one of the reasons I went with that model.

Mostly though, it focuses on driving and a spacious layout for its size, which I'm fine with. I can fit a bike inside easily while only taking off the front tire, can fit tall things like a TV or a plant by putting the back seats in cargo mode, it handles pretty well, is highly reliable, and gets pretty decent mileage for not being a hybrid. The suspension could be softer, and it allows a fair amount of road noise, but locally the roads are good enough that isn't really a problem.

It doesn't have a GPS system built in or a screen up front, and as someone who likes to know my city, I'm fine with that. I'll use GPS a few times a year when going somewhere new, but generally prefer to look at a map, figure out how I'm going to get somewhere, and rely on conventional navigation. After I've done that a couple times for a destination, I'll know how to get there on my own.

It doesn't have any of the more recent features like lane assist, either. I'm largely of the "give it a few more years to mature" opinion. Yeah, back when I was driving 200 miles twice a week for work, smart cruise control would have been nice, but not worth the cost of trading in. And as someone who averaged 7000 miles per year during the period 2011-2018 (before I had long-distance work travel), automotive tech isn't an area where it makes sense to be an early adopter for me.

Ditto, though my Jazz is a 2009.

No Bluetooth, run mp3s off a USB stick. In terms of tech it has electronic stability control, auto wipers, auto lights, cruise control, climate control and electric windows all round. All of it just works and as has previously said the layout is bloody clever. Quite why nobody has copied Honda "magic seats" I'll never know but you can fit stuff in it that would never go into my wife's theoretically much bigger Ford Focus.

Just as importantly for me it has a naturally aspirated chain driven petrol engine that's very easy to service and maintain and its been relentlessly reliable.

It's very much a white goods car and it's not exciting to drive. That's the way I like it, cars are a tool for transport to me and the last thing I want at 70mph is excitement.

[SlickR]

Silver BMW 320d year 2000, with 134hp and 1998cc. Its an E46 model and these cars have basically been appreciating for the last year or so, with the model M appreciating for the past few years. Its one of BMW's classics with 50-50% weight distribution, engine mounted further back for extra stability, and solid suspension.

Build quality inside is amazing, top of the notch it can still go hand to hand with newer modern cars, there is also a lot of customization and aftermarket upgradability, so it can be retrofitted with ton of cool and new tech to really make it a driving pleasure.

[Phage]

I have a Lotus, there is no "in car tech", that's the whole point

2007 Mini Cooper S. It has a radio/CD player

[Phage]

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Motorbike I have is an old 1993 GSR1100WP Suzuki. Always was my dream bike.

Ooooh lovely. I suspect that I may be a bit older my dream is the GSX1100S

[Kovoet]

Ooooh lovely. I suspect that I may be a bit older my dream is the GSX1100S

Katana is certainly older. I had one but would dearly like to get hold of an old one and redo it with upside down forks and wider back wheel. But they are asking so much for them. But they are gorgeous.

[3dcandy]

Luckily for you, lane assist still comes with an off switch (for now).

Can't turn it off all the time now though. Only per journey. That's the problem

[micles5]

Honda Accord 2.2 i-ctdi 2004
Got factory fitted sat nav. doesn't work and honda wants to charge me £200 for a cd.
and factory fitted cd changer doesn't work too

But still drives.

[TeePee]

BMW 550.

The power is insane.

I like the heads up display. I have it set up very simply, just showing my speed and the speed limit (Which is detects with a forward facing camera), along with navigation.

The soft close doors have ruined me for every other vehicle. It takes two attempts to close another car door now. Every. Time.

[mojothejester]

2016 Ford Mondeo 2.0tdci estate. It has what I need (satnav, cruise control, usb/bluetooth music) but if I was buying one again, I'd go for the titanium x model so I can have the extra goodies

[Lord Midas]

2018 Skoda Superb Sportline Estate. Has a Golf GTi performance engine in it. Stunning car. The tech is actually better than the VW (missus has a 2019 Golf GTi 245 Performance).

[Phrontis]

165,000 mile, 12 year old Audi A6 Avant 2.0 Turbo Diesel SE. I got it off my son when he decided that he no longer wanted it. Just cost almost £400 for a new camshaft sensor, but it runs one hell of lot better. Lots of toys, but miss not having folding mirrors and no heated seats that my old S8 used to have. I had to put a Pure Highway DAB+ radio adaptor in so that I had both DAB radio and bluetooth for the phone. The satnav is a pain to program and has no postcode search, but it works. I plug my Tomtom in as well as it can tell me if the traffic is fouled up.

Rebuilding my 1984 Harris Magnum II 1170cc, engines done, just need to do the rest. Want it to be ready for the TT on the IOM next year.