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Just a simple rant on things I hate about modern cars.

I think the title sums this up pretty well.

3y ago
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I have always supported the notion that the internal combustion engine will always have a place in the world. Most older cars have better gas mileage over modern equivalents. Even now as I drive an inline 6 NA E37 from 02 and average about 28 combined MPG. Try getting that in a crossover with a transverse four banger with a horrible lack lustered CVT in a vehicle that weighs the same 3027 lb's as my Z3. It just is not going to happen, a Scion XB from 06 struggles to get nere 30 mpg. It is not the car that is drinking fuel, in most cases it is your driving style forcing more fuel into the engine for no gain in power. Of course a Scion XB can get 38 mpg if you use the hypermile technique of drive the speed limit or lower no matter what the traffic around you is doing. The only problem with hypermiling is that it is one of the most dangerous things that you can do while driving.

I have hated computers in cars, since the tech has only limited the power from the engine forcing it to be inefficient and outdated within about 3 years time. It is the smartphone approach to building a car; make a car so advanced that it will only last for 3 years until the throttle body craps out. Forcing the driver to upgrade, or deal with the constant repairs for another year. Only to find that his $40,000 car is now worth $10,000 in trade in value, with 46,000 miles listed on the odometer. So the dealer can sell this 4 year old over complicated plastic box for $19,000 to some business manager. Forcing the problem onto someone else to deal with the same repair costs. Leaving the business manager to find out that his car will now be discontinued for a new electric plug in hybrid called something like the Ig26, so all of the parts for the car will be going away in 10 years time. Causing the problem to repeat like a snake eating its own tail.

Lets just say I am not the average teen, I prefer older Vehicles, built around 1984-2004 before the time of roof crush tests, blind spots that forced drivers to merge blind, and the demise of pop-up headlights. What happend to cheap cars that used to be fun to drive even with front wheel drive. Now traction control really does something, and it can never be completely turned off without the help from a local tuner who can program the ECU. This is not to say that I don't like modern cars, I have a list of dream cars that would love to drive and own from 2010 to now. It just means that I prefer simpler cars to work on that do not have to be thrown out into a scrap heap and can be saved with little money thrown at it in theory.

EV's are fun, but they will only go the distance of a 100 miles; and just like the old-fashion power wheels, it takes 3-5 hours to charge. Hybrids are ok, but what about the noise? Why can't the engine charging the batteries make any noise? Is it wrong to admit that there is gas going in your car? Even diesels have disappeared, shure they use to sound like tractors; but at least it made a noise in the first place. Now it is, hit the gas (excelerator) and listen to a humming munk. What is the point without the noise? And no I don't want to hear a speaker. If that was the case, I would listen to an Enzo lapping the nurburgring instead of what an engineer thinks an engine should sound like. It should be a mechanical sound, not some electric white noise perfected by a computer.

I know electric and hybrid cars take off from the line like a stabbed rat, and shure cheap electric cars are better to drive than most of the hybrid equivalents when it come to power over distance, but that does not mean I would want to own an electric car. The technology is simply not there yet. With the rise of smaller displacement engines with turbochargers and superchargers being shoved under the hood becoming popular, I don't see the reason to own a hybrid. The gas mileage is great, but just like an old top gear episode pointed out with a BMW 5 series versus a Toyota Prius back in 2009. The gas mileage is no better because it really does depend on the driving style.

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