amirza786
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- First Name
- A
- Joined
- Oct 4, 2018
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- Location
- Northern California
- Vehicle(s)
- 2022 Polestar 2, 2010 Lexus IS 350 Sport
If you went back to those raw cars you drove in the past, you would find that driving them now would get really old. I had a 1980 VW Rabbit, it was as raw as it gets (no power anything, loud, rattling noises), but in my youth I loved that car. I drove all over Southern California traffic and never seemed to get tired from it. Today if I just heard the engine I would be like, nah. Its kind of like that awesome movie you loved when you were a teen, if you watched it today you would probably say what the hell!I went from a 2003 Infiniti I-35 - smooth 6 cylinder, automatic, comfortable leather to my '17 SI two years ago.
40,000 miles later, I can say that I am happy with my Honda about 98 % of the time. Bad traffic sucks
no matter what you are driving unless it is a self driving car (never!).
A quieter and better ride is not that big a deal. I can still carry on a conversation, or easily hear the radio even at low volume.
I am not getting beat to death, even in Sports mode, just not the level of suspension isolation as in some cars.
If anything, I sometimes miss the comparative rawness of some past cars I have owned. We are talking MGB, MR2, etc.
Even with their 'flaws' they had character for weeks and came with a sense of joy not easily found in most of today's offerings.
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