I'm 30 but don't have a license, side effect of growing up in nyc
Ask HN: What car do you drive?
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#12An old i3. It's a carbon fiber body on an aluminum frame. The outside body panels are not carbon fiber, just plastic, which is better if you bump into things. It's a rear wheel drive with the motor on the rear axle and the center of mass is good. The torque curve is great, like on all eletric car, and it's a pleasure to drive it with one pedal. It turns very well which is nice inside cities.
On the downsides, it doesn't go very far very quickly because of its small battery. So I sometimes use other cars from my local non profit car sharing, like the Jaguar I-Pace or Toyota Corolla (which I like despite it being a fossil car).
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#131st gen toyota sequoia 4x4. It's been amazing for camping trips and overlanding. I have a futon in the back.
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#14BMW 323, 2009, bought second hand with only 40k on the clock. It does have incomprehensible orange dashboard warnings sometimes but they're easily dealt with.
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#15I'm 30 but don't have a license, side effect of growing up in nyc
Nothing wrong with that. Good (YMMV, but at least existent) public transport. I grew up in London so not the same but similar. Only started driving because of needing to go to remote locations and am always public transport first.
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#162005 Mitsubishi Grandis. Super reliable, it can haul my family and tow the caravan and since it's a little older I don't have to worry too much about a ding or a scratch. It's nearing 200,000 miles now so it's still fairly low mileage for a large japanese car.
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#17Fiat Punto 06. It's not the best car, actually it's pretty bad, but I wanted a hatchback that wasn't too small and I didn't want to spend much money.
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#18Toyota Corolla. I am a Software Engineer and make a good salary but am frugal when spending money on cars since I know they are not assets and only depreciate over time.
Toyota Prius (2009) and love it
+1 for Toyota hybrid. It's relatively inexpensive vs my income and satisfies all the non-functional requirements I care about (safe, reliable, low emissions etc...).
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#19Toyota Corolla. I am a Software Engineer and make a good salary but am frugal when spending money on cars since I know they are not assets and only depreciate over time.
Same except I bought an old Toyota Yaris for £2000 cash. It's cheap to maintain and is super reliable. The missus would like a Mercedes G wagon though.
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#20Surprisingly frugal vehicles posted so far...
Currently eyeing up a 2015 RS6.