Roli Gyetvai I hate electric parking brakes. My moms car has one and almost everytime I drive it I forget that I have to push the brake to disengage the parking brake. So stupid
its just sad i have an Altezza RS200 Z Edition and i miss when toyota and car manufacturers in general actually made fun cars the r34 the supra the mr2 the rx7 sad sad sad
1 : Stylish cars 2 : Cheap yet powerful cars 3 : Street racing/drifting cars 4 : Raw engine sound 5 : Skill required to drive (meaning too much electronic) 6 : The smell of these old plastic parts 7 : Cars with soul. When i'm on the road, i only see clone cars. And it makes sad :'(
I own an alfa romeo 156 2.0TS and it's gorgeous. Yes, it has its quirks, it has it's downsides, it isn't really economical but damn, the quality and design of the car, the raw NA sound makes you love this car. It really has an Alfa soul in it. Compared to even the Giulia, which looks gorgeous btw it feels like miles ahead. It isn't oversportified.
Sammy I still don't understand why anyone would want front wheel drive if for any reason other than the compactness of FWD makes it harder to work on. That's for the weirdos that don't value driving.
Simple interior Dont know how you feel, but i hate the center-doing-everything console in modern cars. Wanna change the heating, scroll from the the radio menu, to the heating setting and slide the touch screen, or push buttons on it. You need to see what you doing, but i think its a bit dangerous, when driving on the motorway, when you have watch the road, and the other cars. And when you leave the car, can see your fingeprints on everywhere on the screen. Older cars kept it simple. Some knob for the cold or warm, and some slide or switch or knob for intesity. You cannot miss it. Dont need to see what you trying to do, just do it.
Almost everything that's happening in the car industry saddens me now, I wish they still did what they did in the early 90s. Cheap, affordable, power, reliability and fun.
Early 90's FTW. Best cars i ever owned were early 90's. Luxury was luxury, sport was sport, and economy was economy. I miss my 90 Lincoln. Power, comfort, safety, reliably, ROOM for people and stuff. Man I miss that car.
So true, i absolutely love my 1991 e36 325i Manual it is such a damn good car. It's sporty with its smooth as butter straight six and never lets me down, i had one from 1993 and it was actually my first car i liked it so much i had to buy another one after my newer cars all had problems. The cars i have owned made post 2000 have been absolute freaking crap, plastic moving parts just do not last and they have quirky electrical issues. My E36 has over 250,000 k's on the clock and drives like new... There is just something about the 90's...
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An actual key and keyhole... they're all going to push-button start. There's just something satisfying about hearing the engine fire up when you turn the key
Jonathan Dittmar That's a great feature on old cars. If you lose your keys you can just take any flat head screwdriver or any other tool and drive off.
Roli Gyetvai The advantage is that if you can't use the original key you can make another one and not hassle with the immobilizer. The disadvantage is that the car is prone to theft
Don't forget about handbrake levers!! Today, most manufacturers use electronic buttons, which are rubbish! The handbrake levers are slowly disappearing :( **edit: I personally use a handbrake lever on my MX-5 for track-days (mainly powersliding) and I use it on my Land Rover Defender when I do hill starts while on ski holidays in the alps.
This. Friend recently bought a base spec Fiat 500X. Buying the base model is the only way in the US to get a manual on the 500X which is what he wanted. Then we noticed it had a push button parking brake. So his wife, who was raised driving manuals in mountains, asked how she was supposed to deal with being stopped on a steep hill with someone tailgating. Apparently she was taught to use the handbrake to help ease the launch on steep hills (this works very well btw). But if you don't have a handbrake... I suggested she use Hill Holder, which I have on my Fiat 500 Abarth. Then we looked... and the 500X base model doesn't even have Hill Holder! .. so basically she'll roll back a little bit no matter what she does if on a steep hill.
AirCommando12 Yeah, but using a lever is better and traditional. It's also easier to execute good hill starts and great off-road & some racing Manoeuvers. (Read Max's comment above)
Tht moment when you're 15 and realise that you may not drive a manual car with a turn key ignition, rwd, that also happens to be cheap and perform well...
Lol im 15 and i have never thought about buying a new car, old cars have all you describe, for example the MX-5 NA, though you need to do some mods to make it handle better.
I hate how they are putting touch screens in to replace all the knobs. I especially hate how automatic cars are removing the shifter and putting it on a knob or touchscreen. Talking about automatics, I hate how almost all cars are automatic too.
i hate touchscreens too. hard to use when you're driving compared to knobs. you just gotta grab the right knob and turn/press unlike trying to press the right button on a screen...
That enrages me to no end. Touch screens are so unreliable. Your fingers have to be clean and dry to use them. Otherwise, the screen won't respond. And if the fucking car companies demand touch screens, they need to make them PRACTICAL. I mean, everything is hidden in sub-menus and it's so tough to find anything. Why can't they let Google Android program the screens for them. I have a VW and the menu system is NO better than GM, Honda or whatever. They're all confusing and difficult to use. I frequently have to stop the car to search for something minor to adjust. it's just a pain in the butt.
touch screen everything is bad. If the screen cracks or a sensor goes bad, you lose half of your vehicle interior functions. I hate that. I'm holding onto my current car as long as I can. Something tells me the damn car companies will have touch screen steering wheels next for the MEGA lazy types who want to text, talk to the front seat passenger and drive at the same time. Why don't they take a bus instead?
Problem with touchscreens is you can't use touch-n-feel to operate them while keeping your eyes mostly on the road. With my old Nissan I could adjust the AC/heater, operate the hazard lights, music player, defogger, etc. without having to look away.
428lost, And do you know that the owners manual for a VW Golf is over 120 pages? Try remembering even half of the stuff in there before you comment on that. Simply resetting the service indicator itself takes several tries. And also, VW deletes a LOT of features from their cars for the US market. That big blank space around the base of the shifter is for FOUR buttons not installed on US models.
Foxter So you hate screen. Look at the current Mercedes-Benz E-Class, they have two screens. I love screens on cars, they look fancy and makes the interior looks interesting. But i love analog speedometer, but analog speedometer nowadays lit up when engine is running, which i like when analogs do that.
8. Circle headlights 9. Chrome bumpers 10. Manual gearbox 11. Sexy steering wheels 12. Full size spare wheels 13. Jeep-like sound 14. White wheels 15. Blocky body 16. Pop-up headlights 17. Actually driving the car 18. Cars that can be worked on by yourself 19. Small cars 20. Lightweight cars
Numb Skull All I can say is; Amen Mazda. Now it's just the waiting game until the Furai (hopefully) gets its ass into Le Mans someday. Miss that thing so much.
Dante Planeta I think the biggest problem was people never letting the car run for a bit before driving. I like to think they treat an RX-7 as just any other car, basically enhancing its issue with the apex seals.
What I miss the most is the body styles, sure today's super cars look great, but I'll always have a soft spot for 80s&90s imports (the good ones) and the muscle car era. They were beautiful machines and now it's bleh, more bleh and ohh a super car that's cool. It just feels cars today have no real character tbh.
Word, I will always appreciate the 80s to late 90s look. I don't like the looks of most modern cars they look too fancy, even normal cars are starting to look like supercars. It not only takes away the awe of super and sports cars, it also makes you appreciate them less.
talk about insurance, I did my license just to find out that insurance is too expensive for me, £600 2002 corsa 1.2 and insurance is nearly £4k with a black box ...
I think Alex's BMW was just built to last until the guarantee period was over, and it has been kept alive all these years by sheer force of will and maintenance bills. But modern cars are hitting 200,000+ miles. I think the trend is actually towards greater reliabilty.
As a driver of a VW Golf from 2003, I don’t think that’s true. Nearly 200k miles on the car and it still runs. AND it’s an automatic. There are still brand new OEM parts available for this car too. It hasn’t been without its issues but every car has them.
Planned obsolescence is nothing new hence why there is a name for it. They were doing it before the 90s. Now they are doing it again and I notice cars built after the 2000s are rusting a lot. I hate rust.
Not even reading the comments, just making a list. V8s, big and small block engines, carburetors, sealed glass halogen headlights, body-on-frame construction, vinyl seats, ability to order exactly what options you do and don't want, straight sixes, oddball engines (5 cylinders mentioned here, V4s, 3 cylinders, etc) exhaust you can actually hear, engines with two valves per cylinder (somehow they have a nicer sound to them in my opinion) quirky cars, such as small boxy SUVs, hatchbacks, and station wagons, live axle front ends in 4x4s, pedal e-brakes in trucks, mechanical parking/handbrakes in general, popup lights, chrome (real, metal chrome) good looking plastic chrome (something about the new stuff doesnt sit good with me) skinny pillars hardtops (no b-pillars) convertibles (almost dead) real 2-doors (4-doors without the second set of doors, same rear legroom) and a coupe being a coupe (2-door with less rear legroom, more boot space) manual steering 3-on-the-tree manual transmissions starters where you turn the key, not press a button actual keys small tail/head lights that dont take up half the car top of the door being at a proper arm resting level thin steering wheels without a fat airbag and 500 buttons (think ford boomerang wheels with 5 buttons for cruise and thats it) automatics with actual gears (none of this CVT bs) manual transmissions with granny gears in trucks manual transmissions in general (3, 4, and 5 speeds especially) Many other things from the 50s-80s that we've lost in modern "safety, aerodynamics, and environmental protection" A big one for me is bright paint colors and a variety of interior colors. Everything is a dark boring metallic with black and grey interiors now. Look at the 1980s Ford lineup, specifically the Bronco II (I realize a lot of people hate them or don't even know what they are, but hear me out.) With those you could have a grey, tan, red, or blue interior, and with the Eddie Bauer trimpack you could get pack-specific stitching in your seats. Colors ranged from black to bright greens, reds, blues, and even a "bright bittersweet" orange. Since when can you buy a new car with a blue or red interior and bright blue paint? Certain "performance" cars have bright colors now, but most of the colors are dark and dim. And I've yet to see an interior that offers more than black, grey, white, or tan since the 1990s. Ok, I'm done. I could think of more if I spent a few more minutes but this comment is already far too long.
Another minute and I got a couple more. No touch screens, bring back the dials and switches! Rear wheel drive as well. Even police cars are going to fwd. Pathetic!
Heh, trying to come up with a response to all of these here: V8 engines: Yep, those just sound awesome (and I'd love to buy an american V8 classic) Carburators: Can't really think of a reason why they should stay, apart from being simpler Sealed Glass Halogen headlights: Lasted longer? not sure here Body-on-Frame: No point in that except for heavy-duty vehicles Vinyl Seats: Never sat in such. Wouldn't mind to try though =) Customization freedom: Would never buy a brand new car myself, so doesnt matter for me Straight sixes: No hands-on experience here, but the ones I heard on here sounded great Oddball engines: V4 are gone because they run very rough, I think. 3-cylinder see a lot of use in smaller cars (and even in the BMW i8) Quirky cars: I think these just don't sell enough Live axle front ends: Don't know enough about offroad vehicles to say anything Pedal e-brakes: Didn't even know such existed Manual parking brakes: Actually I don't know many cars that have electronic parking brakes Popup headlights: Too many downsides Chrome: Doesn't look good on modern cars IMHO Skinny pillars: safety and stability strikes again Hardtops (no b-pillars): Stil out there. Not many, but there are (were there even ever that many?) Convertibles: Still going. I see a lot of them every year, new and old Real 2-Doors: Why put 2 doors on a larger car when you can fit 4? Manual steering: I guess this depends on where you drive most. Also, cars have gotten larger, heavier and equipped with bigger wheels, so more steering force required 3 on the tree manuals: I prefer more gears Keylock ignition and keys: Fully agree, these "keyless" thing provide no benefit whatsoever Small lights: Are getting smaller again now because LED Proper door arm rest: Personally never felt much of a need for that Thin steering wheels: Are these things even ergonomic, that thin? (never tried). Also, I like my cars with safety and protection features (just not all that are out there today) Autos with actual gears: From an engineering standpoint CVTs are the ideal transmission. From an emotional standpoint they are the polar opposite of what people are used to. And people are conservative. Manuals with granny gears: Dafuq does granny gears mean? Manuals: I don't think they'll disappear anytime soon. At least here in Europe. Other things: I'd rather have a car that is both safe, aerodynamic and economical AND fun to drive Colors: The "non-boring" colors don't sell well, especially in more expensive vehicles, they also often get lower resale value than your usual black and silver because of that
Individual style is what I miss. 'Twas a time when you could tell the make, model and year of any car from blocks away. Now it is hard to find your own modern car in a parking lot.
Arne Hurnik I know that, but my sister didn't know that when she bought her first car! fun fact 2016 Chevy Malibus do not have spare tires on base models. lesson learned
being able to actually work on a car hands-on. I remember the good old days when, if your car had a problem, all you had to do was pop the hood, undo a few screws and bolts here and there, replace whatever part was necessary, and boom. car is fixed. nowadays you have to be a mechanic AND a fucking computer technician to be able to work on new cars. its bullshit.
OK, Boomer. You HAD to go under the hood all the time, because there wasn't a computer running interference between the drive train and your twitchy impulses.
Hölger Bjömsen I love buttons cause they are easier to push and i dont feel anymore as grabbing my friends dick (which is not necessarily bad) Im not gay just to clarify.
POP UP HEADLIGHTS?????!!! HOW COULD YOU FORGET POP UP HEADLIGHTS????? Remember... headlights... go up... headlights go... down? I feel abandoned by alex because he forgot pop up headlights...
Kameron Phillips Yes pop-up headlights "died" in 2004 when Chevrolet Corvette C5 and Lotus Esprit went out of production. Since 2004 pop-up headlights disappeared in flavor of pedestrians safety. They could cause injury for a pedestrian. 3Ddee Seriously, you want pop-up headlights on modern cars? Just imagine how ugly they would look on modern cars. Pop-up headlights looks better on older cars like the Porsche 928, Mazda RX-7 and MX-5 (NA), Opel GT, Ferrari F40, Lamborghini Diablo and Countach, Lotos Esprit, Chevrolet Corvette C2, C3, C4 and C5. Fixed headlights looks much better on modern cars, in my opinion. Also look at minivan, vans, buses, trucks and trains they NEVER had pop-up headlights and just imagine how hideous they would look with pop-up headlights.
Manual Gearbox, Inline 6 engines, JDM legends, being able to fix your own car, actual keys, full-size spare tire, an actual handbrake, analog gauges, and actually driving a car.
I miss cars looking simple, allowing the owner to visually customize however they'd like. Now cars come with body kits and crap already so it takes the fun out of the visual mods
Jack Rides, I agree 1,000% My favorite car that I once owned was a 1990 Jeep Cherokee. It's actually simple compared to today's fake SUVs (they can't possibly handle anything bigger than a speed bump BUT the Cherokee could go off road and tackle muddy potholes in the rain!). It had decent power and was actually reliable. I poured 90,000 miles on it and it only went to the repair shop once in 9 years. I've had a 2009 MINI that was an avalanche of problems by comparison and the engine had pressure and fuel system problems after 50,000 miles! Cars are getting so complicated these days that it guarantees problems in the next 5-6 years.
The push button handbrake is dangerous. How the hell do you emergency brake if your pedal fails? I'm so glad my car has a handle. Oddly, if I had bought an automatic, I would have gotten the push button handbrake. My car is a manual but I can drive that. I was relieved to see the handle between the seats. My father's truck has had its parking button fail once.
Sam Kent They will be powered mostly by renewable energy in a few years... we are just in an awkward transition phase at the moment. I would hate to see petrol cars banned though, that would suck.
I'm actually not to sure about it at the moment. We've got too little lithium in the world to electrify every car on the planet, so as long as battery technology doesn't move on from lithium based solutions, that's a bottleneck. At the same time, processes to make fuel from CO2 in the air using nothing but electricity are getting better and better (as in: efficient). And we already have good solutions for storing and distributing fuel. As long as it's made from CO2 from the air, it's also carbon neutral. So this might be a possible alternative to electric vehicles in the near future, although it doesn't solve smog and fine particulate matter problems. I guess we'll just have to wait and see which technology will be "ready" first and be most accepted by the general public…
On my old BMW i could change ALL lightbulbs of one headlight side in 1 or 2 minutes. On new cars it takes forever, plus you cut your hands on numerous plastic crap.
Yeah I really miss carrying around WD40 to cure the misfires and stalling in wet weather, that the shitty plastic and wires help to eliminate. BRING BACK THE HORSE AND CART! THOU ART FOUL FUTURISTS!
Sammy the question you would need to ask yourself is how many of them can be sold to justify the R&D expenses and opportunity cost. FYI Many car enthusiasts will choose a second hand car because they don't have a budget and want to modify them
And how much CO2 would it emit? In Europe you would have a super high import tax based on the CO2 levels. This will make it so unaffordable, then you can also buy a brand new porsche. (Because porsche uses special techniques to lower the CO2 and still be a fast car) Also the USA maybe doesn't look to CO2 (with the Trump administration) the rest of the world really looks to the emissions of cars. That's why cars from the USA are almost not sold around the world, because American car manufacturers don't know how to make low emission cars. Unlike: Europe, Japan and South Korea. But Americans love to buy European and Japanese cars.
I HATE those. My last car: the key fob holder got stuck AND it wouldn't start the car! I won't be surprised if my current car will have this issue later on. People are just getting lazier than ever. Soon, they'll demand a car that opens its doors and starts up without having to do anything. THOSE are the ones who won't know what to do if the computer fails and goes to manual driving mode as a backup.
+largol33t1 Well, if speculations are to be beleived, cars are going to drive themselves, not just open/close their doors, so maybe we are heading for a much worse future than you fear.
@NinjaArthur ive literally always thought that. its like all you need to do is break into it without the alarm going off if you cann and then its yours
SIMPLICITY. Car companies are constantly adding more tech and more gadgets to their cars and therefore removing the driver from the experience more and more. Gone are the days where you can just crack open the hood, do a boatload of work and be ready for monday. Now, for the same amount of work, it takes bucketloads more time and specialexpensive tools.
It's all being added becuase if they don't they get less PROs than their competition when reviewed. It is the same in other industries too. If we stop buying they will stop making.
Manual is definitely fun, but its dated and slower. Automatics today shift faster, shift more appropriately, and just overall do better. Even the Dodge Demon is an automatic and its banging out 9 second quarter miles. But yea, Manual is fun.. makes driving more involved.
SUV's are for the people who want to not drive themselves and just cant wait to get driverless cars, and look forwards to 40 years staring at their phone on the way to work until they die wearing a beige cardigan.
No!!! I use to have a 240sx with the "ding ding", and it drove me bonkers! My '86 Camaro was at least being honest when it buzzed at you. You knew the buzz was supposed to be irritating, but the ding ding was as if it was pretending to be nice, while secretly being an asshole. That was the way I perceived it, anyway.
What makes me sad is that Analogue displays are now history, as a mechanical engineer there's something about a great looking all Analogue dash. Reminds me of the Ferrari 360 with a prancing horse steering wheel, with no buttons or electronics and a fantastic looking analogue display. Nothing beats it!
Gt86 is running a 4 cylinder 2 litre, compared with the under performed 6 of the Supra. They should have put a 6 cylinder in the gt86 I agree, I’ve supercharged mine but one day will put in the 2jz.
The engineers said that they have heard everyone begging for more power but more power would make it un balanced and so they would need to redo the chassis which is what they are working on
The worst thing they're killing off - fun. People love a bit of torque steer, a bit of unruly power under the hood that you have to wrestle with, responsive handling and feeling the road under the wheels. Driving isn't just an obligation. It's an experience and imo one of life's joys. Ramming them full of pointless gadgets and electronic control is missing the point, I don't even like shift indicators - shut up car, I'm driving and I'll decide when I change gear thank you very much. Modern cars have so little personality it really is shameful, and it shows in the adverts. It used to be all about the 0-60, the driving experience, now its 'we installed a sat nav', it has parking sensors in case you're too retarded to just learn the length of your vehicle and you can fit a dog and three kids in the back, and still have room for the groceries- because apparently I often take the dog shopping for some reason. Even sports or performance cars are rammed full of pointless crap that takes you out of the driving experience, and the new ST's bragging about its economy and the fact its 2.0 engine is so shitty it has to have a computer make the noise of an actually good one is symptomatic. I'm meant to get a tyre squealing ten miles to the gallon, and sound like thor having an argument with the lightning he just threw, it's meant to make me choose between leaving little Jimmy briefly home alone because there aren't any back seats a human can fit into or driving my daily runner so he doesn't scribble on the walls in permanent marker, its meant to take up my entire garage because I'm doing my own bodywork and tinkering, it's meant to be a colossal waste of money just driving the thing for no reason because its so damn nice - thats the point of it! Hopefully car enthusiasts can cling on to the market and keep them producing some gems - seeing the death of my beloved five pot engine is tragic. Bye bye baby v10 =(
One of the best comments I think I've ever read. You know, it's all up to us, the car enthusiasts, to push for driver experience. Hopefully someone like you or I will do something about all this that we're losing and keep this alive. I believe that at the very least, we'll be the ones holding on to our automotive treasures and keeping the traditions we feel are sacred alive for the next generation to learn about and experience.
One always have to keep in mind "people" and "car enthusiasts" are two very different breeds. Nana Jane who just wants to drive to the baker to get some bread for the sunday brunch doesn't want to wrestle with unruly power under the hood. She just wants to get to the bakery and back.
SL1MSH4DY96 You speak the truth, my brother. Someone asked me a while ago if I really enjoyed driving or if I just enjoyed the mobility cars afford. I wish you would have been there to explain it to them. Mobility is simply a convenience...driving the car, working on the car is what we love and now we almost can't do that. First no changing gear because manuals are 'slow' and 'inefficient', then electric steering (I will not own a car with an electric steering rack because fuck that), now they want to get rid of us all together and then for whatever reason manufacturers want to get DMCA protection on the vehicles. It's sad, man. Everyone else treats their cars like appliances, like a coffee machine or an iron, and this is tuining the landscape for us who do this car thing because it's emotional; something a lot of people don't get because they dont have hobbies or interests that engender the kind of feeling or passion a car can stir. It's this irrational affair with a box of glass, steel and rubber that does nothing but sit there costing money and breaking whenever you get careless with it. The car as we know and love it is dying; it is just my fervent hope that the aftermarket can keep it going for just a little while longer before we are all banished to garages and sheds, getting around in shared hackable, emotionless digital grey boxes. And yeah who goes shopping with the dog?
SL1MSH4DY96 if you look at everything in life there's a set of people trying to remove fun. gives them the feeling of power to make more rules and have people follow. they do so at our expense. I hate how the cars now are built. my old Plymouth Voyager is so easy to work on. but these new vehicles?! geez!
Mitsubishi, killing off fun and cool. The EVO, Starion and Eclipse is but a memory. They have nothing left. except shit on wheels, cars so ugly and boring it makes you want to cry.
A third pedal should make this list. It's damned near impossible to find manuals in the states anymore. Also, that last reason is EXACTLY why modding Hondas is so popular, it's extremely affordable and when boosted, those engines can be great fun.
SpaghettiFox mustangs all come stock as manual, most of the higher power muscle cars like the camero, charger, challenger, and fiesta RS all have manuals stock. The Toyota 86 has more power in the manual version. My Mini Cooper is manual. Manual isn't as common but you can definitely find them all over the place if you look. They won't go anywhere because there's too much pull for it here, yes most people don't drive stick, but there's still a large population who swears by it.
Bob George HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA idiot you can still get analog gauges, so go fuck yourself or all cars would have screens instead of gauges. Mercedes-Benz S-Class have 2 screens and the new E-Class have 2 screens...So who fucking cares petrol-head?
The trend of every car maker killing off/reducing their sedans/wagon/sports car range to make room for more bloody urban tank SUVs for soccer mums... *cough* looking at you Mitsubishi!
Crossover are stupid! I mean...really... Everybody is crying about the gas mileage and how we need smaller,more aerodynamic cars... And the Crossover is there like: *AUTISTIC SCREECHING*
Yup. There is no need to make a small car so big and heavy. Heck the japanese can make small lightweight cars that are still safe. They are called Kei Cars.
Quite a few manufacturers are striving for more lightness these days. The new MX5 is pretty light for a current-gen car. There's only so much they can do though, crash and safety regulations, as well as the air-con and all the other sorts of stuff a car NEEDS to have to sell in decent numbers these days means we'll probably never have "normal" 4 or 5 door family cars that weigh about 1000kg again...
KAL 1 Oh I really wish they make a comeback. You know they could bring them back by just, you know, having that pop-up action inside the headlights with a canopy or something.
I would have to say the classic look of a car. Every car today has a bubble shape. Back then you would buy a car that had a design that really meant something. And now the only way to get something truly unique is to pay a fortune for the top of the line vehicle.
The "origami" look is in full bloom too. Every car nowadays looks like someone folded up a piece of paper, presented it to the top brass of wherever they work, and somehow got the permission to produce the eyesore.
i took a snapchat of a subaru outback and ford edge and they literally looked the same... it actually scared me lol and i completely agree.. my car is 22 years old and i dont want a new car unless i can keep mine lol
I'm a delivery driver for dominos. Should have bought a little shitty car with light steering and good on fuel. But nooooooo I bought a 2.0 Renaultsport 182.... no regrets. Until I head to the fuel station that is
I'd imagine a 182bhp version of the clio would be pretty far from shitty... 20bhp per ton more than a GT86 considering the GT86 is 1,250kg and the clio is about 1000kg ^_^
Buy a $1000 beater for delivery and then use all your tips money to buy your fun car... and only drive the fun car to work when the beater is broken down.
1.) Analog dials! Beautiful analog dials! 2.) Numbers on cars that actually mean something. Like BMW 330is: the 1st 3 means 3 series, the 30 means 3.0 liters of displacement, and the "s" for sport. 3.) Manual transmissions. Furthermore, why did the car industry stop evolving the technology of the manual transmission. 4.) Beautiful symmetrical interiors that flowed. When screens started to be 1st put into automobiles they were integrated well into the interior. Now, many companies put tacked on screens that looks like something that came out from Autozone. Case in point, Mercedes Benz is notorious for this. 5.) Big ass titties. I mean really big sickening ones that if you got a handle on them, well, you might not just make it. Just like the video said above, "danger is FUN".
Omid Azimi "injected" as in fuel injection. The cars with "d" are diesels obviously ;) @original comment, while I agree it would make more sense to name, say the BMW 335i, a BMW330ti or something, its kind of tacky since all of their cars are turbo charged now. BTW the second two numbers didn't always stand for displacement. Especially with the V8 BMWs, they often were not the same numbers as the displacement (I believe there was a 540i with a 4.4l V8). What manufacturers are doing now is naming their cars based on the equivalent power output, so a 335i with a 3.0t engine is supposedly making power equivalent to that of a 3.5l NA engine (~300HP). It actually makes a lot more sense if you ask me
Blame the lazy ones who cry and whine that they can't text and drive at the same time. Well, that's illegal in some states anyway. That's the most common reply they snark out whenever someone talks about manuals. Well I have this to say to them: why don't they pay attention to their damn driving...
Not killing off, but adding. There is way to much tech and gismos in today's cars. Remember when a car was an engine on wheels? Ah those were the days, Now its a computer waiting for catastrophic failure on wheels
As I read this I had to think of a friend who`s 2 year old Audi flipped out of control and barrel-rolled over an entire field into a shiny ball of metal... Isn't it great having a computer telling your wheels how fast they have to spin? XD
Agreed, I had to do some work on my uncles truck for him, had to replace the A/C compressor, belt tensioner, spark plugs, air cleaner, and the belt itself. it was super easy. just popped the belt off, undid the bolts holding everything on, and everything could just be pulled off, and the replacements bolted back into place, with the only thing needing to be moved out of the way was the airbox, which was only held in by a single screw
quality of materials, craftsmanship, reliability, being able to work on your car yourself, not selling your organs to take you car to the dealer and pay 4 digit prices for a brakedisc/brakepad change.
Kristjan Pani Can't bleed your own brakes because the ABS controller is airlocked and you need to activate through dealer software or you cannot get the airlock out. Sux!
Evil Genius owning an 07 bmw 5 series i see why people complain about mantience and the car tells you to go to a dealer but i ignore it and call my mechanic to fix it or ill fix it myself lol.
Seamless turbo integration is the saddest thing i have ever learnt about. Nothing can compare to a sudden massive push in the back when a turbo spools up and forces air and fuel through the compressor into the cylinders. It is such a rush and is intoxicating. Long live turbo lag.
Big V8's slowly changing over to turbo v6's, manuals dying out in everything, and the simple design. Company's are wasting all this time on aerodynamics that they seem to forget that we want the car to LOOK absolutely jaw - dropping when it passes by.
Hondas VTEC Inline 6 Engine Manual Transmission Hanbrakes Simple good looking Bodies The ability to work on your own car And something already dead... Rotary Engine
i hate the fact that the industry is slowly killing off the manuals as well as having killed off the amazing ingenuity of the wankel rotary because of the feel as well as the community behind them slowly starting to struggle behind trying to keep them alive
If that happens.No thanks.Of course I want to drive the car. Because if the AI turns off in the middle of the road at 120km/h I'm screwed aren't I? What can i do? Nothing! Or somebody hacks the AI and makes my car go in other people what can I do? Nothing! And it may not be able to take a corner in bad weather because it is not made for it.What can i do? Nothing! The car is made for YOU to DRIVE IT.Not a computer. Let's hope that never happens.
MANUAL TRANSMISSION specifically in america. Im in college and i daily a 5 speed BMW 325xi and when people see I drive stick, they don't even know what it is. everyone I know has an automatic, and I've really only met a very small handful of people on campus who still truly appreciate a manual gearbox w/ clutch. I constantly get stupid questions like "isnt it difficult on long distance trips" and "isnt it bad for snowy or wet conditions?" those questions give me a physical headache
I understand people asking about snowy conditions, in some cases an auto is better for that. However for long distance trips, manual is fine, it is around town it might actually be difficult.
Kian Duesing sadly we'll never see a return in mechanical stuff. Car Manufacturers make their stuff so complicated that you have to take it to an actual mechanic or in their favor a dealer. Which in turn the dealer shares some money with the brand itself
Before I clicked the video my first thought was they have to mention the fact there is new handbrake (e brake)but turns it out didn't. So I scroll down and I see that a lot people agree that the old classic pulling handbrake is the main thing that's missing in new cars. The fact there's too much incessant technology on the vehicle. Also the fact the cars feels plastic and light. I miss the old metal cars which is much stronger and well built. Hence why I got VW MK5 Golf GTI 👌🏾
Small light cars that don't have a shit load of electronics. The damn 2016 civics are like school buses compared to the civics in the 90s. Same thing with the Evo X, the shit is a school bus too
kiwifix this comment cracked me up. Got to love rotaries. Sod those pathetic tree huggers and their prii shitboxes. Internal combustion engines all the way!
God I miss the nacho-cheese smell of the exhaust, the crispy crackling of the cylinders... but I don't miss the powder that would get all over the engine bay...
Handbrake
Manual gearbox
Weird colours
Pure sound
Analog gauges
Simple dashboard design
Easily usable radio
Simple keys
•RWD
•Pop-up headlights
•Simple steering wheel
Ádám Zalabai
True
this needs more upvotes...
Ádám Zalabai I would add RWD to that list.
Sammy I was thinking about that
Ádám Zalabai I agree 100%. all the fun is gone.....
*The HANDBRAKE!!!*
Who wants an electric parking brake? Your own hand can do the job faster and more reliably! ;)
And don't forget the handbrake turns XD
Sometimes I feel sad that my Corsa D is just a 1.3 Diesel 95bhp and wish for more power. But then I do a handbrake turn and get over it ;b
Roli Gyetvai I hate electric parking brakes. My moms car has one and almost everytime I drive it I forget that I have to push the brake to disengage the parking brake. So stupid
As a tow truck driver, fuck electronic handbrakes in several ways.
Front engine, rear wheel drive, manual transmission. Unfortunately a dying breed
Before you know it those types of cars are going to sky rocket in value
iksio I'm keeping my 300zx forever :))
Not really, there are fewer car guys nowadays
its just sad i have an Altezza RS200 Z Edition and i miss when toyota and car manufacturers in general actually made fun cars the r34 the supra the mr2 the rx7 sad sad sad
iksio mustangs man:) Only pony car with a normal handbrake. Challenger has a foot brake while camaros got electronic handbrakes
1 : Stylish cars
2 : Cheap yet powerful cars
3 : Street racing/drifting cars
4 : Raw engine sound
5 : Skill required to drive (meaning too much electronic)
6 : The smell of these old plastic parts
7 : Cars with soul. When i'm on the road, i only see clone cars. And it makes sad :'(
I could care less for 6, but all the others gone makes me sad.
Number 8= manual transmissions
Number 9= analog gauges
The old Toyota's had some of the most soul
I own an alfa romeo 156 2.0TS and it's gorgeous. Yes, it has its quirks, it has it's downsides, it isn't really economical but damn, the quality and design of the car, the raw NA sound makes you love this car. It really has an Alfa soul in it. Compared to even the Giulia, which looks gorgeous btw it feels like miles ahead. It isn't oversportified.
manual gearbox
hand operated e brake
sweet colors
basic boxy designs
hydraulic steering
and pop-up headlights. don't forget them
New alfa has manual
Boxy design yes!
Manuals are still huge in eu so is this for the us?
@@tristanmuir3169 more automatic gearboxes in the USA more likely to be a auto in the states
Affordable RWD manual cars.
RWD should be a legal requirement. Ease of maintenance should also be a legal requirement.
Sammy I still don't understand why anyone would want front wheel drive if for any reason other than the compactness of FWD makes it harder to work on. That's for the weirdos that don't value driving.
BMW-E90-HQ NEW FWD cars suck to work on cus they are jam-packed with SHIT.
old civics seem pretty damn easy to work with for instance
BMW-E90-HQ Snow.
RIP the s-chassis
Turn key ignition
*insert thank-you-gif"
velocity8181 oh man so true
Drunken Hobo fuck the future.
Drunken Hobo same same
+special, sure, stick with primitive technology while I zip past you in a Tesla
Simple interior
Dont know how you feel, but i hate the center-doing-everything console in modern cars. Wanna change the heating, scroll from the the radio menu, to the heating setting and slide the touch screen, or push buttons on it. You need to see what you doing, but i think its a bit dangerous, when driving on the motorway, when you have watch the road, and the other cars. And when you leave the car, can see your fingeprints on everywhere on the screen.
Older cars kept it simple. Some knob for the cold or warm, and some slide or switch or knob for intesity. You cannot miss it. Dont need to see what you trying to do, just do it.
*Cylinders in general*
Arman_dleg Couldn't agree more fam
Arman_dleg this is beautiful
fierydawn wankel 4 life
Wild_ _Toilet what's 'beautiful'? xD
especially v12s
Almost everything that's happening in the car industry saddens me now, I wish they still did what they did in the early 90s. Cheap, affordable, power, reliability and fun.
Early 90's FTW. Best cars i ever owned were early 90's. Luxury was luxury, sport was sport, and economy was economy. I miss my 90 Lincoln. Power, comfort, safety, reliably, ROOM for people and stuff. Man I miss that car.
So true, i absolutely love my 1991 e36 325i Manual it is such a damn good car. It's sporty with its smooth as butter straight six and never lets me down, i had one from 1993 and it was actually my first car i liked it so much i had to buy another one after my newer cars all had problems. The cars i have owned made post 2000 have been absolute freaking crap, plastic moving parts just do not last and they have quirky electrical issues. My E36 has over 250,000 k's on the clock and drives like new... There is just something about the 90's...
Dale Furgason can mostly thank overbearing government regulations for the sad trends
and death at a 60mph collision
Ability to remove the headlights without removing the bumper.
The reason most modern cars do this is because it makes crashes a lot safer
@@MultiDragola does it? How does having bolts reachable from the top change the outcome of a crash?
I mean you can hit a tree? That will move ur head lights.
No need to thank me.
@@Yorushi yes, that will indeed move I am head lights.
@@Whackfear aight I didn't see the mistake but this made my day. It cracked me up.
*walks in a dealership in 2019*
Me : I'M GONNA SAY THE N WORD
Everyone : Don't do it
Me : *inhales*
N A T U R A L A S P I R A T I O N
Everyone that works at the dealer : WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAY
Trần Tuấn Minh :
N A T U R A L A S P I R A T I O N
dealer manager : *kicks
Trần Tuấn Minh out* DON'T COME BACK
@@camboi6103 come back when you have a quad turbo 3 cylinder
@@user-mx1fq6qm6i lol
An actual key and keyhole... they're all going to push-button start. There's just something satisfying about hearing the engine fire up when you turn the key
Agreed. My 2012 has an actual key, and there's something about it I just cant describe
Tyvek Homewrap my 96 ford doesn't need a key a butterknife is close enough lol
Jonathan Dittmar That's a great feature on old cars. If you lose your keys you can just take any flat head screwdriver or any other tool and drive off.
Tyvek Homewrap Yeah, keys can be safer too.
Roli Gyetvai The advantage is that if you can't use the original key you can make another one and not hassle with the immobilizer. The disadvantage is that the car is prone to theft
Don't forget about handbrake levers!! Today, most manufacturers use electronic buttons, which are rubbish! The handbrake levers are slowly disappearing :(
**edit: I personally use a handbrake lever on my MX-5 for track-days (mainly powersliding) and I use it on my Land Rover Defender when I do hill starts while on ski holidays in the alps.
This.
Friend recently bought a base spec Fiat 500X. Buying the base model is the only way in the US to get a manual on the 500X which is what he wanted. Then we noticed it had a push button parking brake. So his wife, who was raised driving manuals in mountains, asked how she was supposed to deal with being stopped on a steep hill with someone tailgating. Apparently she was taught to use the handbrake to help ease the launch on steep hills (this works very well btw). But if you don't have a handbrake... I suggested she use Hill Holder, which I have on my Fiat 500 Abarth. Then we looked... and the 500X base model doesn't even have Hill Holder! .. so basically she'll roll back a little bit no matter what she does if on a steep hill.
They make changing the brakes a pain as well.
E brake and handbrake are the same thing. E Brake =/= electronic brake btw.
AirCommando12
Yeah, but using a lever is better and traditional. It's also easier to execute good hill starts and great off-road & some racing Manoeuvers. (Read Max's comment above)
@AirCommando12: The handbrake was being called e-brake way before there were electronic variants. E doesn't stand for Electronic but for Emergency.
Tht moment when you're 15 and realise that you may not drive a manual car with a turn key ignition, rwd, that also happens to be cheap and perform well...
IG Tech me too
IG Tech I'm also 15 and yes, most of the companies sucks...
IG Tech I'm 15 as well and I think looking at the used car market would be a great alternative. I'm just sad to see all of these go though...
Lol im 15 and i have never thought about buying a new car, old cars have all you describe, for example the MX-5 NA, though you need to do some mods to make it handle better.
SitOnAir but I worry about the fact that petrol engines would be illegal soon... (I believe, but I hope that this is not gonna happen)
The motor oil dipstick better not disappear.
It already is starting to go away
Apparently there is a BMW engine with no oil dipstick. xD
On x5s they've already gone
How would you check the oil then? i don’t get it
computer
there are gauges on the dash/computer that show you how much oil is in the pan.. i still prefer dipsticks though
Stick shift are dying as well ! can't believe you didn't mention that haha
hugo schombourger maybe it's not as huge of a dilemma in U.K. Yet.
i live in france and even though manuals are 90 pourcent of the cars , more and more people buy automatic ones unfortunately
because for some people cars are just there to drive you from a to b.. and having an automatic definetly adds comfort
you can barely even order a mercedes c class or up with a manual, wich really sucks
its manual not stick shift
I hate how they are putting touch screens in to replace all the knobs. I especially hate how automatic cars are removing the shifter and putting it on a knob or touchscreen. Talking about automatics, I hate how almost all cars are automatic too.
i hate touchscreens too. hard to use when you're driving compared to knobs. you just gotta grab the right knob and turn/press unlike trying to press the right button on a screen...
That enrages me to no end. Touch screens are so unreliable. Your fingers have to be clean and dry to use them. Otherwise, the screen won't respond. And if the fucking car companies demand touch screens, they need to make them PRACTICAL. I mean, everything is hidden in sub-menus and it's so tough to find anything. Why can't they let Google Android program the screens for them. I have a VW and the menu system is NO better than GM, Honda or whatever. They're all confusing and difficult to use. I frequently have to stop the car to search for something minor to adjust. it's just a pain in the butt.
touch screen everything is bad. If the screen cracks or a sensor goes bad, you lose half of your vehicle interior functions. I hate that. I'm holding onto my current car as long as I can. Something tells me the damn car companies will have touch screen steering wheels next for the MEGA lazy types who want to text, talk to the front seat passenger and drive at the same time. Why don't they take a bus instead?
Problem with touchscreens is you can't use touch-n-feel to operate them while keeping your eyes mostly on the road.
With my old Nissan I could adjust the AC/heater, operate the hazard lights, music player, defogger, etc. without having to look away.
428lost, And do you know that the owners manual for a VW Golf is over 120 pages? Try remembering even half of the stuff in there before you comment on that. Simply resetting the service indicator itself takes several tries. And also, VW deletes a LOT of features from their cars for the US market. That big blank space around the base of the shifter is for FOUR buttons not installed on US models.
Analog speedometers, now it's always SCREENS
Foxter Not ALL cars have screen, some still have ANALOG speedometers
Thorbjørn Madsen In France, about 90% of new cars have a display speedo or at least a screen in the center console
Foxter Who cares some cars still have analog speedometers
Thorbjørn Madsen But they get more rare
Foxter So you hate screen. Look at the current Mercedes-Benz E-Class, they have two screens. I love screens on cars, they look fancy and makes the interior looks interesting. But i love analog speedometer, but analog speedometer nowadays lit up when engine is running, which i like when analogs do that.
8. Circle headlights
9. Chrome bumpers
10. Manual gearbox
11. Sexy steering wheels
12. Full size spare wheels
13. Jeep-like sound
14. White wheels
15. Blocky body
16. Pop-up headlights
17. Actually driving the car
18. Cars that can be worked on by yourself
19. Small cars
20. Lightweight cars
no one liked the beautiful bugeye
Manual cars, handbrakes, pop ups (dead for a while now) and most of all ROTARY ENGINES
CARnage -cars and more- Rotary will be back in 2020, the RX9 comes :D
Numb Skull All I can say is; Amen Mazda. Now it's just the waiting game until the Furai (hopefully) gets its ass into Le Mans someday. Miss that thing so much.
CARnage -cars and more- rotary engines were complete shit though
Dante Planeta I think the biggest problem was people never letting the car run for a bit before driving. I like to think they treat an RX-7 as just any other car, basically enhancing its issue with the apex seals.
lack of weight
What I miss the most is the body styles, sure today's super cars look great, but I'll always have a soft spot for 80s&90s imports (the good ones) and the muscle car era. They were beautiful machines and now it's bleh, more bleh and ohh a super car that's cool. It just feels cars today have no real character tbh.
Word, I will always appreciate the 80s to late 90s look. I don't like the looks of most modern cars they look too fancy, even normal cars are starting to look like supercars. It not only takes away the awe of super and sports cars, it also makes you appreciate them less.
Same. I like the design of the good old E36 much more than an F30/F80
Roli Gyetvai same, although I'm not a huge BMW fan, the 93 m3 will always have a spot in my heart.
t q Yeah that looks awesome!
t q with a body kit most definitely but few stock catch my eye mainly the front bumper and grill
The handbrake lever. Electronic is fine for more space for cupholders. But terrible for having fun in the winter - or in the summer!
Plus, it is meant to be a safety feature - if the hydraulics fail, you still have a mechanical cable to help slow you down.
Simplicity. You should be able to drive another person's car and easily figure out how to work the radio and heater.
I had a rental car and I had to go back to the office to ask how to tune the radio!
Yo you gotta be a different kind of stupid to not make that work
car insurance is the biggest joke of being on the road
Trust me :/
I remember getting my first car, VW polo 1.0l and it cost me £90 a month to insure the damn thing.
£90 a month is a god send now , 1.4 corsa C - £135 P/M, started at £170, with a box, its crazy, but cant beat the freedom of a car :)
Thiterest1, what's wrong with that? It costs me 20% more to insure my Golf. You have it cheap!
talk about insurance, I did my license just to find out that insurance is too expensive for me, £600 2002 corsa 1.2 and insurance is nearly £4k with a black box ...
I hate that they changed their policy from build to last to build to last till the guarantee period is over
That's nothing new. They've been doing that since 2001 anyway.
I think Alex's BMW was just built to last until the guarantee period was over, and it has been kept alive all these years by sheer force of will and maintenance bills. But modern cars are hitting 200,000+ miles. I think the trend is actually towards greater reliabilty.
i totally agree
As a driver of a VW Golf from 2003, I don’t think that’s true. Nearly 200k miles on the car and it still runs. AND it’s an automatic. There are still brand new OEM parts available for this car too. It hasn’t been without its issues but every car has them.
Planned obsolescence is nothing new hence why there is a name for it. They were doing it before the 90s. Now they are doing it again and I notice cars built after the 2000s are rusting a lot. I hate rust.
Not even reading the comments, just making a list.
V8s, big and small block engines,
carburetors,
sealed glass halogen headlights,
body-on-frame construction,
vinyl seats,
ability to order exactly what options you do and don't want,
straight sixes,
oddball engines (5 cylinders mentioned here, V4s, 3 cylinders, etc)
exhaust you can actually hear,
engines with two valves per cylinder (somehow they have a nicer sound to them in my opinion)
quirky cars, such as small boxy SUVs, hatchbacks, and station wagons,
live axle front ends in 4x4s,
pedal e-brakes in trucks, mechanical parking/handbrakes in general,
popup lights,
chrome (real, metal chrome)
good looking plastic chrome (something about the new stuff doesnt sit good with me)
skinny pillars
hardtops (no b-pillars)
convertibles (almost dead)
real 2-doors (4-doors without the second set of doors, same rear legroom) and a coupe being a coupe (2-door with less rear legroom, more boot space)
manual steering
3-on-the-tree manual transmissions
starters where you turn the key, not press a button
actual keys
small tail/head lights that dont take up half the car
top of the door being at a proper arm resting level
thin steering wheels without a fat airbag and 500 buttons (think ford boomerang wheels with 5 buttons for cruise and thats it)
automatics with actual gears (none of this CVT bs)
manual transmissions with granny gears in trucks
manual transmissions in general (3, 4, and 5 speeds especially)
Many other things from the 50s-80s that we've lost in modern "safety, aerodynamics, and environmental protection"
A big one for me is bright paint colors and a variety of interior colors. Everything is a dark boring metallic with black and grey interiors now. Look at the 1980s Ford lineup, specifically the Bronco II (I realize a lot of people hate them or don't even know what they are, but hear me out.) With those you could have a grey, tan, red, or blue interior, and with the Eddie Bauer trimpack you could get pack-specific stitching in your seats. Colors ranged from black to bright greens, reds, blues, and even a "bright bittersweet" orange. Since when can you buy a new car with a blue or red interior and bright blue paint? Certain "performance" cars have bright colors now, but most of the colors are dark and dim. And I've yet to see an interior that offers more than black, grey, white, or tan since the 1990s.
Ok, I'm done. I could think of more if I spent a few more minutes but this comment is already far too long.
Jimordee way too much time on your hands
Clorox Bleach took me all of 2 minutes to come up with all this. lol
Another minute and I got a couple more. No touch screens, bring back the dials and switches! Rear wheel drive as well. Even police cars are going to fwd. Pathetic!
Heh, trying to come up with a response to all of these here:
V8 engines: Yep, those just sound awesome (and I'd love to buy an american V8 classic)
Carburators: Can't really think of a reason why they should stay, apart from being simpler
Sealed Glass Halogen headlights: Lasted longer? not sure here
Body-on-Frame: No point in that except for heavy-duty vehicles
Vinyl Seats: Never sat in such. Wouldn't mind to try though =)
Customization freedom: Would never buy a brand new car myself, so doesnt matter for me
Straight sixes: No hands-on experience here, but the ones I heard on here sounded great
Oddball engines: V4 are gone because they run very rough, I think. 3-cylinder see a lot of use in smaller cars (and even in the BMW i8)
Quirky cars: I think these just don't sell enough
Live axle front ends: Don't know enough about offroad vehicles to say anything
Pedal e-brakes: Didn't even know such existed
Manual parking brakes: Actually I don't know many cars that have electronic parking brakes
Popup headlights: Too many downsides
Chrome: Doesn't look good on modern cars IMHO
Skinny pillars: safety and stability strikes again
Hardtops (no b-pillars): Stil out there. Not many, but there are (were there even ever that many?)
Convertibles: Still going. I see a lot of them every year, new and old
Real 2-Doors: Why put 2 doors on a larger car when you can fit 4?
Manual steering: I guess this depends on where you drive most. Also, cars have gotten larger, heavier and equipped with bigger wheels, so more steering force required
3 on the tree manuals: I prefer more gears
Keylock ignition and keys: Fully agree, these "keyless" thing provide no benefit whatsoever
Small lights: Are getting smaller again now because LED
Proper door arm rest: Personally never felt much of a need for that
Thin steering wheels: Are these things even ergonomic, that thin? (never tried). Also, I like my cars with safety and protection features (just not all that are out there today)
Autos with actual gears: From an engineering standpoint CVTs are the ideal transmission. From an emotional standpoint they are the polar opposite of what people are used to. And people are conservative.
Manuals with granny gears: Dafuq does granny gears mean?
Manuals: I don't think they'll disappear anytime soon. At least here in Europe.
Other things: I'd rather have a car that is both safe, aerodynamic and economical AND fun to drive
Colors: The "non-boring" colors don't sell well, especially in more expensive vehicles, they also often get lower resale value than your usual black and silver because of that
you can easily get a 3cylinder or v4 in the motorcycle branche. they sound so fucking good (aprilia rsv4: v4 or the triumph street triple inline3)
It killed off the emergency brake lever in lieu of an electronic button. So no more rear lockup drifting.
we can’t arouse girls with a handbrake turn any more
Actually, hold the button, it'll kick in and continue to hold as long as you keep holding the button.
@@fadingbeleifs Where's the fun in that?
@@haihoegaatet6963 Is that a grand tour reference?
@@cat-em3mj it's possible 😏
where's all the manual transmissions going???
Matthew Canta victim of the CAFE laws. We can't allow you to pick when you're going to change gears, because that messes up the environment.
I don't know, where you live, but in Sweden an automatic is rare.
Yngve United States.
here in the UK, manual is still the better choice for performance, control, fuel economy, reliability etc. you rarely see automatics.
Yes, but the manual numbers are shrinking due to automatics. and that sucks
Individual style is what I miss. 'Twas a time when you could tell the make, model and year of any car from blocks away. Now it is hard to find your own modern car in a parking lot.
Lord Edward modern cars are like fridges, boring, plastic, electronic, designed to last 10 years
spare tires
Arne Hurnik I know that, but my sister didn't know that when she bought her first car! fun fact 2016 Chevy Malibus do not have spare tires on base models. lesson learned
being able to actually work on a car hands-on. I remember the good old days when, if your car had a problem, all you had to do was pop the hood, undo a few screws and bolts here and there, replace whatever part was necessary, and boom. car is fixed. nowadays you have to be a mechanic AND a fucking computer technician to be able to work on new cars. its bullshit.
It's not that bad really I'm dumb as a box of hammers and I can do it.
OK, Boomer. You HAD to go under the hood all the time, because there wasn't a computer running interference between the drive train and your twitchy impulses.
Simple cars. I don't need all this fancy shit, maybe AC, power steering, radio and that's it. Everything else is just not necessary.
Agreed
Exactly. I think one of the thing that gets on my nerves are f**ling touchscreens.
Same.
Cruise control is nice too
Opel Corsa, Ford Fiesta, VW Up!, any Suzuki, Kia or Hyundai. You can still get something very similar to older cars
read a lot of the comments and nobody actually misses real handbrakes? the new vw's have a fckng button, soon you can't slide with an fwd car anymore😨
Hölger Bjömsen BMW is doing it too 🤢
Hölger Bjömsen I love buttons cause they are easier to push and i dont feel anymore as grabbing my friends dick (which is not necessarily bad)
Im not gay just to clarify.
Román Paz then you're clearly not a driving enthusiast 😅
Hölger Bjömsen nah, I also like to handbrake. Imagine drifting and rally with a button brake, fuckin ridiculous haha
Not only VW and BMW... EVERY car manufacturer uses E-brake buttons in new cars, and it's really quite sad
POP UP HEADLIGHTS?????!!! HOW COULD YOU FORGET POP UP HEADLIGHTS????? Remember... headlights... go up... headlights go... down? I feel abandoned by alex because he forgot pop up headlights...
those died a long time ago
Kameron Phillips doesn't matter they still need to bring them back
Kameron Phillips Yes pop-up headlights "died" in 2004 when Chevrolet Corvette C5 and Lotus Esprit went out of production. Since 2004 pop-up headlights disappeared in flavor of pedestrians safety. They could cause injury for a pedestrian.
3Ddee Seriously, you want pop-up headlights on modern cars? Just imagine how ugly they would look on modern cars. Pop-up headlights looks better on older cars like the Porsche 928, Mazda RX-7 and MX-5 (NA), Opel GT, Ferrari F40, Lamborghini Diablo and Countach, Lotos Esprit, Chevrolet Corvette C2, C3, C4 and C5. Fixed headlights looks much better on modern cars, in my opinion. Also look at minivan, vans, buses, trucks and trains they NEVER had pop-up headlights and just imagine how hideous they would look with pop-up headlights.
Sounds like somebody is a rcr fan.
Nahh...not a fan...
Manual Gearbox, Inline 6 engines, JDM legends, being able to fix your own car, actual keys, full-size spare tire, an actual handbrake, analog gauges, and actually driving a car.
I miss cars looking simple, allowing the owner to visually customize however they'd like. Now cars come with body kits and crap already so it takes the fun out of the visual mods
1990-2006 have the best look i thinnk
Jack Rides, I agree 1,000% My favorite car that I once owned was a 1990 Jeep Cherokee. It's actually simple compared to today's fake SUVs (they can't possibly handle anything bigger than a speed bump BUT the Cherokee could go off road and tackle muddy potholes in the rain!). It had decent power and was actually reliable. I poured 90,000 miles on it and it only went to the repair shop once in 9 years. I've had a 2009 MINI that was an avalanche of problems by comparison and the engine had pressure and fuel system problems after 50,000 miles! Cars are getting so complicated these days that it guarantees problems in the next 5-6 years.
The reason this happens is because nowadays, every simple-looking car is thought to be "ugly" or "boring."
1990-2006 is the golden age of the automobile my friend.
yeah ! I own are gc8 sti and never selling it
Real handbrakes and uhhhhhhhhh MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS!
The push button handbrake is dangerous. How the hell do you emergency brake if your pedal fails? I'm so glad my car has a handle. Oddly, if I had bought an automatic, I would have gotten the push button handbrake. My car is a manual but I can drive that. I was relieved to see the handle between the seats. My father's truck has had its parking button fail once.
largol33t1 the button works exactly the same as a regular handbrake.
Emil Briones oh do they? i think not
Emil IS A NON CAR GUY. First of all no handbrake turns and you cant emergency brake if the pedal fails
and there terrible
Internal combustion engines are dying...that makes me so sad :(
Crankshaft as long as they make fun affordable rwd electric cars I would be fine with this. But they aren't!
Crankshaft they aren't dying electric cars are still a joke
Electric cars will dominate soon, there's no doubt. Still, there will always be a place in my dream garage for a manual ICE car. :-)
Sam Kent They will be powered mostly by renewable energy in a few years... we are just in an awkward transition phase at the moment. I would hate to see petrol cars banned though, that would suck.
I'm actually not to sure about it at the moment. We've got too little lithium in the world to electrify every car on the planet, so as long as battery technology doesn't move on from lithium based solutions, that's a bottleneck.
At the same time, processes to make fuel from CO2 in the air using nothing but electricity are getting better and better (as in: efficient). And we already have good solutions for storing and distributing fuel. As long as it's made from CO2 from the air, it's also carbon neutral. So this might be a possible alternative to electric vehicles in the near future, although it doesn't solve smog and fine particulate matter problems.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see which technology will be "ready" first and be most accepted by the general public…
the most important thing is that car industry is killing car guys. lol
I really miss those clean engine bays without all of this shitty plastic and wires...
Dude yes like old Honda engine bays
Or nissan's old engine bays...Those bays fitting CA18DET or a even better RB26DET
On my old BMW i could change ALL lightbulbs of one headlight side in 1 or 2 minutes. On new cars it takes forever, plus you cut your hands on numerous plastic crap.
razor sharp plastic crap! changing a bulb takes 3 times longer and you look like you shook hands with edward scissor hands when you done
Yeah I really miss carrying around WD40 to cure the misfires and stalling in wet weather, that the shitty plastic and wires help to eliminate. BRING BACK THE HORSE AND CART! THOU ART FOUL FUTURISTS!
If I was a car manufacturer I would build this car:
Front engine, manual RWD, naturally aspirated 2.5L 5 cylinders, pop-up headlights 4 seater coupe.
Sammy so basically a bigger miata
Sammy the question you would need to ask yourself is how many of them can be sold to justify the R&D expenses and opportunity cost. FYI Many car enthusiasts will choose a second hand car because they don't have a budget and want to modify them
Sammy I'd just build the body with carbon fiber and use the best parts I can find
and it's going to fail miserably which is why your job isnt as a car manufacturer
And how much CO2 would it emit? In Europe you would have a super high import tax based on the CO2 levels. This will make it so unaffordable, then you can also buy a brand new porsche. (Because porsche uses special techniques to lower the CO2 and still be a fast car)
Also the USA maybe doesn't look to CO2 (with the Trump administration) the rest of the world really looks to the emissions of cars. That's why cars from the USA are almost not sold around the world, because American car manufacturers don't know how to make low emission cars. Unlike: Europe, Japan and South Korea. But Americans love to buy European and Japanese cars.
Traditional keys
YES!!!
Manuals. Analog. Simplicity. Character.
But manuals aren’t really rare I can still buy a BMW 3 Series with manual
HandBrake
Soul
Proper keys instead of those stupid key fobs and engine start stop button
I HATE those. My last car: the key fob holder got stuck AND it wouldn't start the car! I won't be surprised if my current car will have this issue later on. People are just getting lazier than ever. Soon, they'll demand a car that opens its doors and starts up without having to do anything. THOSE are the ones who won't know what to do if the computer fails and goes to manual driving mode as a backup.
+largol33t1 Well, if speculations are to be beleived, cars are going to drive themselves, not just open/close their doors, so maybe we are heading for a much worse future than you fear.
It actually takes more effort for me to put the key in and push that damn start button. Why is it even there. Makes no sense to me.
@NinjaArthur ive literally always thought that. its like all you need to do is break into it without the alarm going off if you cann and then its yours
What is wrong with key start?
A change should occur only when previous technology has a big problem
Before the video starts: nr 1: Pop up headlights.
Laiks nope didn't even mention them
platypus ornitorrinco well thats just bs isnt it
the car industry didnt kill them, safety regulations did.
I thought of the same thing
ReqCor really? they were dangerous?
Real exhaust pops...
what!!! you don't like those beautifully violent exhaust sounds
Artem Klemkardt And real exhaust pipes
What else makes me sad to see them kill of? Well there's that one thing you could do with older cars which is slowly going away:
DRIVE THEM!
SIMPLICITY.
Car companies are constantly adding more tech and more gadgets to their cars and therefore removing the driver from the experience more and more. Gone are the days where you can just crack open the hood, do a boatload of work and be ready for monday. Now, for the same amount of work, it takes bucketloads more time and specialexpensive tools.
gaptoofgranny and a laptop
It's all being added becuase if they don't they get less PROs than their competition when reviewed. It is the same in other industries too. If we stop buying they will stop making.
Manual gearbox
Louis Lestner IKR
Manual is definitely fun, but its dated and slower. Automatics today shift faster, shift more appropriately, and just overall do better. Even the Dodge Demon is an automatic and its banging out 9 second quarter miles.
But yea, Manual is fun.. makes driving more involved.
"Automatics are faster" = "I suck at driving a manual"
"Fuck off with your opinion". Also, "here is my opinion", and "allow others to have an opinion"
The irony is strong with this one.
Thank god in Indonesia many people are still willing to drive manuals...
Industry is killing off fun cars in favour of high riding SUVs.
no SUV were killed off some years ago, crossover are what are incredible popular nowadays.
WHAT EVEN IS A CROSSOVER
a crossover is a less capable SUV. kind of a crossover between an SUV and a 4 door sedan
ah, thanks. so the worst of both worlds then. absolutely great
SUV's are for the people who want to not drive themselves and just cant wait to get driverless cars, and look forwards to 40 years staring at their phone on the way to work until they die wearing a beige cardigan.
That signature JDM "ding-ding". Now it's *beep-beep-beep-beep-beep.*
No!!! I use to have a 240sx with the "ding ding", and it drove me bonkers! My '86 Camaro was at least being honest when it buzzed at you. You knew the buzz was supposed to be irritating, but the ding ding was as if it was pretending to be nice, while secretly being an asshole. That was the way I perceived it, anyway.
I like the DING-DING-DING chime found in 2000s American pickups
My Renault Megane screams at me in a high-pitched “AAA-AAA-AAA”, when I leave my lights on
I love it
What makes me sad is that Analogue displays are now history, as a mechanical engineer there's something about a great looking all Analogue dash. Reminds me of the Ferrari 360 with a prancing horse steering wheel, with no buttons or electronics and a fantastic looking analogue display. Nothing beats it!
Manual/non electric handbrake.
speed demon along with steer by wire, this is a solution looking for a problem. And introducing more shit to go wrong.
Transmissions with actual gears. CVT's suck.
Zashra I know, nissan and Subaru need a new trans for their mainstream cars
Zashra tell that to Koenigsegg.....
Zashra they're terrible my moms Honda has one and I absolutely can't stand so glad I have a real gear box.
BMW-E90-HQ I dare you to watch the video on the Agera single speed cvt transmission- it might change your mind on the tech
Ben Hansberger I'm referring to their use in mainstream brands their cars have no soul.
Easy to tune engines, I mean you can never get the gt86's box to 600hp as as easily as a supra's 2jz
Gt86 is running a 4 cylinder 2 litre, compared with the under performed 6 of the Supra. They should have put a 6 cylinder in the gt86 I agree, I’ve supercharged mine but one day will put in the 2jz.
Andrew Reed they should atleast offer a subaru brz sti that would be sweet
@@NeekoKid They do offer a sti model
The supra also starts at more hp than the 86
The engineers said that they have heard everyone begging for more power but more power would make it un balanced and so they would need to redo the chassis which is what they are working on
The worst thing they're killing off - fun.
People love a bit of torque steer, a bit of unruly power under the hood that you have to wrestle with, responsive handling and feeling the road under the wheels. Driving isn't just an obligation. It's an experience and imo one of life's joys.
Ramming them full of pointless gadgets and electronic control is missing the point, I don't even like shift indicators - shut up car, I'm driving and I'll decide when I change gear thank you very much. Modern cars have so little personality it really is shameful, and it shows in the adverts. It used to be all about the 0-60, the driving experience, now its 'we installed a sat nav', it has parking sensors in case you're too retarded to just learn the length of your vehicle and you can fit a dog and three kids in the back, and still have room for the groceries- because apparently I often take the dog shopping for some reason.
Even sports or performance cars are rammed full of pointless crap that takes you out of the driving experience, and the new ST's bragging about its economy and the fact its 2.0 engine is so shitty it has to have a computer make the noise of an actually good one is symptomatic. I'm meant to get a tyre squealing ten miles to the gallon, and sound like thor having an argument with the lightning he just threw, it's meant to make me choose between leaving little Jimmy briefly home alone because there aren't any back seats a human can fit into or driving my daily runner so he doesn't scribble on the walls in permanent marker, its meant to take up my entire garage because I'm doing my own bodywork and tinkering, it's meant to be a colossal waste of money just driving the thing for no reason because its so damn nice - thats the point of it!
Hopefully car enthusiasts can cling on to the market and keep them producing some gems - seeing the death of my beloved five pot engine is tragic. Bye bye baby v10 =(
One of the best comments I think I've ever read. You know, it's all up to us, the car enthusiasts, to push for driver experience. Hopefully someone like you or I will do something about all this that we're losing and keep this alive. I believe that at the very least, we'll be the ones holding on to our automotive treasures and keeping the traditions we feel are sacred alive for the next generation to learn about and experience.
One always have to keep in mind "people" and "car enthusiasts" are two very different breeds.
Nana Jane who just wants to drive to the baker to get some bread for the sunday brunch doesn't want to wrestle with unruly power under the hood. She just wants to get to the bakery and back.
cy-one then nana jane should just buy something to pop to shops in like a yaris or something.
SL1MSH4DY96 You speak the truth, my brother. Someone asked me a while ago if I really enjoyed driving or if I just enjoyed the mobility cars afford. I wish you would have been there to explain it to them. Mobility is simply a convenience...driving the car, working on the car is what we love and now we almost can't do that. First no changing gear because manuals are 'slow' and 'inefficient', then electric steering (I will not own a car with an electric steering rack because fuck that), now they want to get rid of us all together and then for whatever reason manufacturers want to get DMCA protection on the vehicles. It's sad, man. Everyone else treats their cars like appliances, like a coffee machine or an iron, and this is tuining the landscape for us who do this car thing because it's emotional; something a lot of people don't get because they dont have hobbies or interests that engender the kind of feeling or passion a car can stir. It's this irrational affair with a box of glass, steel and rubber that does nothing but sit there costing money and breaking whenever you get careless with it. The car as we know and love it is dying; it is just my fervent hope that the aftermarket can keep it going for just a little while longer before we are all banished to garages and sheds, getting around in shared hackable, emotionless digital grey boxes. And yeah who goes shopping with the dog?
SL1MSH4DY96 if you look at everything in life there's a set of people trying to remove fun. gives them the feeling of power to make more rules and have people follow. they do so at our expense. I hate how the cars now are built. my old Plymouth Voyager is so easy to work on. but these new vehicles?! geez!
Mitsubishi, killing off fun and cool. The EVO, Starion and Eclipse is but a memory. They have nothing left. except shit on wheels, cars so ugly and boring it makes you want to cry.
Same thing with Subaru. Soon, there will be no more Impreza/ WRX. They're killing the rally cars!! :(
VCR Thunder Amen brother. RIP Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi is gone but never forgotten :(
From the WWII Zeros to the last Evo
Semper Fi
bro I drive a 2016 Mitsubishi Lancer and what you just said made me sad.
The Evo... rip
rip braaAAAAAP STUtututu :(
Forever in our hearts. And ears.
Pop up headlight
I miss them so much
But luckily i have 3000gt mk1 :))
A third pedal should make this list. It's damned near impossible to find manuals in the states anymore.
Also, that last reason is EXACTLY why modding Hondas is so popular, it's extremely affordable and when boosted, those engines can be great fun.
SpaghettiFox i think manaul is still big in Europe, but def not in north america any more!
brent Thompson because us Americans are too stupid and lazy to use a manual transmission
Idk where you are but there's always tons of manuals where I live,
Rolling off the assembly line?
SpaghettiFox mustangs all come stock as manual, most of the higher power muscle cars like the camero, charger, challenger, and fiesta RS all have manuals stock. The Toyota 86 has more power in the manual version. My Mini Cooper is manual. Manual isn't as common but you can definitely find them all over the place if you look. They won't go anywhere because there's too much pull for it here, yes most people don't drive stick, but there's still a large population who swears by it.
What about Honda, killing off high reving vtec engines.
2:03
Dumb Dead1 they still rev to 7,000 rpm but added in the turbo charger for more power earlier on, i prefer this
Dumb Dead1 Dammit
Sam Gray i dont, they ruined "vtec", as now it doesnt kick in together with the turbo lagg thus not creating the famous "VTEC KICKED IN YO!"
I'm not even a Honda person but I can say the K family are fun little engines while the 1.5 turbo is not.
I miss real analog gauges
Bob George HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA idiot you can still get analog gauges, so go fuck yourself or all cars would have screens instead of gauges. Mercedes-Benz S-Class have 2 screens and the new E-Class have 2 screens...So who fucking cares petrol-head?
Proper gauges are the business. Give me an honest, old school, mechanical car any day of the week.
Bob George meh not really. thats one thing i really never cared if its electric or not
The trend of every car maker killing off/reducing their sedans/wagon/sports car range to make room for more bloody urban tank SUVs for soccer mums...
*cough* looking at you Mitsubishi!
Crossover are stupid!
I mean...really...
Everybody is crying about the gas mileage and how we need smaller,more aerodynamic cars...
And the Crossover is there like:
*AUTISTIC SCREECHING*
Small and lightweight cars.
Yup.
There is no need to make a small car so big and heavy.
Heck the japanese can make small lightweight cars that are still safe.
They are called Kei Cars.
Seen the size of the new mini countryman?
How they even put the name mini on it baffles me
Ei aC Mini is not even mini nowadays.
This! You've seen the light.
Quite a few manufacturers are striving for more lightness these days. The new MX5 is pretty light for a current-gen car. There's only so much they can do though, crash and safety regulations, as well as the air-con and all the other sorts of stuff a car NEEDS to have to sell in decent numbers these days means we'll probably never have "normal" 4 or 5 door family cars that weigh about 1000kg again...
pop up headlights...
yup !
nope
KAL 1
Oh I really wish they make a comeback. You know they could bring them back by just, you know, having that pop-up action inside the headlights with a canopy or something.
Just Some Random Person why not?
They're fantastic until the pop up mechanism fails. Also, the pop up unit blocks driving vision slightly. Cooler to look at than actually use.
I would have to say the classic look of a car. Every car today has a bubble shape. Back then you would buy a car that had a design that really meant something. And now the only way to get something truly unique is to pay a fortune for the top of the line vehicle.
The "origami" look is in full bloom too. Every car nowadays looks like someone folded up a piece of paper, presented it to the top brass of wherever they work, and somehow got the permission to produce the eyesore.
i took a snapchat of a subaru outback and ford edge and they literally looked the same... it actually scared me lol and i completely agree.. my car is 22 years old and i dont want a new car unless i can keep mine lol
Julian Zaragoza that's why my favorite cars are from the 80s and 90s
that is the reason why you hear "it looks like the batmobile
not-too-heavy cars with less expensive equipment
I'm a delivery driver for dominos. Should have bought a little shitty car with light steering and good on fuel. But nooooooo I bought a 2.0 Renaultsport 182.... no regrets. Until I head to the fuel station that is
But the Clio is a little shitty car isn't it?
I'd imagine a 182bhp version of the clio would be pretty far from shitty... 20bhp per ton more than a GT86 considering the GT86 is 1,250kg and the clio is about 1000kg ^_^
well it was on wrc from 2003 to 2007 you know... not the best but as the man said, for the money it is briliant
Actually my dream car, although in Portugal they're reeeeeally expensive because of how rare they are
Buy a $1000 beater for delivery and then use all your tips money to buy your fun car... and only drive the fun car to work when the beater is broken down.
1.) Analog dials! Beautiful analog dials!
2.) Numbers on cars that actually mean something. Like BMW 330is: the 1st 3 means 3 series, the 30 means 3.0 liters of displacement, and the "s" for sport.
3.) Manual transmissions. Furthermore, why did the car industry stop evolving the technology of the manual transmission.
4.) Beautiful symmetrical interiors that flowed. When screens started to be 1st put into automobiles they were integrated well into the interior. Now, many companies put tacked on screens that looks like something that came out from Autozone. Case in point, Mercedes Benz is notorious for this.
5.) Big ass titties. I mean really big sickening ones that if you got a handle on them, well, you might not just make it. Just like the video said above, "danger is FUN".
what about the i?
Omid Azimi "injected" as in fuel injection. The cars with "d" are diesels obviously ;)
@original comment, while I agree it would make more sense to name, say the BMW 335i, a BMW330ti or something, its kind of tacky since all of their cars are turbo charged now. BTW the second two numbers didn't always stand for displacement. Especially with the V8 BMWs, they often were not the same numbers as the displacement (I believe there was a 540i with a 4.4l V8).
What manufacturers are doing now is naming their cars based on the equivalent power output, so a 335i with a 3.0t engine is supposedly making power equivalent to that of a 3.5l NA engine (~300HP). It actually makes a lot more sense if you ask me
petrol I guess
makes sense, never thought about that.
wrong, my daily 325i is the sport trim and has an n52b30
they are also killing manual shifting of the gears :-(
Blame the lazy ones who cry and whine that they can't text and drive at the same time. Well, that's illegal in some states anyway. That's the most common reply they snark out whenever someone talks about manuals. Well I have this to say to them: why don't they pay attention to their damn driving...
largol33t1 Cuz they stopid
largol33t1 Illegal in some??? Wtf?
Manual transmissions, analog gauges, hydraulic steering and key that you have to turn
My car has all of that 😁
I have a car from 2011 that has that
Not killing off, but adding. There is way to much tech and gismos in today's cars. Remember when a car was an engine on wheels? Ah those were the days, Now its a computer waiting for catastrophic failure on wheels
As I read this I had to think of a friend who`s 2 year old Audi flipped out of control and barrel-rolled over an entire field into a shiny ball of metal...
Isn't it great having a computer telling your wheels how fast they have to spin? XD
Dang, is he alright????
Also, was that seriously caused by a computer malfunction? If so, there better be a massive lawsuit in the works.
Speak for yourself, the car enthusiasts I know love the new "tech and gismos."
MANUAL TRANSMISSION ! !
They didn't mention the elephant in the room ^
They didn't want to, it was too painful
yeah like an actual stick shift not paddles, and manual mid size trucks :(
Banbou Paper you should consider Peugeot, all cars are available as manual and sometimes they miss out automatic transmission -.-
Simplicity
Agreed, I had to do some work on my uncles truck for him, had to replace the A/C compressor, belt tensioner, spark plugs, air cleaner, and the belt itself. it was super easy. just popped the belt off, undid the bolts holding everything on, and everything could just be pulled off, and the replacements bolted back into place, with the only thing needing to be moved out of the way was the airbox, which was only held in by a single screw
Cheap Porsche boxsters...
Honda didn't get the Memo on removing wings with the type R. Please don't remind them
But in that instance they look terrible :/
BlatentlyFakeName it doesn't look terrible. A little over the top but that's why I love it
BlatentlyFakeName Nooo that car is beautiful and this is coming from a muscle car guy.
yeah it looks like a supercar
quality of materials, craftsmanship, reliability, being able to work on your car yourself, not selling your organs to take you car to the dealer and pay 4 digit prices for a brakedisc/brakepad change.
Kristjan Pani Can't bleed your own brakes because the ABS controller is airlocked and you need to activate through dealer software or you cannot get the airlock out. Sux!
+Evil Genius i know, right. Even when you got a car with electronic parking brake you need a computer to make the handbrake work with new pads..
Evil Genius
owning an 07 bmw 5 series i see why people complain about mantience and the car tells you to go to a dealer but i ignore it and call my mechanic to fix it or ill fix it myself lol.
Actual driving.
I miss when car manufacturers made cars that were reliable. They’ve sure killed those off
toyota?
Seamless turbo integration is the saddest thing i have ever learnt about. Nothing can compare to a sudden massive push in the back when a turbo spools up and forces air and fuel through the compressor into the cylinders. It is such a rush and is intoxicating.
Long live turbo lag.
v8 motor *Jeremy Clarckson's American accent*
well its written "V8 Modur"
everything else is communism
James
What's wrong with communism? Oh and GAZ has made a V8 Volga.
v 8 mohdrrr
i'm just making a reference to what they say on the show. all engines other than a V8 are communism
What they're killing off : almost everything good with cars
YEE ! so true
what does that even mean? :D
Sadly
Big V8's slowly changing over to turbo v6's, manuals dying out in everything, and the simple design. Company's are wasting all this time on aerodynamics that they seem to forget that we want the car to LOOK absolutely jaw - dropping when it passes by.
Hondas VTEC
Inline 6 Engine
Manual Transmission
Hanbrakes
Simple good looking Bodies
The ability to work on your own car
And something already dead...
Rotary Engine
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1. Phil.
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3. Phil (Again)
true off road vehicles,
True offroaders are still popular in Australia.
lavawolf666 couldn't agree more
lavawolf666 when stock cars could off-road. Everything is basically trash nowadays
vanamburgben
Everything?!
Even the Toyota Landcruiser, which can still go off road?
i agree. it almost bothers me how many fake suvs there are where i live
Just not having a touch screen in the car. Being able to turn on the radio with just one button.
i hate the fact that the industry is slowly killing off the manuals as well as having killed off the amazing ingenuity of the wankel rotary because of the feel as well as the community behind them slowly starting to struggle behind trying to keep them alive
After Life nah manuals aren't the first thing to get kicked out
manual transmission 😖😰
In performance cars... you can always get a manual in a budget car, not that you really want to ;)
Stefan Gossler its true that they are fast, but is nothing close to the fun of felling of the cluch and the H pattern.
but this is me...
In a day where self-driving, and electric cars are the only legal cars, I will be a rebel. Who wants to join me?
I would
Me
Racedriver43 me I will drive an American muscle car
If that happens.No thanks.Of course I want to drive the car.
Because if the AI turns off in the middle of the road at 120km/h I'm screwed aren't I? What can i do? Nothing!
Or somebody hacks the AI and makes my car go in other people what can I do? Nothing!
And it may not be able to take a corner in bad weather because it is not made for it.What can i do? Nothing!
The car is made for YOU to DRIVE IT.Not a computer.
Let's hope that never happens.
I'm guessing that you will be driving a Camaro. :)))
MANUAL TRANSMISSION specifically in america. Im in college and i daily a 5 speed BMW 325xi and when people see I drive stick, they don't even know what it is. everyone I know has an automatic, and I've really only met a very small handful of people on campus who still truly appreciate a manual gearbox w/ clutch. I constantly get stupid questions like "isnt it difficult on long distance trips" and "isnt it bad for snowy or wet conditions?" those questions give me a physical headache
I understand people asking about snowy conditions, in some cases an auto is better for that. However for long distance trips, manual is fine, it is around town it might actually be difficult.
More mechanical stuff, not that stupid electric shit
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DivideBYZero69 which is the number of likes after I liked it
Kian Duesing YESSS!
DivideBYZero69 Yeah, technology is ok but not too much (especially in Cars!)
Kian Duesing sadly we'll never see a return in mechanical stuff. Car Manufacturers make their stuff so complicated that you have to take it to an actual mechanic or in their favor a dealer. Which in turn the dealer shares some money with the brand itself
Before I clicked the video my first thought was they have to mention the fact there is new handbrake (e brake)but turns it out didn't. So I scroll down and I see that a lot people agree that the old classic pulling handbrake is the main thing that's missing in new cars. The fact there's too much incessant technology on the vehicle. Also the fact the cars feels plastic and light. I miss the old metal cars which is much stronger and well built. Hence why I got VW MK5 Golf GTI 👌🏾
Supras? Evos?
The Stig's German Cousin toyota has been developing a new supra for a while now
+HI_74eeon m8 it got shitty engine toyota didnt mae their own engine for the car
Cars with soul and character. They are dying out
Small light cars that don't have a shit load of electronics. The damn 2016 civics are like school buses compared to the civics in the 90s. Same thing with the Evo X, the shit is a school bus too
"Big wings" don't worry, ricers will treasure them, ask them for a good one XD
how about this, big useful wings
Engines with those doritos inside them
kiwifix this comment cracked me up. Got to love rotaries. Sod those pathetic tree huggers and their prii shitboxes. Internal combustion engines all the way!
kiwifix lmfao you mean rotary engines?
No man, I mean doritos, you don't know what doritos are??
God I miss the nacho-cheese smell of the exhaust, the crispy crackling of the cylinders... but I don't miss the powder that would get all over the engine bay...
Crispy crackling of the cylinders? You mean Crispy crackling of the Doritos, right?
Rotary engines are gone :(