Fiat 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.
Toyota 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.
2019 Tesla Model 3. Electric is the way to go and can't say enough goodness about Tesla. After the state/fed rebates I think my Std Plus came in around $27K. Now here's the best part: paid total of $20 in 2yrs for charging in >20K miles. During day, my work pays for charging so it's fully charge all the time and if not work like during the pandemic, target has free charging and other locations, of course most are not free. I've had no other cost to maintain the car at all in the 2yrs. Considering one could pay $4/gal with 25mpg comes to $3,200 in gas I saved not to mention no oil/filter changes either. It's great, while charging for free at Target, I'm streaming Netflix or Youtube onto the car's dashboard while working on my laptop. A complete mobile home office :)
An 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.<p>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).
I don't own a car but do have a Case 580 SK that is licensed to drive on the roads. I did the math and it doesn't make sense to insure and maintain a vehicle Vs. Transit and Taxi fares. I am hoping my crypto will take a big jump and then I'll probably buy a Tesla Super Truck with it. I think if the insurance providers allow online purchase of day permits I might buy a car but paying to insure a parked car seems like a ripoff.
2006 Honda Element, manual transmission, AWD. Reliable, can fit an insane amount of stuff in it, consumables are cheap for it. Fuel efficiency is not great but i drive very little. Under 100,000km on it.<p>I bought it used several years ago and with used car prices surging and vehicles that can be slept in going up in value, I suspect its gained around $2000 of value.<p>Its slow but has major utilitarian charm.
None. I’d like to get a luxury SUV with leather seats and a high end music system, but I don’t want to pay $60K+ for the kind of vehicle I want. And I live in a city where everything I need is in walking distance. And I don’t have children so I don’t have a reason that I’d have to own a vehicle.
2016 Ford Transit Connect.<p>I wanted to be able to haul things, and I don't like trucks or SUVs.<p>So I drive a big box with a gigantic panoramic moonroof and more features standard for less money (leather seats, automatic wipers and headlights, blindspot detection, backup cam, etc). I got a good deal on it since the passenger version of the Connect sells worse than a Sienna or Odyssey.
2011 Subaru WRX hatchback. Fun to drive (my priority), decent gas mileage, useful cargo space, good resale value, has a large aftermarket and enthusiast community behind it making parts cheap and plentiful. Everything I want in a car that's not a Mazda Miata, which is what I drove the previous two cars I had.
2019 Mercedes Benz GLC250.<p>The only reason we changed our previous 2016 Mercedes Benz C-Class sedan was we needed some extra cargo space to contain some of my wife's gear which had overflowed to take up the back seat of the C-Class as well as the boot.\<p>Normally I buy cars new and keep them for about 10-12 years.
2005 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.
2006 Honda CRV, 140k miles. I look forward to the day when they try and take my diesel guzzler off me. "They may take away our lives, but they'll never take our CRVs!"
2017 Toyota Prius. Excellent fuel economy and driver assistance features. My partner complains about the seats not being comfortable enough and I agree, to a certain extent.
BMW 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.