Ask Lemmy

I wish I didn't need to drive

What I drive: None

What I want to drive: a Car-free walkable city

people don't realise how much better the world would be if we had no cars in cities. You think you do, but you don't.

What I drive: Ford Fiesta (i don't remember the year)

What I want to drive: The Millennium Falcon

I drive a car with an internal combustion engine.

I'd prefer to drive a plug-in hybrid, so I could produce slightly less greenhouse gas.

But I'd really prefer a walkable neighbourhood with reliable rapid transit. Maybe car sharing for trips.

Driving: A kia picanto

Want to drive: An electric vehicle with cargospace enough for four goats or a 1kubic meter liquid container

Volvo XC90 T8. I don't want any other car; It's great under scandinavian winter conditions, my entire family fits, and it's genuinely a nice car without being too flashy.

Have: a stage 2 '05 Impreza WRX STi in moderately good repair.

Want: a stage 2 '05 Impreza WRX STi in good repair with an ethanol sensor and new tune to enable selectively running E85.

I drive a Golf 4 with a check engine light and I wish I drove one without a check engine light

Tomorrow it's going to the electrician and it would better come back fixed!!!

Toyota RAV4, and maybe a slightly nicer Toyota. Because I've been a Toyota stan since high school. Those dudes know how to make a fine machine.

Yoooo ... Finally a thread about cars ...

I drive a Manual 2019 Mustang GT convertible I bought of the auction and rebuilt in my apartment ... It was tough to find a car in the height of Covid and I had very little wiggle room since I ended up putting a piston thru the block in my 2016 Genesis Coupe ...

And this is the Genny I killed, she had over 120 miles and I was very lazy with maintenance ... not that their build quality is the best to begin with

I'm with the bike folks, since I ride most places. For the places I need a vehicle, I wish that kei cars were (highway) legal here. The Shuttle LS vans that run around campus are so cute!

Have: PHEV Crossover with enough ev range to get me 99% of the places I need

Want: public transit for 98% of my travel, and a cheap sports car like a miata for the weekends or any long trips I might take

I drive an old Toyota, wish I could convert it to EV

I drive a Ford Ranger and it is the vehicle I want to drive.

What I drive: 2009 Audi A3

What I want to drive: cheap Chinese EV

I don’t drive often so a huge 50,000 USD loan for some gigantic EV is just not in the cards.

I drive a Subaru Forester (2017). I wish I drove a newer or less beat up Subaru Forester.

I'd like to have a small cargo van with a DIY electric conversion, as opposed to a ready-made EV loaded with spyware. I'm not a car person so I don't yet understand why an EV is inherently more complicated than a washing machine on wheels, plus a battery system. They made them in the 1920s right? It should be doable with very little software, anyway.

I inherited a Suzuki Ignis from my mother in law. Weird little car but it gets me from A to B. I don't care what care I drive.

1993 Miata. I would prefer a late 90s RX7 but for reliability reasons I do already have my dream car.

2007 Toyota 4runner

It's a fine compromise vehicle for me.

If I'm being practical, ideally I'd like to have 2 vehicles

First would some little electric thing, it only needs room to carry me, the wife and the dog or some groceries. It only needs to max out at about 50mph and have maybe 100 miles of range, heat, ac, and a Bluetooth connection to stream music and gps directions from my phone. I do not need any other bells or whistles, and that will pretty much cover all of my chores, commuting, etc. for a week on one charge.

And small 4wd pickup truck, with long bed, single or extended cab (don't need a full crew cab) something like the old rangers/Tacoma/etc (the current Gen is too big) for camping, picking up lumber, commuting in the snow (with some weight in the bed) etc. preferably as some sort of plug-in hybrid. Can't imagine ever needing or wanting a towing capacity over 5000lbs.

Ignoring practicality, I'd really like to have a big ol' Cadillac. Not too picky on the specifics, but it should be a full-sized sedan, or maybe a convertible, from no later than the early 90s, it should be black or maybe red, and I want whitewall tires.

I also have a special soft spot for Land Rover defenders, and old broncos (or k5 blazers, international scouts, etc.)

I also think the Subaru Brat was really damn cool

Would love to have a VW microbus (I think the new EV thing is also really cool)

Getting more into the realm of the ridiculous, '64 Aston Martin DB5, a DeLorean, any batmobile, the ecto-1, a Jurassic Park jeep, the bluesmobile, or Mad Max's pursuit special

2014 Subaru Impreza outback

What I want to drive is a hatch back Subaru WRX but they don't make them anymore.

Guessing my next car will be either a Forester or STI.

A Chevy Bolt (2017). I wish I didn't have to drive, but the Bolt is a nicer experience than my much older Honda Accord (2006).

i drive a6 allroad 3.0 tfsi, but with gas prices skyrocketing again i wish i drove a suzuki x-90

2019 Camry Hybrid XLE

I don't wish to drive a car any longer. I'm done with them. They are a stupid form of transport in their current form. They should be used for local traffic only and all electric. City to City should be trains.

2020 Honda Fit. Love the thing, it serves its purpose and punches above its size. It handles a Canadian winter fine and fits 4 people plus a bench. I fill the tank about once a month.

My dream would be an electric Honda Fit or Mini Cooper

I primarily walk/use public transport but do need a car on occasion

my friends old toyota 1-ton pickup! i don't really "drive" it per se (i don't even have a drivers license hehe), but i do occasionally operate it myself to tug/tow heavy stuff around very short distances. honestly haven't even touched any higher gears than second.

a purchase of an old 80s subaru wagon may be in the works however, but only time will tell :)

I have an 20 year old Subaru WRX and an 30 year old Ford F-150 (2 door). Honestly, I can't imagine a better combo if you have the space for 2 vehicles. The car is sporty, fun, and can carry 4 people, while the truck can haul or tow nearly everything I would need. Purchased both brand new, both are still running strong, although parts for the Subaru are starting to dry up.

Although I'm not currently shopping to replace either, they're both gas burners. If they die before I do (feels unlikely), I'd like to upgrade to electric. But I haven't seen anything I would consider affordable - which is to say designed to be repaired by the owner. Slate is the only possible thing on the radar, but their trucklet in this weird middle spot where it's too small to be (fully) useful to me as a truck, while also too big to fill my hot hatch/4door car needs either. Hopefully they'll be super successful and bring more models to the market in the future.

I drive a Subaru XV Crosstrek that I bought brand new. I love my car so much, she’s so fucking cute!

The car I wish I drove is the same car except in manual transmission. And I mean a proper clutch and gear shift, not the paddle shifters on the wheel. It would be even nicer if it was an EV. And yes, I would absolutely still want manual transmission EV even if that doesn’t make any sense. I just want a stick shift again!

2007 Shelby GT500 and ahhh, probably a 2007 - 2014 Shelby GT500. It is the car I wanted all through the end of high school and all of college, and was the first thing I got for myself after getting my first job. I do not regret it at all.

Currently driving: Subaru Outback, Miata

Wish I drove: Subaru Outback, Miata

I drive a 2016 Raleigh Sport with a milk crate attached to the rear rack with zip ties. I WISH I drove a 2026 A.B. E-Cargo with an EP6 motor but those are about 5k and they're not sold locally so...

Both of my vehicles are considered "classic" cars. My Jeep is over 25 years old and my truck is 40+ years old. Both in perfect running condition and pass emissions testimg everytime. I couldn't ask for better vehicles.