Ask HN: What's Your Car?

I work remotely. I drive a 8y old BMW 2 series (manual). Ran 230k KM (142k miles). Has been very good to us. Bought it outright for €11k 4 years ago.

I'll probably drive it into the ground because I drive like a maniac. A new car is wasted on me.

Con: I pay my ass of in taxes because its a diesel. Pro: I imported it for free.

I drive a 2016 Honda Fit Sport. My young adult son has a 1996 Buick Park Avenue for which the title is in my name so we can insure it at a reasonable rate. (I bought it for peanuts, he's put more money into that for repairs but the total expense is a fraction of what a new or recent used car would cost)

Notably my wife drops me off at the bus stop most mornings (lucky to have a bus in a rural area.) Also we've got 8 horses but no pickup truck because... If you need to haul something big you can pay somebody to do it for a fraction of the monthly payment on a big-ass truck. If we didn't have lots of trails on our property we might trailer riders somewhere else but as it is, we don't have to.

That’s cool, but instead you’ll learn what car owners are prone to respond to this type of question, not exactly what your question is aiming at.

Between cars at the moment. My ID.4 was totaled in an accident on June 14th, and I'm waiting for an ID.Buzz to become available to purchase. I'm told it should be ready in the next couple of weeks.

2021 Model Y.

I don't belong in HN crowd. I come here just out of habit. Back in the US I used to drive a 2014 Chevy Silverado. A hand-me-down from my late bf.

Software Engineer with a 2007 VW GTI, but I haven't driven it since 2020. I get by just fine walking, Uber, or transit for errands, etc.

A replacement would more likely be basic hybrid than luxury EV because I don't want the rapid obsolesce that comes with modern electronics.

2014 Renault Clio. It gets minimal use to be honest. Locally I mostly bike, going into the city is by train so it gets an outing every few weeks when I visit rural family

2002 Honda Accord. An immensely reliable car that is built to last, and is inexpensive to maintain.

Used to drive 3 series BMW manual transmissions before I had a kid ~6 years ago. Since then I've had a Tesla model 3.

It's pretty decent, though I wish it had better sound insulation. But cost of ownership has been extremely low, and it's shockingly reliable more so than any other car I've owned. I don't really buy into the whole FSD hype, but overall I think Tesla makes very decent cars for the money.

For instance, it doesn't handle as well as my previous BMWs, the materials aren't as nice, but it is nicer than the average economy car and it's extremely quick. It's also quite a bit more affordable than entry level BMWs.

I'm tempted to drive it into the ground or at least keep it another five years. If stock pops a bit more, I'd like to buy a 'fun' sunday car (used 911 perhaps?), we'll see.

2015 Subaru Forester w/ a manual transmission

SWE w/ just under four years of experience

Software Engineer, daily driving a 1988 Volvo 760.

I don’t own a car; I rely on public transportation.

Audi A4 Sedan, 1.9 TDI, 1997. Mid SWE here.

2020 Tesla Model S

Principal SWE. I drive a 2010 Toyota Camry. Another year and it will be old enough to drive itself ;-)

A 2024 Hyundai Kona. It was the cheapest car at around $25K that we could settle for.

After I started working remotely in 2020, I gave my car - a 2011 Chevy Sonic - to my adult son. Two years later when we decided to travel full time, we sold our other car - a 2011 Ford Fusion for peanuts to a friend of our sons because he needed a reliable car. Once we decided to make our nomadding seasonal, we got another car.

I absolutely hate spending money on cars. We have one car now.