What you love/hate about your car!

[rml605]

04 TSX

Love:
-Looks
-Simple clean interior
-Handling
-Acceleration it can handle through turns
-Nimbleness
-Gas mileage
-High revving motor

Hate:
-Handling on badly paved roads..can be a small bump or whatever and you'll be rocking like crazy
-1-2 shift
-Stock brakes were pretty awful

[ClutchDisc]

2001 Chevy S-10

Love:
everything

Hate:
rust

[4onthefloor]

2007 Impreza

Love:

- Frameless windows
- Looks
- sound (boxer engine/tranny whine)
- AWD!
- The way it handles with my new suspension
- Interior (even though most people think Subie interiors are cheap)

Hate:

- Headroom
- No folding rear seats (really Subaru?)
- Stock suspension
- Pretty slow off the line
- Somewhat lazy throttle
- Notchy gearbox
- Not an STi

The things I "hate" are not even a big deal to me. I still love my car to the absolute end, even though it has it's quirks. I wouldn't trade it for almost anything.

[bk7794]

91 Civic

Love:
-Simplicity (no power steering, air-conditioning, and little emissions)
-the way the engine sounds when it is opened up
-boxy looks of a typical 90s import sedan
-fuel mileage
-the automatic shoulder belt
-steel wheels
-glass headlights

Hate:
-Rust
-The clutch a mechanic put in there was a piece of crap

[six]

03 CL-S

Like:
- Looks
- Seats
- Size
- Engine sound
- VTEC
- Precise shifter
- Brakes
- Sound dampening
- Sound-system speaker arrangement
- The sub I put in

Dislike:
- Heavy flywheel
- FWD
- "Acura tick"
- Broken HVAC recirc
- 17 MPG

[Bill B]

I had a 95 Escort Wagon (5 Speed of course) that had the automatic shoulder belts that you love. I hated those things, but to each his own. Am surprised that the 91 Civic did not have power steering.

91 Civic

Love:
-Simplicity (no power steering, air-conditioning, and little emissions)
-the way the engine sounds when it is opened up
-boxy looks of a typical 90s import sedan
-fuel mileage
-the automatic shoulder belt
-steel wheels
-glass headlights

Hate:
-Rust
-The clutch a mechanic put in there was a piece of crap

[tankinbeans]

Love:

Mileage (28-31 winter) (32-36 summer)
Trip computer
Sunroof
Power windows
Power locks
Shift feel
Sync
Poop warmers
Alloys

Hate (mildly dislike to be more accurate):

Sync - sometimes she's a kvetchy bitch
No split folding rear seats
Shift light
Windshield wiper design (instead of both going in the same direction they sweep in opposing directions across the windscreen - think Chrysler minivans)
Upholstery color
The factory speakers are pretty hideous too, but I can always replace those some day.

[bk7794]

Love:


Windshield wiper design (instead of both going in the same direction they sweep in opposing directions across the windscreen - think Chrysler minivans)

The focus wipers are truly the best part. Ever try to pick the blades of a normal wiper setup up and move them around?

I had a 95 Escort Wagon (5 Speed of course) that had the automatic shoulder belts that you love. I hated those things, but to each his own. Am surprised that the 91 Civic did not have power steering.

Haha, it's like stepping into a time machine. Power steering was an option.

[tankinbeans]

Ever try to pick the blades of a normal wiper setup up and move them around?

True. However, when trying to clear snow out from under these ones it's a challenge to remember which one has to go down first. If you get them backwards they will bind up and not work at all. The blades themselves are ginormous.

[tankinbeans]

I had a 95 Escort Wagon (5 Speed of course) that had the automatic shoulder belts that you love.

I had a 93 Escord LXi with those gall-durned automatic seatbelts with all of 4 horsepower, but it would do an honest 85 mph while pulling great mpg - usually around 25-27 without really trying to be nice (I was 17 at the time and drove like a 17 year old whose former car was a van). They didn't retract and stayed in position all the time. I had to maneuver my way in and out of them and they got to be a pain in the tookus.

[Shadow]

Love everything....hate nothing. Seriously, I've never owned a car that suited me so perfectly. If I were designing the car myself, I don't think I'd change anything.

[bk7794]

Ever try to pick the blades of a normal wiper setup up and move them around?

True. However, when trying to clear snow out from under these ones it's a challenge to remember which one has to go down first. If you get them backwards they will bind up and not work at all. The blades themselves are ginormous.

I didn't think that was design. I thought if you mixed up the order they will automatically correct itself. I posted a thread on here a while ago with videos.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/7b_G7yPtne0?t=2m32s[/youtube]

Not doubting you, I just always thought that was a neat feature.

[AHTOXA]

I love everything in mine aside from stock brakes - they are awful - and factory speakers that are a bit weak.

[tankinbeans]

Ever try to pick the blades of a normal wiper setup up and move them around?

True. However, when trying to clear snow out from under these ones it's a challenge to remember which one has to go down first. If you get them backwards they will bind up and not work at all. The blades themselves are ginormous.

I didn't think that was design. I thought if you mixed up the order they will automatically correct itself. I posted a thread on here a while ago with videos.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/7b_G7yPtne0?t=2m32s[/youtube]

Not doubting you, I just always thought that was a neat feature.

I haven't tried yet, but will try. I'm usually concerned that I'll wreck something and didn't read up on the self correcting feature.

[94Corolla5Speed]

Love:

-the sound of the engine/exhaust
-the awesome handling
-snickety good shifter
-terrific steering
-compact dimensions
-surprisingly comfortable seats
-RWD
-completely rust free
-ability to take the top off
-pop-up headlights


Hate:

-astronomic RPM at highway speeds
-poor MPG for a 1.6 (that is 90% related to how I drive the piss out of it )
-loses oil worse than a rotary (seriously, I have no idea where it goes. It has an extremely small leak that just left a mark on the garage floor over storage, but that's it. It also barely smokes at all. My mom's car which burns even less oil than mine completely smokescreens the neighborhood)
-feels like a wet noodle with the top off
-A/C makes cool, but not cold air. Need to recharge it

Even with all the foibles, I still love this car. It's so much damn fun to drive.