I have a manual 2003 Golf TDI (purchased in 2003; has a tape deck!) that's slowly rusting, and I'm not looking forward to when I have to replace it.

I don't have a garage/drive way, and so have to park on the street, which makes me leans towards another short [1] vehicle: currently thinking about VW Golf, Mazda 3, Mazda CX-30, Kia Niro.

From what I've seen from almost all cars, lots more screens and lots fewer buttons.

[1] https://www.carsized.com/en/

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yoyohello13 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah I have 2002 Honda accord and I’m dreading the day I need to get a modern car. My wife has a 2021 car and there is not a single feature it has that is necessary. In fact, many of them are actively bad. I’ve been driving every day, accident free, for 20 years and have never once needed lane assist, attention tracking or whatever the fuck. I wish there was a car that just had no additional ‘features’ beyond actual mechanical/efficiency improvements.

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aucisson_masque 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Then these features are not for you.

They are for your kids when a distracted driver would crush their small skull with a 3T SUV.

	▲	_carbyau_ 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Now that's a spurious "Won't somebody think of the children!" cry right there...

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FunHearing3443 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

thankfully most of the mid-2010's I've driven haven't been bad

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2III7 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Just get a golf 6 or 7 (can be had without any of the nanny features).