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Re: Ask HN: What cars do you drive?

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Post by shekispeaks »

The only people who will respond is those who want to claim some status by saying they drive a reliable old car or some rare version of Porsche or Saab.

Nobody who drives the most recent bme x3 or Audi a8 or Nissan kicks is gonna respond.

I drive a Hyundai Ioniq5

Re: Ask HN: What cars do you drive?

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Post by johnneville »

ClassyJacket wrote: post #11

Tesla Model 3

i bought a used 2018 model last year with ~80k miles for $~12k after discounts and rebates. for me, this reflected the best value car i could buy at the time, especially given that i have free charging available to me. i also appreciated that i didn't need to worry about many common failure modes on used ICE vehicles, however it does have the expected battery degradation.

Re: Ask HN: What cars do you drive?

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Post by jickes »

EvanAnderson wrote: post #17

We're a Honda household. I daily a 2007 Civic Si 6-speed. My wife drives a 2014 CR-V. We have the old 2007 Pilot in reserve for hauling stuff and driving in the snow. My choice of car says I'm frugal and practical. (With the Civic being an Si model I guess maybe a bit impractical too. I didn't seek out the Si, though. I got it cheap and we both love driving manual transmission cars.)

How many miles are on the SI? That's the coolest SI year the USA ever got (in my opinion.)

There's nothing wrong with being frugal and practical.

I would not call a car that gets 30+mpg impractical. I'm sure your insurance might be a bit higher depending on where you are because a lot of people rice them out and race/wreck them. I don't really think honda has sold an impractical car in the USA since the s2000.

Re: Ask HN: What cars do you drive?

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Post by jickes »

shekispeaks wrote: post #21

The only people who will respond is those who want to claim some status by saying they drive a reliable old car or some rare version of Porsche or Saab. Nobody who drives the most recent bme x3 or Audi a8 or Nissan kicks is gonna respond. I drive a Hyundai Ioniq5

Why do they need to drive a practical car? Some people have the $$$ to not worry about that and I'm not going to shit on them for that.

These are really cool and have more cargo room than they look like they have due to its long wheel base. Hyundai/kia went from diet coke civic to cool kid on the block. Was looking to buy one of these becuase im in the market for an EV but Im probably gonna get a used polestar 3 because I like volvo and they are a steal right now with low miles.

Re: Ask HN: What cars do you drive?

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Post by jickes »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #24

BMW i4. I never thought I would buy a BMW, and I don't think I would have dared if it wasn't an EV (due to maintenance costs).

I was expecting a lot more of this and model 3's in the comments of this post. I honestly don't know a lot about newer BMWs but I see these a lot in central florida
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