Will be used mainly at range and private property. Also to be used as bedside home defense!

For my first car I'm looking for something reliable and fuel efficient.

Will be driving on the highway mostly so I want to avoid something with very slow acceleration.

Are there any compacts or subcompacts that would be a better option than a corolla or mazda3? Thanks

Last night was our first night doing this. We usually get a hotel when things go wrong and we lose a place to stay, but recently they’ve all shot up to $450+ per week which is way too much. We both slept in the front seats with them laid down and just kinda piled pillows and blankets till it seemed comfy and the dogs slept in the back. We’re in an early 2000’s impala if anyone has any tips on how to improve space. Also, how can I get around the damn steering wheel being all sorts of in the way?

I recently became homeless and am struggling to get back on my feet financially. I have been living in my car about a month now, but have been very uncomfortable and also my car seems to constantly be a mess. It gives me a lot of anxiety and depression sometimes dealing with the mess and lack of comfort.

My struggles are storing/cooking food (I usually just buy what I can eat the same day), bathroom (local Walmart is no longer 24/7 and for some reason gas station bathrooms are almost always full; I have a urinal and sanitary pee bags), and, most of all, I'm really struggling with sleeping comfortably. I'm 5'10" and I've tried sleeping curled up in the back, but it gives me crazy knee pain. When I sleep in the driver's seat with it reclined, I am slightly more comfortable, but I get discomfort and pain in my legs after a couple hours (can't stretch them out?) and I am worried about blood clots.

I actually recently caught covid (even though I'm vaxed and I mask) I had to get a hotel room because of lack of access to bathrooms during quarantine. Any help is appreciated.

In month I’m going to buy my first car. Recently started driving friends cars but I’m not perfect driver. What are pros and cons of CSUV vs hatchback in terms of control, dynamics, mileage. Boot space and off road are not priority. Confused between altroz vs Nexon

I owned a 2002 bugeye WRX (manual) in Aspen White from 2004 through 2011, when I traded it in and went with an automatic Camry (which I drove until just this past month). So I'm familiar with the WRX and I'm a veteran manual driver. However after having spent the past 10 years driving a plain jane 4 cylinder Camry, I have some observations to make that may be helpful to any potential new drivers considering a sport sedan like a WRX.

Interior/Exterior

My old bugeye had absolutely zero creature comforts. The most noteworthy thing about it was the Momo steering wheel, but even that was barely noticeable. On the interior it was very much still a '90s car; loads of cheap plastic, the weird pop-out cupholder thing, cloth seats, etc. I went with a Premium 2021 WRX and I have to say the difference is pretty staggering. The carbon fiber trim is instantly noticeable, the shift knob is actually really cool looking. Infotainment system (which I've never had before) is fine, sunroof is a great addition. Even with the cloth seats the interior feels miles ahead of my old Camry, and generations ahead of my old WRX.

Is it a luxury car? No, of course not. But the premium trim will only cost you a few thousand dollars more, and if you want a truly modern car, it's worth the purchase. If you don't care about any of this, the base trim is totally fine.

Perhaps most notable (and the major reason I went premium) is, in my opinion, the 18" Premium wheels are much, much nicer than the flooded-with-spokes 17" base wheels. YMMV, but I found the premium wheels to change the entire look of the car. At a glance, the base wheels were too busy and looked too much like hub caps for my taste.

Here's an imagine directly comparing the base versus the premium wheels.

I also greatly enjoy the balance of the '15-'21 WRX; it has some aggressive notes here and there (the functional scoops around the car, it's great lines), but to someone who doesn't know any better, it appears generally like any other compact sedan. The stock exhaust note is a tiny bit more aggressive than a typical compact car, but again, to someone not paying much attention, it's not that noticeable. I love this sleeper factor of this generation's WRX. It lacks all ostentation, save for a few minor notes that are appreciable if you look for a few more seconds.

Again, YMMV; if you want a more aggressive looking sport compact, there are other choices out there. I'm near 40 and I

I got a new job where I have the possibility of driving 200 miles a day. My current car is up to 364k miles, and while it’s still running like a champ I want some ideas on a newer car to replace it with before I’m forced to.

I only want to spend like $10,000 or less on a used car. Don’t care about speed or features, just how long it has the potential to last with up to 1000 miles a week.

I’m considering getting another Corolla or going for a Prius. Anything that will last a while 😉

What do y’all think? What vehicle with regular maintenance could handle 1000+ miles a week for under $10,000? Or are they all just a “drive it until you can’t” situation?

I know nothing about cars, and I haven't owned a car in 5 years. Because of the outrageous car market today, I think buying new is the way to go. I also need a car by the end of the month.

I'm looking for a sporty sedan car (personally I think hatchbacks are pretty ugly) that gets decent gas mileage. I don't really care about all the features since I'm used to driving my family's Honda Fit, if I ever need a car. However, if I'm buying my own car, I would like something better and a little bit faster.

I guess a big question is if it's smarter to buy a medium or high trim on a traditionally cheaper car like a Honda Civic or Mazda3, or if it's better to buy a low trim on a higher tiered/more luxury brand?

Again, I know very little about cars, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Price Range: up to $150 all in

Purpose: Main use: power outages, car carry. Other uses: camping, pissing off the neighbors down the street (kidding, sort of)

Battery Type & Quantity: no idea - looking for reccomendations

Size: not too big and heavy, but not looking for a micro light or anything

Type: handheld

Main Use: Want lots of light when the power goes out and I need to get wood from outside. Want lots of light when camping deep in the woods. Want lots of light in case I break down at night on back roads.

Switch Type: no idea

Anything Else?: Never had a nice flashlight aside from OLD maglites when I was a kid and they were the height of technology lol. Looking for something cool and reliable - super bright and not too big.

I have spent countless hours researching vehicle safety and it’s state of art over decades through today. What I learned is that there are limitations to safety, and the worst types of crashes still kill with regularity, but boy have things improved.

Some were better than others of course, but take for instance the following;

https://youtu.be/O6_kR0RiFoI

This link takes you to see a 1970s vehicle in which you would DIE in a simple frontal 35mph crash.

The same crash in todays vehicles, even the worst performer, would leave you either not injured or only minor injury.

I believe in the sentimentality of old cars, but they should be seldom driven, or extremely carefully driven.

Safety science was in its infancy at this point, so far more kinetic energy was driven into the bodies of occupants of vehicles in a crash.

As far as new cars go, smaller ones are still much less safe than larger ones. But they all beat the 1979 peugeot.

Rates of crash fatality dramatically dropped between the 1970s and 2010s, before a modest uptick in the last couple years which was linked to increases in reckless driving. Part of the decrease in deaths was linked to safety belts, DUI laws, but a large part of the improvements were a result of engineering advancements and material (metal) advancements.

Many people are die hard about their antique or classic vehicles, and will insist they’re safer but if you spend 20 minutes researching the science and work that has been completed over the years, and you aren’t stubborn, it will leave you with no doubt they are not safer.

Finally…. Some might ask the frontal crash speed you can crash with seatbelt on and still survive versus speeds that are more likely to kill the occupants, in modern cars, the answer is 43 miles per hour.

Two similar size and engineered cars crashing head on at 50 mph is the same as crashing into a solid concrete block at 50mph. Note that many American two lane highways with opposing traffic and no median barrier are 50 to 55 mph. A head on crash in which both vehicles are going 55 mph or more is likely fatal even with modern cars. Too much deceleration. I might cruise 5 mph over the speed limit on a well-designed interstate. But two lane highways? I don’t fuck around. I drive at or slightly below the speed limit on those and force those behind me to do the same. Head on crashes terrify me.

I am the kind of person who would lobby to have speed limits on regular two lane highways with the solid yellow lin