pulse Report This Comment
Date: July 23, 2026 11:18AM

woberto's new wheels

woberto Report This Comment
Date: July 23, 2026 11:24AM

I wish. No company vehicle anymore. Have you seen the price of a new car lately!?!

pulse Report This Comment
Date: July 23, 2026 11:26AM

Yeah. Been looking around a bit. Too expensive, might have to hold onto the car for another year.

Or investigate a novated lease again..

quasi Report This Comment
Date: July 23, 2026 11:46AM

I just put a pile of money in my nearly antique Outback replacing some worn steering parts and the dead AC. Can't live in Florida without AC. Still better than new car payments and I really love the car, it's like the Swiss army knife of cars without all the electronic bullshit of the new ones; I prefer to drive my car, not have it tell me how to drive or drive me.

pulse Report This Comment
Date: July 23, 2026 12:04PM

I rented a.... umm.... Hyundai Tucson IX35 in Ireland.

It wasn't a bad car. Comfortable enough to drive, and despite being a diesel didn't feel totally gutless. But fuck me, the lane keep assist and speed checking it did..

Driving twisty B/C roads in Ireland I was constantly crossing the line on the S bend corners where you could clearly see through, and it'd start beeping its head off and pull the steering wheel hard, almost out of your hand, to stay within the 'lane' which was barely the width of the car. Every time I'd get within a few km/h of the speed limit it'd squeal and beep and flash. Drove me mental.

Yet it did all of that annoying beeping and it was nearly impossible to tell if the electric hand brake was on. And because it was a manual, if it wasn't, it rolled if you parked in neutral. It didn't care about safety then..

I turn the engine auto stop/start function off on my car every time I get in it. I hate it. You can't disable it because it's part of whichever euro/Australian fuel economy standard. Every time.. at least it's only 1 button press.

That's my worry with all new cars. They're all so damn 'helpful', and it's a hassle to turn all the shit off. And even when you do, you need to do it EVERY time you start the car because it all forms the safety and fuel standards.