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Ask HN: What's Your Car?

5•behnamoh•3h ago
I'm interested to know if there's a pattern in the cars purchased by the HN community (programmers, lawyers, C-suite people, etc.)

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PaulHoule•3h ago
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.

jsciga•3h ago
Audi A4 Sedan, 1.9 TDI, 1997. Mid SWE here.
8s2ngy•3h ago
I don’t own a car; I rely on public transportation.
LostMyLogin•3h ago
2015 Subaru Forester w/ a manual transmission

SWE w/ just under four years of experience

manfromchina1•3h ago
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.
simmons•3h ago
2002 Honda Accord. An immensely reliable car that is built to last, and is inexpensive to maintain.
Macha•3h ago
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
scarface_74•3h ago
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.

AnimalMuppet•3h ago
Principal SWE. I drive a 2010 Toyota Camry. Another year and it will be old enough to drive itself ;-)
pvg•3h ago
If you dropped the 'SWE' it works even better. "My car is going to graduate before you, Bueller!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qovk8_wIdn0
robotmaxtron•3h ago
Software Engineer, daily driving a 1988 Volvo 760.
1991g•1h ago
The exhaust tastes funny on those models.
random3•2h ago
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.
cosmicgadget•2h ago
Car owners and cyclists.
muzani•1h ago
Yup, I drive a Perodua Alza and I'd rather just avoid the question.

I'm not sure why exactly. I don't hate cars or anything. But it's like talking about crypto or English football. People don't talk about it for intellectual gratification. If I try to, I'll just end up disappointed.

runjake•2h ago
2020 Tesla Model S
karmakaze•2h ago
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.

Jeremy1026•26m ago
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.

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