I don't own a car. Used to have a 2002 Suzuki Swift. Worked fine. Had a radio. Got me to work and back, no issues.
What bike you ride?
2005 Golf Mk5 GTI. Original stereo is still fitted but has an attachment for a 3.5mm input as well as a Parrot bluetooth. Next month replacing all that with a newer VW stereo so it's all built in with DAB too. I;'ll be honest the heated front seats are the feature I love the most in winter :D
1996 Golf MK3
Fitted a new Bluetooth Stereo and a Yi Dashcam but that's all I can really do.
It's so old it doesn't even have OBD2!
I sold it back in 2012, no point having a car in the UK. I have got a BMW R1250RS motorbike and that's packed to the hilt with electronics.
Lots to like my favourites are the semi-active suspension that adjusts to the road condition 100s of times a second you can have it set soft for every day or firm when you are feeling sporty it auto adjust if you are carrying luggage or a passenger or you can get manual control.
Heated grips, of course, you need them for the UK winter!
So many other things like built-in SatNav and BMS SOS system (so important for a biker)
2013 Tiguan
It's alright, tech-wise. Bluetooth entertainment/phone hookup, built in sat nav, twin zone climate control etc.. it even steers itself into parking spaces.
Depends on the weather/time of year… usually anyway. Dry? sunny? then it'd be my 24yr old Rover 200 Coupe, as for in-car tech? a CD/Radio that can play mp3's (needs replacing to be honest as it's starting to skip tracks). Though right now, and as I'm just starting my summer hols, it's started the long journey of restoration.
My daily is a ‘06 Jaguar XK (X150). In car tech is a lot more, sat nav (out of date… well up to date enough), bluetooth, in dash Radio/6CD changer (mp3/WMA aware), cruise, etc… CD player aside never use any of it barring the sat nav (twice in the four and a bit years I’ve owned it). I don't even listen to the radio (the first thing I did after buying the car was pull the fuse to the aerial, it looked like a giant radio controlled car with the damned thing up, radio works anyway).
Considering what I want out of a car they both excel, the Rover is engaging to drive, feel-some on its feedback and I can play music plus, ABS aside, non of the usual crap modern cars are saddled with thanks to the marketing dept. latest ideas.
The XK has the looks, the engine and it's tech can be largely ignored (minimal bongs or bings and the parking sensor noise can be minimised). Considering the hefty weight over the nose and the large 20" alloys it handles surprisingly well for a GT.
Frankly I wouldn't care to buy anything made past 2009 because of the tech that goes into them but then I'm not the kind of buyer modern cars are really aimed at, and those that are I can't possibly afford.
2003 Škoda Octavia MkI 1.9TDi 130PD in Laurin & Klement trim.
Has enough tech to be of benefit, without trying to outdo the competition, or feature anything for the sake of it.
Pretty much everything that was ‘optional’ is fitted as standard on the L&K level:
https://www.parkers.co.uk/skoda/octavia/hatchback-1998/used-review/practicality/Also has Climatronic aircon and Isofix.
Certainly keeps me happy enough. I'm not sure what else I'd want from a car really, without having to get something custom-built that would never be a feature in a normal road vehicle anyway…
smargh
What bike you ride?
1992 Yamaha FJ1200 3XW.
You?
2012 suzuki splash. for ease of getting in and out of it, and not walking from A to B
Audi A3 Sportback Quattro.
Am second owner. The first had a lot of the extras fitted like fully electric adjustable seats, lighting pack and numerous other features. Only thing missing i would have liked would be the heated seats.
Sat Nav / radio display comes out the dashboard which i like and still works well despite being several years out of date. Update is over £200 so not really worth it.
Basically it does everything i want, is fairly quick, is nice to drive and comfortable on 17" wheels which is why i am reluctant to trade it in for something else.
I have a Lotus, there is no “in car tech”, that's the whole point
18yr old Range Rover TD6 L322. I'm an old(ish) Guy, always had Land Rovers so that = a lot of Land Rovers.
2007 Renault Espace - Really solid Bluetooth for phone, electronic dashboard, able to switch it from miles/MPH to kilometers/KPH, multi CD-player.
2005 Mk1 Audi TT Quattro - Bose Radio, tape with CD pack. Nothing else, very analogue and just a great drive, despite the sophisticated engine management system.
Some Kia monstrosity. Feels like driving a PC game. The whole thing is totally detached from what you're doing. So it's perfect for letting you ignore your surroundings.
I ride a motorbike when they let me leave the house.
2010 Astra VVT Twintop sport (convertible, black) lovely car to drive tho, doesn't have all the in car *tech* I just use my phone for that stuff, I only brought it because I got it super cheap on ebay £1200 (it was in lock down) probs worth £3000ish, it's in amazing condition, full history, serviced every year, one owner, full year MOT, it was a bargain.
QUOTE=SUPERDUKE;1326848]no point having a car in the UK.
Neither public transport or a bike are practical options for transporting a family round here :-D
I drive a Ford Fiesta 2016 diesel. It appears to have some tech stuff but apart from the reversing camera and the USB socket for plugging in my iPod I don't use it. Every now and then I thing about setting up the bluetooth phone integration but it's not important enough to me to make the effort.
Pah! Cars are for the weak - try riding a Moose into battle!
CAT-THE-FIFTH
try riding a Moose into battle!
Should be stable at speed, with those big front spoilers.
Friesiansam
Should be stable at speed, with those big front spoilers.
Control and direction is a problem…on most days.
Daily (non lock down when I go to the office) duty:
Peugeot RCZ GT 200. Lovely car, quick enough to have a bit of fun with and great to throw into corners.
It's not got much tech; Climate control, SatNav, Head unit with CD player, USB port for MP3 playback and Bluetooth (phone, not audio streaming). It also has auto lights and wipers and heated seats and basic cruise control. I personally consider this a minimum acceptable spec list for a daily, wish it could stream BT audio though!
Family duty (with the dog):
Subaru Legacy GT B 2.0 Twinscroll. My version of a dad wagon, plenty of room for the family and dog, quick, comfortable but very, very thirsty!
In terms of tech…. it's got a 6 disc CD changer, minidisc player (finally an excuse to bust out the minidisc colleciton!), SatNav (with only japanese maps) and climate control. So not great… I addded bluetooth because in my books thats an essential, but thats it.
Family/Wifes daily:
VW Golf 1.4 TFSI DSG Mk7.5 (The last well made or so they say). Not fast, but it's smooth, quiet, comfortable and really quite economical.
I really like the spec on this car. Radar cruise control, auto lights and wipers. Heated seats and dual zone climate control. Oh… and Android Auto, much prefer this approach to SatNav and audio!
In the future I'm looking at going electric with the wifes car/run around. That will let me get a V8 Dad wagon right…. thats how emissions offsets work right?
2016 Bmw 3 GT M. Don't see many GTs up north which is nice but the boss gets to drive it more than me though.
Tech wise comes with loads of random doohickeys, main couple of things I use is streaming music from your phone via bluetooth but it is certainly reduced sound quality, so I end up normally using a small mini usb drive under the driver armrest.
The dash like many cars has a permanent screen for satnav but also has a built in sim so you can browse the t'internet, mess around with various apps or trickle download map updates. In all honestly it's not that quick or useful though using a companion app/website you can plan your journey via your pc/phone and send it to the car. You do have to drive yourself there though sadly.
One feature I do not use though is the remote locking/unlocking function via an app. I have that disabled that as it seems like a dangerous/easy thing for someone to compromise.
2012 audi TTS
272 bhp, Maglev suspension, aux connection to usb stick for music, no real tech otherwise.
Most fun car I've ever driven aside from supercar days.
2006 Honda Super Blackbird
Fastest production bike….. in the world (at time of manufacture)
Tech.. RAM mount i stick my phone on.
2007 Kawasaki Ninja zx6r
Currently being prepped for track
Bike tech : slipper clutch
Helmet: sena 20s
Optima connection to battery on each bike, usb charger etc can be fitted
Newer bikes have tech out the wazoo, I think it kinda detracts from the riding experience
2011 Honda Jazz.
It's one year too old for Bluetooth, but I don't really care. I can call people when I get to my destination, and am not important enough that it matters whether they can reach me while I'm driving.
It does have a USB plug for an mp3 player, which I have used sparingly. Mostly I still use CDs or the radio. I have the upgraded sound system option, which is nice.
It also has electronic stability control, which not all cars had at the time, and has come in handy a few times during the winter, especially early on when I was an inexperienced driver. That was one of the reasons I went with that model.
Mostly though, it focuses on driving and a spacious layout for its size, which I'm fine with. I can fit a bike inside easily while only taking off the front tire, can fit tall things like a TV or a plant by putting the back seats in cargo mode, it handles pretty well, is highly reliable, and gets pretty decent mileage for not being a hybrid. The suspension could be softer, and it allows a fair amount of road noise, but locally the roads are good enough that isn't really a problem.
It doesn't have a GPS system built in or a screen up front, and as someone who likes to know my city, I'm fine with that. I'll use GPS a few times a year when going somewhere new, but generally prefer to look at a map, figure out how I'm going to get somewhere, and rely on conventional navigation. After I've done that a couple times for a destination, I'll know how to get there on my own.
It doesn't have any of the more recent features like lane assist, either. I'm largely of the “give it a few more years to mature” opinion. Yeah, back when I was driving 200 miles twice a week for work, smart cruise control would have been nice, but not worth the cost of trading in. And as someone who averaged 7000 miles per year during the period 2011-2018 (before I had long-distance work travel), automotive tech isn't an area where it makes sense to be an early adopter for me.
Just got a brand-new top-spec Renault Zoe last month.
An electric car with 200+ mile real world range, 135 bhp & 245 Nm torque.
That might not seem much to you lot, but my car for the last 6 years was a VW Up with 74 bhp & 95 Nm torque.
The Zoe has lots of toys too, up to and including self parking.
The best part is only paying around 1p/mile for fuel when charging overnight at home :D
Ford Focus ST170 it has zero tech in it….
Missus about to get a Mini Countryman though and that is OK
Core2Extreme
2011 Honda Jazz.
It's one year too old for Bluetooth, but I don't really care. I can call people when I get to my destination, and am not important enough that it matters whether they can reach me while I'm driving.
It does have a USB plug for an mp3 player, which I have used sparingly. Mostly I still use CDs or the radio. I have the upgraded sound system option, which is nice.
It also has electronic stability control, which not all cars had at the time, and has come in handy a few times during the winter, especially early on when I was an inexperienced driver. That was one of the reasons I went with that model.
Mostly though, it focuses on driving and a spacious layout for its size, which I'm fine with. I can fit a bike inside easily while only taking off the front tire, can fit tall things like a TV or a plant by putting the back seats in cargo mode, it handles pretty well, is highly reliable, and gets pretty decent mileage for not being a hybrid. The suspension could be softer, and it allows a fair amount of road noise, but locally the roads are good enough that isn't really a problem.
It doesn't have a GPS system built in or a screen up front, and as someone who likes to know my city, I'm fine with that. I'll use GPS a few times a year when going somewhere new, but generally prefer to look at a map, figure out how I'm going to get somewhere, and rely on conventional navigation. After I've done that a couple times for a destination, I'll know how to get there on my own.
It doesn't have any of the more recent features like lane assist, either. I'm largely of the “give it a few more years to mature” opinion. Yeah, back when I was driving 200 miles twice a week for work, smart cruise control would have been nice, but not worth the cost of trading in. And as someone who averaged 7000 miles per year during the period 2011-2018 (before I had long-distance work travel), automotive tech isn't an area where it makes sense to be an early adopter for me.
Lane assist is required on all cars sold since April this year if they want a 5* rating…
3dcandy
Lane assist is required on all cars sold since April this year if they want a 5* rating…
Is that the kind that beeps / massages your buttocks when you drift or is it the kind that actively changes your direction to keep you in lane? I am fine with the first but despise the second. Also, I routinely drive out of my lane.
philehidiot
Is that the kind that beeps / massages your buttocks when you drift or is it the kind that actively changes your direction to keep you in lane? I am fine with the first but despise the second. Also, I routinely drive out of my lane.
Moves you across lane. Can only be turned off per journey as well not all the time
2011 Mk6 Golf, it's got DAB, bluetooth, hands free phone, SD card and USB input. Doesn't play FLAC though but doubtful I'd notice the difference in a car.
Yamaha Fazer 600. I do drive wife's cars (she has 2!) when I want to stay dry or have to go shopping/take dog the vet etc, but mostly I ride.
Tech: Fairly minimal really as I'm not investing any more in the bike - time for an upgrade. Heated grips, Alarm, USB, Phone rest for Phone so can use as Sat Nav. Looking forward to next spring so can trade up to a Versys :)
I'm a ford man and drive a 2018 Ford Focus.
Motorbike I have is an old 1993 GSR1100WP Suzuki. Always was my dream bike.
Currently a 2020 Honda HR-V which is fairly stacked with safety tech but doesn't include active cruise or android auto/carplay. The reversing camera I thought was a bit of a gimmick but I can honestly say it has made parking on my busy street much easier!
The 2020 Civic Sport I recently had just about everything I could want, except heated seats! The digital dash (or “cockpit” if you'd rather) is fantastic and keeps my eyes very close to the road!
A Duster.
How do I rate it in terms of tech?
Blooming excellent! It has none, which is the way I like my cars.
Fewer things to go wrong and require servicing.
n.b. it does have bluetooth - which is my 100% foolproof technology pass/fail benchmark for automobiles.
Hyundai I30N … great little car.
Tech OK in it. Bluetooth works just fine. Needs decent voice recognition though, you only get this if connected via Android Auto. Standard audio could be better but I could aim that comment at most cars.
Jedibeeftrix
A Duster.
How do I rate it in terms of tech?
Blooming excellent! It has none, which is the way I like my cars.
Fewer things to go wrong and require servicing.
n.b. it does have bluetooth - which is my 100% foolproof technology pass/fail benchmark for automobiles.
Fewer things to go wrong?
You know it's basically a Renault, right?
philehidiot
Is that the kind that beeps / massages your buttocks when you drift or is it the kind that actively changes your direction to keep you in lane? I am fine with the first but despise the second. Also, I routinely drive out of my lane.
I'm not fine with either. I don't want a car computer that thinks it knows better than me what lane I want to be in, and I certainly don't want stupid beeps.
While I'm not idealogically opposed to a good buttock massage, first, not while I'm driving, and second, not by a jumped-up mobile microchip.
Saracen999
I'm not fine with either. I don't want a car computer that thinks it knows better than me what lane I want to be in, and I certainly don't want stupid beeps.
While I'm not idealogically opposed to a good buttock massage, first, not while I'm driving, and second, not by a jumped-up mobile microchip.
Luckily for you, lane assist still comes with an off switch (for now).
Core2Extreme
2011 Honda Jazz.
It's one year too old for Bluetooth, but I don't really care. I can call people when I get to my destination, and am not important enough that it matters whether they can reach me while I'm driving.
It does have a USB plug for an mp3 player, which I have used sparingly. Mostly I still use CDs or the radio. I have the upgraded sound system option, which is nice.
It also has electronic stability control, which not all cars had at the time, and has come in handy a few times during the winter, especially early on when I was an inexperienced driver. That was one of the reasons I went with that model.
Mostly though, it focuses on driving and a spacious layout for its size, which I'm fine with. I can fit a bike inside easily while only taking off the front tire, can fit tall things like a TV or a plant by putting the back seats in cargo mode, it handles pretty well, is highly reliable, and gets pretty decent mileage for not being a hybrid. The suspension could be softer, and it allows a fair amount of road noise, but locally the roads are good enough that isn't really a problem.
It doesn't have a GPS system built in or a screen up front, and as someone who likes to know my city, I'm fine with that. I'll use GPS a few times a year when going somewhere new, but generally prefer to look at a map, figure out how I'm going to get somewhere, and rely on conventional navigation. After I've done that a couple times for a destination, I'll know how to get there on my own.
It doesn't have any of the more recent features like lane assist, either. I'm largely of the “give it a few more years to mature” opinion. Yeah, back when I was driving 200 miles twice a week for work, smart cruise control would have been nice, but not worth the cost of trading in. And as someone who averaged 7000 miles per year during the period 2011-2018 (before I had long-distance work travel), automotive tech isn't an area where it makes sense to be an early adopter for me.
Ditto, though my Jazz is a 2009.
No Bluetooth, run mp3s off a USB stick. In terms of tech it has electronic stability control, auto wipers, auto lights, cruise control, climate control and electric windows all round. All of it just works and as has previously said the layout is bloody clever. Quite why nobody has copied Honda “magic seats” I'll never know but you can fit stuff in it that would never go into my wife's theoretically much bigger Ford Focus.
Just as importantly for me it has a naturally aspirated chain driven petrol engine that's very easy to service and maintain and its been relentlessly reliable.
It's very much a white goods car and it's not exciting to drive. That's the way I like it, cars are a tool for transport to me and the last thing I want at 70mph is excitement.
Silver BMW 320d year 2000, with 134hp and 1998cc. Its an E46 model and these cars have basically been appreciating for the last year or so, with the model M appreciating for the past few years. Its one of BMW's classics with 50-50% weight distribution, engine mounted further back for extra stability, and solid suspension.
Build quality inside is amazing, top of the notch it can still go hand to hand with newer modern cars, there is also a lot of customization and aftermarket upgradability, so it can be retrofitted with ton of cool and new tech to really make it a driving pleasure.
ProfessorD
I have a Lotus, there is no “in car tech”, that's the whole point
2007 Mini Cooper S. It has a radio/CD player
Kovoet
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Motorbike I have is an old 1993 GSR1100WP Suzuki. Always was my dream bike.
Ooooh lovely. I suspect that I may be a bit older :) my dream is the GSX1100S
Phage
Ooooh lovely. I suspect that I may be a bit older :) my dream is the GSX1100S
Katana is certainly older. I had one but would dearly like to get hold of an old one and redo it with upside down forks and wider back wheel. But they are asking so much for them. But they are gorgeous.
iworrall
Luckily for you, lane assist still comes with an off switch (for now).
Can't turn it off all the time now though. Only per journey. That's the problem
Honda Accord 2.2 i-ctdi 2004
Got factory fitted sat nav. doesn't work and honda wants to charge me £200 for a cd.
and factory fitted cd changer doesn't work too :)
But still drives.
BMW 550.
The power is insane.
I like the heads up display. I have it set up very simply, just showing my speed and the speed limit (Which is detects with a forward facing camera), along with navigation.
The soft close doors have ruined me for every other vehicle. It takes two attempts to close another car door now. Every. Time.
2016 Ford Mondeo 2.0tdci estate. It has what I need (satnav, cruise control, usb/bluetooth music) but if I was buying one again, I'd go for the titanium x model so I can have the extra goodies
2018 Skoda Superb Sportline Estate. Has a Golf GTi performance engine in it. Stunning car. The tech is actually better than the VW (missus has a 2019 Golf GTi 245 Performance).
165,000 mile, 12 year old Audi A6 Avant 2.0 Turbo Diesel SE. I got it off my son when he decided that he no longer wanted it. Just cost almost £400 for a new camshaft sensor, but it runs one hell of lot better. Lots of toys, but miss not having folding mirrors and no heated seats that my old S8 used to have. I had to put a Pure Highway DAB+ radio adaptor in so that I had both DAB radio and bluetooth for the phone. The satnav is a pain to program and has no postcode search, but it works. I plug my Tomtom in as well as it can tell me if the traffic is fouled up.
Rebuilding my 1984 Harris Magnum II 1170cc, engines done, just need to do the rest. Want it to be ready for the TT on the IOM next year.
Saracen999
I'm not fine with either. I don't want a car computer that thinks it knows better than me what lane I want to be in, and I certainly don't want stupid beeps.
While I'm not idealogically opposed to a good buttock massage, first, not while I'm driving, and second, not by a jumped-up mobile microchip.
I don't mind it being equipped but the odds are I'll turn it off. Frankly, if it vibrates the seat to warn you, I just can't be dealing with the mess as I drive in the middle of the road on country lanes anyway and I'm forever moving back in before corners and then back out afterwards.
I much prefer being able to turn everything off - ABS, the works. I have done advanced training and I know when the safety aids are going to work against me (very rarely - anyone who thinks they can beat ABS is wrong 99.9% of the time, but the times it works against you are the times it makes you crash when you wouldn't have).
The safety and electronic stuff has its place. Absolutely it does and I'm glad that when there is excrement-fan interaction (e.g. a pushbike falling off the car infront on a motorway) that I can lean on the electronic aids to swerve at motorway speeds rather than jam on the brakes. My escape plan in that scenario was to swerve due to the vehicle's stability control and clear lanes to the right. If the stability control wasn't there, my escape plan would have been to brake and lean on the ABS. It should always be the case that the driver is trained to know how these aids work as they actively affect the control of the vehicle and also the decisions you might make.
The problem is that most people don't have an escape plan. I have a plan of where I'm going to go as part of normal driving / riding. The problem is that driving like that is mentally exhausting and I can't do more than a couple of hours without a serious break. I like to be completely attached to what I'm doing and what the vehicle is doing so I have ultimate control over what is a life and death scenario. There is a beauty to the physics and the maths underlying what you're doing if you care to pay attention to it.
The comfort that you get, as well as the false sense of safety, lulls people into driving with as little effort and cognitive load as possible. When you see fast and safe road drivers, you'll find that it looks effortless because the cognitive load is so high and everything is planned well in advance.
Cars these days are designed to completely detach you from what is actually happening. They are more comfortable than most people's beds, with climate control to half a degree of resolution and relaxing scents and plush, perforated, soft leather seats. They are designed to lull you into a state of relaxation which, aside from quelling the road rage, does one other thing….
… IT MAKES ALL YOU LAZY rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishrubbishS SIT IN LANE 4 WITH TWO OR THREE EMPTY LANES NEXT TO YOU, COMPLETELY BLIND TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND YOU. MOVE OVER YOU LAZY, HALF DRUNK, HALF ASLEEP, MORONIC SODS AND STOP TUTTING AT ME WHEN I UNDERTAKE YOU. MOVE OVER. IF THIS WAS MY WORLD YOU'D BE IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP FOR THIS, ALONG WITH ANYONE WHO SHARES YOUR GENETIC MATERIAL IN ORDER THAT THIS CANCER OF HALF-BAKED DRIVING CANNOT SPREAD.
So, yes, road rage…. terrible thing. Wouldn't ever want to be like that. Tea?
Car - 2010 Mitsubishi ASX Diesel - ABS but otherwise very little tech except the bluetooth, replaced the head unit for DAB(+ better MP3) but never use DAB.
Bike - 2009 Honda Hornet 600
It's surprising to see how many bikers are on here.
Seat Leon 2015 1.6tdi - Has satnav, LED lights, DAB etc - Do I use any of it apart from the lights - no. Phone is mounted on a vent and the radio is in phone bluetooth mode 100% of the time. Encomoy wise its super cheap 55Mpg+ and £20 a year road tax. Problem is the thing has so many issues I can't wait to be shot of it. Electric windows on drivers side that drops for no reason. Electric window on passenger side that won't rise. No heater on passenger side. Still not as bad as the 12 plate Qashqai my wife had but getting there. My first VAG group car and it has really put me off the marque. My old Hyundai i20 never went wrong in 8 years. Plan to replace the leon with electric as soon as economically advisable - probably a kona or eNiro just because I trust there engineering more than VAG.
2016 Nissan Qashqai 1.2 Tekna (which is a lie)
It has 7 inch touchscreen with ok satnav.
It has bluetooth which the paring process is terrible and cannot link to more than one phone at a time.
I'll cope with music over bluetooth and calls just about BUT:
No reading of text messages, no displays of who is calling, none of the niceties of a smartphone link up.
However you can pay a subscription to have twitter and facebook connectivity and handsfree use for htese apps ONLY while you are driving! Morons.
2016 BMW 428i Msport. Good in car tech. Nav system is good. Sound system is excellent. Only thing I'd like is Android Auto.
Up until last month, a 2019 Mazda CX-5 GT Sport Nav. More tech than you can shake a stick at, some more useful than others.
Good: Heated and cooled seats (heated rears), Android Auto, head-up display, and something I thought I would ever need but is quite nice: heated steering wheel.
Bad: Lane keep assist. Intrusive.
Good/Bad: Radar cruise control. Good at keeping distance, even tested in a traffic jam and it took us down to a stop, then started us off again when it started moving again. Took a lot of faith to trust it to stop us without pumping the brake myself. Downside, when you're approaching a car in your lane, unless you move to the other lane really early, it starts to slow you down. You can adjust the distance to the next car, but even on the shortest distance, it's further than I would usually leave before overtaking.
Unfortunately, my wife got made redundant, so that went back to Mazda. Now running our ‘spare car’, a 2007 Ford Focus Titanium, pretty much zero tech.
2010 Mazda 3, it has a 3.5 mm Aux input/BT and a decent sound system, serves me fine for now.
jnutt
2016 BMW 428i Msport. Good in car tech. Nav system is good. Sound system is excellent. Only thing I'd like is Android Auto.
You can get android auto, but it's about £600 + fitting…try Bimmertech.
Me? I'm an old man, so BMW X6 40d MSport…
I'm a little more old skool… Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4GSR from 1996… Sees off a lot of modern cars… (but then the IoM doesn't have an island speed limit) :P
I drive a 1999 Opel Astra 3door 1.4i 16V with around 278.000KM on the odometer and do not intend to switch, and I hate car tech! First and foremost it distracts you from driving, second: it makes the car look outdated after a few years! Third: stuff breaks, its a fact, and the more stuff integrated you have harder it is to repair/replace (car manufacturers only make parts for your car up to 10 years after that model stops production). The perfect car for me is the one WITHOUT integrated stereos or screens! My opel has had around 3 stereos in it, because its easy to get new features! First, I added a CD player to replace the factory cassette player, the I replaced the CD player with a MP3 player capable one, and now I wwill fit a Bluetooth enabled one! Try and do that with a new car without the need of adapters an without messing the CAN and VAN lines on a newer car!
04 Audi TT, 179k on the clock, still on its original turbo :D
Its a knacker, but as I only work 8 minutes down the road, I see little point in replacing it as if we go anywhere the missus has a 15 plate Toureg so that does the family trips..
I would like something a bit newer and larger tho, simply so I can get people in the back, thinking 5 door S3, Golf R/GTi, M140, but cant justify spending the money tbh..
I remember finding the expanse of red glow in front of me being very distracting, when I test drove my current 2014 Astra.
Sadly the cameras and satnav were extras not fitted.
Most annoying tech is the catalytic convertor filter full message, insisting that I keep driving. Too many short trips)
Golf MK3 1.4 from 1996 :) Cheap and cheerful…until summer when I die without aircon.
bmw 520 , 2010. That was always my dream car and had to buy it.
BMW M3. Bought one new, years ago. Still got it. Sold my lovely old Opel Manta though.
Saracen999
BMW M3. Bought one new, years ago. Still got it. Sold my lovely old Opel Manta though.
*envy*
2008 Kia Ceed, just hit 100K miles and still on its original clutch and most of the exhaust is original. Totally boring, but has been very reliable. Ideally want to get another couple of years out of it before any big bills crop up.
My own car again, finally.
Seven weeks is a long time to put up with crappy little courtesy cars that couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.
Jonj1611
Focus ST
Mk.2 or 3, out of interest, if you don't mind me asking?
I had a new Mk.3 ST (TDCi) from 2016-2019, only new car I've ever owned. Had it remapped from 185 PS to ~220 PS (plus a ton of torque). It was fun, and I averaged 40mpg without even trying.
These days I have to be a little more frugal, and drive a 15-year old Merc C320 CDI which is actually a touch faster than the Focus, although it's a bit ‘pipe and slippers’ compared to the Ford in other respects. I fancy another ST in a couple of years' time though, preferably petrol this time. The Mk.2 is tempting as they're fairly cheap these days and I love the sound of that 5-cylinder Volvo unit, but I gather they're pretty thirsty. Just curious if you have a Mk.2 and, if so, what the real-world fuel consumption is like?
CAT-THE-FIFTH
This is epic, btw :D
Poverty spec, 53 plate, Ford Transit Custom.
I've got electric windows and a 3.5mm jack input.
That counts as ‘tech’, right? ;)
Apparently my car is a VW Up. I paid a little more for the Move model that comes with central locking, air con and electric windows, and very little else in the way of tech. I say ‘apparently’ because my wife bought a Golf 1.6 with some fancy electronics but seems to prefer driving my Up. I am so disinterested in cars I couldn't tell you what year either was made. I don't have to pay road fund on the Up and that suits me fine.
Bikes on the other hand. My first job was in a bike shop. I got to ride most of the 80s superbikes and own a 750 Turbo I wouldn't otherwise have been able to insure. These days I have a couple low mileage modern classics in near original condition. A Mk1 600 Bandit that was cheap enough I'm happy to pull the engine apart myself, and a Kwak 750 Zephyr for Sunday best. Looking for something younger to keep the miles down on the Zephyr. Riding aids and other unnecessary tech is putting me off though, that and so many recent bikes being ugly as sin.
I don't have a car (yet) as I currently rely on public transport.
One day I will own one… But I have no idea which. I'll probably do the fuddy-duddy thing and look at what rates well for reliability. :)