Automotive enthusiasts?

@Flying Pancake  
CVT maybe great option for family vehicles that are meant for just transport.
 
But the industry should really stop putting them in designated sport models. And the emissions should be more lenient towards sports cars as they do for trucks and SUVs.

@SeraphimDawn  
In practice, they’re not even really good for that. Even drivers who aren’t enthusiasts often find them unpleasant to drive, to the point that most of them can be set to imitate traditional automatics.
 
Like I said, CVT benefits are mostly theoretical at this point. The physics are there, though, once someone actually puts in the effort and makes a solid one with sport-oriented programming. (It still won’t be as fun as stickshifts or flappy paddles, though.)

Oh damn!  
If there is a daily driver I want right now. It’s the Mazda 6 GT. That thing looks amazing!
 
 
@Flying Pancake  
So it’s a gimmick…

The drone of a CVT is enough to make me never want one in a car. I get the fuel saving potential but there are better ways.

@SeraphimDawn  
Gimmick, underdeveloped technology that kind of backfired, take your pick.
 
 
@kleptomage  
Ditto. Revving and shifting noise makes the car feel more “alive.”

Do Nissan Altima come in non-CVT btw?

@SeraphimDawn  
Not anymore. Assuming Wikipedia is right, you could get a 6-speed manual up until 2012, but I’d imagine those are fantastically uncommon.

@Flying Pancake  
I would guess that people who buy something like an Altima don’t care about performance or driving experience. They just want a car.

@Prince Artemis  
Probably not. There was a 6-speed manual V-6 coupe version at one point, though, so I’m sure someone had some fun with those.

1995 Honda Civic Hatch EH2: Regular Car Reviews
 
I never knew this car existed. Pretty impressive fuel economy for the time and it’s a simple car too, I like the smaller wheels on it.
 
This and the previous review have me more seriously thinking of submitting my 1990 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park LS Station Wagon. Yes, to Regular Car Reviews. For these 1990-1991 models they included a few updates: The speedometer changed, they added three-point seat belts for the middle seats and an air bag for the driver. Mine has the 302 engine though I read a 351 could have been ordered. 1988-1991 models could have been ordered with a heated windshield option for winter conditions, mine doesn’t have that.
 

 
Photo’s from August or September 2014 and it’s largely unchanged since then outside maintenance.

@SeraphimDawn
 
Um… See above. I’ll suppose you were already in the thread and didn’t see my reply.

@BarryFromMars  
Damn!  
Sorry.
 
I’m really fawning over the 2010 E-class lately.  

 
It looks absolutely BOSS!

@SeraphimDawn  
Love headlights on that thing, it looks like its about to literally destroy the competition.

Anyone noticed how the old Hyundai/Kia appeared as if they imitated the design looks of other companies such as Mercedes?  

 
Case and point

@BarryFromMars  
Woodgrain, chrome, quad headlights, turbine wheels, and copper/brown paint? Nice, that’s a really gorgeous car. And considering that it’s the second to last of the full-size wagons, and the basis for the Family Truckster, RCR ought to take an interest.
 
 
@SeraphimDawn  
Huh. Never noticed that (at least after the old Amanti), but I see what you’re saying.

@SeraphimDawn  
I hate to be mean but Hyundai was always the “generic knock-off” brand of luxury…
 

 
totally looks like the old E-class pre-2010 here
 

@SeraphimDawn  
someone has an E-class at my college and I have the privilege to walk by it and stare every Wednesday… what a sexy beast when you see ’em up close
 
yep, I miss the 2010 one. now the E looks just like the S

@RainbowDash69  
It makes a great daily driver from what I hear.  
My cousin drives a, I think a 2013 Mercedes c250.  
 
Pretty cramped at the rear. BUT the seat were legendary! And the front looks glittery at night with lights from all those fabled electronic gadgetry. And it’s pretty quiet and solid comfort. They really do live up to their comfort claim.
 

 
The police force in my city use various tactics to catch and deter car theft. From bait cars to undercover cars.  
One of my coworkers told me she saw an undercover cop catching up to a rogue BMW 3 in a tuned up sleeper minivan.  
These also utilize seized assets and money from criminals, mostly from drug busts to fund and help crackdowns on illicit drugs. One of the assets the VPD drug team turned a BMW X3 they’ve seized from a drug bust into a police SUV they are going to be using for enforcement.

@SeraphimDawn  
that sounds very fun, an X3 police car? your cops have too much fun on the job, I’d say. catching the bad guys in style!

The Cadillac CTS-V looks so Batmobile-like!

@SeraphimDawn  
Yeah, but we all know Batman prefers a Jeep Renegade:  

 
But on the subject of the CTS-V, I saw this one on TV the other day, and I’d say it makes a pretty great sci-fi police car:  

@Flying Pancake  
Huh, it does have that feel to it.

@SeraphimDawn  

 
It’s the Cadillac of super-sedans.

@Flying Pancake  
that Jeep reminds me of Pinkie Pie. just so cute and pudgy. I learned from MotorTrend that the Renegade is actually pretty good off-road straight off the factory :)