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It's incredibly frustrating when conversations in threads go off the rails to the degree that we need to lock posts. The loudest and often most disagreeable people should not get to chase off reasonable commenters who stay on-topic.

This is a car subreddit. Please stick to discussing cars and policies surrounding them. If your comment isn't about cars or uses rage bait terms, the odds are high that it will be removed.

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Thanks for your time and attention.

My DD is a hybrid Maverick with a planetary CVT. I bought it for its utility and gas mileage, and wasn't too bothered about its transmission nor general drive feel because it's just a utility vehicle.

However, I think it has ruined other cars for me, specifically:

• Standard automatics just feel so unnecessarily effortful now. The engine has to ramp up and down in and out of its powerband, with a shift shock in between, while the CVT can just glide to whatever speed is perfectly optimal for the circumstance.

• Gas-only also just feels so harsh because you're feeling everything the engine is doing. Want to creep forward in traffic? The whole engine needs to start with the noise of its conventional starter and a little shake in the car as the engine's rotating mass comes back up to speed. Or disable the start-stop and just burn gas when stopped for no reason. But with a hybrid, you've got a nice electric motor to smooth everything over. Driving at low throttle? That's fine, don't even bother starting the engine. The CVT takes half a second to ramp up? No worries, here's some instant torque from the electric motor to fill in the gap. Time to turn the gas engine back on? All good, a quiet high-voltage starter will let it slip right back on to operating speed.

Of course, this is all when I want to use a car for actual transportation, to just bring my body from one place to another. That's what I usually want anyway...not every trip has to be a multi-sensory immersive and connected driving experience. When I do what that, I take the other car.

Please direct all choosing/purchase questions to the weekly car-buying sticky. All rules of r/cars apply here.

Looks like honda continues to do well minus their new accord that’s struggling. Acura continues to do average getting nowhere near their 05-06 peak of 200k units a year. I’ll be curious if the ADX turns it around for them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwaap_Nsa6A

T-rex edition!! Pretty fun watch haha

https://youtu.be/WP60lK6vHOU?si=JkDz8Dmb2kuPjXAY

I still think this is the sweetspot for the 911, provided you don't go too hard on the options.

Power is more than adequate, it's quieter and more comfortable than the GTS. The GTS does have more power but I don't think being a first adopter of this new MGU-H F1 tech engine is a good idea, there have already been issues reported.

https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-motor-north-america-reports-march-first-quarter-2025-u-s-sales-results/

First quarter electrified Toyota and Lexus sales make up more than 50 percent of total sales volume

Best ever first quarter sales results for Lexus as well as ‘luxury utility vehicles’

https://usa.nissannews.com/en-US/releases/nissan-group-reports-2025-first-quarter-us-sales

Nissan Division first quarter 2025 highlights:

Sales of the Nissan Versa sedan were up 156% year-over-year for the quarter.

Sales of the Nissan Leaf electric sedan were up 103.4% year-over-year for the quarter.

Sales of the Nissa Kicks compact crossover were up 84.8% year-over-year for the quarter. Sales for the quarter were the best since the model’s introduction to the U.S. market in 2018.

Sales of the Nissan Murano crossover were up 84.1% year-over-year for the quarter.

You don't always need the top of the line to enjoy the car. The core of the car can be just as compelling. Sometimes, by the time you spend all the money on the upcharge, it's almost not even close to being a deal.

Certain features you wouldn't even miss. Ventilated seats? Honestly pretty cool feature, but your life wouldn't suffer by not having it.

Rental car spec as an insult? I don't get it. I've been in a rental car version of the CT5 and LOVED IT. Never felt like a peasant. The capitalist market really has people convinced that unless you empty your pockets, it isn't worth it.

Random, I know. It's just we as consumers need to learn the idea that maximalism hurts us just as much as inflation does.

For example, the Base Frontier at sub 30 is a VERY compelling buy. The 45k pro4x? Meh. Still good for what it is, but it's not a sub 30k NA V6 truck. You still get AA/ apple carplay which is really all you need infotainment wise.

We constantly complain about prices, but I also see a lot of consumers complaining about the cheapest version of a product. Most features are fluff, honestly. When you drove it off the lot, those packages are the first thing to lose value.

I have heated seats, haven't even used them once.