My rental car is a cheap base model, cloth interior — how do people drive cars like this?

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Anonymous wrote:Leather seats do not impress me. You all know how they are made right? Why are we killing animals for status in our cars, its crazy. If we called them animal skin seats maybe less people would covet them.

exactly. Cruelty car

Does this mean you walk everywhere? Because cars are awfully cruel on the environment.

Exactly. And do you eat meat, PP? Do you use single-use plastic items and then don't recycle them (which then end up in oceans and kill maritime creatures)?

Because if you do any of those things, you are a massive hypocrite.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t like leather - it’s cold and animal skins weird me out. I also don’t care about fancy features in a car, but I don’t drive many miles. Maybe I’d feel differently if I sat in 495 for two hours every day.

I also hate leather, but I hate it because it is disgusting in summer. Who wants to stick to their car seat? We went test driving in the middle of summer and I ruled out leather right away because it made me a disgusting mess of stickiness.

I suppose it depends on your definition of disgusting. For me, I feel like sweat getting soaked into cloth seats, over and over again, is pretty bad.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t like leather - it’s cold and animal skins weird me out. I also don’t care about fancy features in a car, but I don’t drive many miles. Maybe I’d feel differently if I sat in 495 for two hours every day.

I also hate leather, but I hate it because it is disgusting in summer. Who wants to stick to their car seat? We went test driving in the middle of summer and I ruled out leather right away because it made me a disgusting mess of stickiness.

I suppose it depends on your definition of disgusting. For me, I feel like sweat getting soaked into cloth seats, over and over again, is pretty bad.

Tan leather gets so gross looking too. Yuck.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t like leather - it’s cold and animal skins weird me out. I also don’t care about fancy features in a car, but I don’t drive many miles. Maybe I’d feel differently if I sat in 495 for two hours every day.

I also hate leather, but I hate it because it is disgusting in summer. Who wants to stick to their car seat? We went test driving in the middle of summer and I ruled out leather right away because it made me a disgusting mess of stickiness.

I suppose it depends on your definition of disgusting. For me, I feel like sweat getting soaked into cloth seats, over and over again, is pretty bad.

Tan leather gets so gross looking too. Yuck.

You must not take care of it. The leather in my 2001 Honda still looks great. I clean and condition the seats just like my leather couches.

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Dang, everyone is getting way too reactive & upset at OP.

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Oooh, I think I know the answer to this one. I'm gonna go with "because some people don't get their sense of self-worth from what car they drive."

Did I win?

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Anonymous wrote:I think for those who have experienced life w/out access to a vehicle in the past, would appreciate ANYTHING w/wheels.

I was a Single Mother & when my kids were young, we had no car.
(We lived in SoCal where the public transportation was/is very subpar too since in Cali, car IS king.)

It totally limited our mobility + I would have given anything to have any type of vehicle back then.

Even now, leather heated seats do not impress me.
At all.

What DOES impress me is a vehicle that gets me where I need to go, when I need to go w/very little trips to the mechanic’s garage.

I'm impressed by people who know the difference between little and few.

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I had to drive a Kia Soul for a week on spring break earlier this year. It was better than driving my older car 1,000 miles (less chance of breakdowns) but I did not enjoy driving it. It was very basic, the trunk was absolutely tiny and I could not get the seat to a comfortable position for all that driving. My older Acura is more comfortable. It did get great gas mileage.

I'm one of those people who spends money up front and then keeps a car forever. I bought my Acura new and have driven it for 15 years. I still love it. I'd rather drive it, than drive a very basic new car. So I'll probably replace it with another Acura and drive that one forever.

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Troll

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Anonymous wrote:Oooh, I think I know the answer to this one. I'm gonna go with "because some people don't get their sense of self-worth from what car they drive."

Did I win?

Our in our case because we don't have the $$ for a luxurious car. What a crazy thing to contemplate, isn't it? That's why we have a battered old Kia Soul with - GASP - cloth seats. Can you EVEN IMAGINE?

It would be awesome to have a "fun" car. Maybe one day.

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I both have long commutes and so spend enough time in our cars each day that it makes sense to pay a little extra money for some comfort.

He has a Mercedes GLC 300 with almost all the upgrades. I have a fully loaded Ford Fusion that I'll probably eventually replace with a Mercedes. The extra features (especially auto park and adaptive cruise control) are awesome. On really hot days when I get into my car that's been sitting and baking in a parking lot all day, I love having air conditioned seats. On cold days, I appreciate heated seats and heated steering wheel. We can afford these cars, so why not have them?

No one is suggesting that you shouldn't spend your money on cars if you have the money to spend. But to disparage others (as OP is doing) because they don't have the money or chose not to spend the money to do so is ridiculous. My commute is 12 minutes and my husband works at home so I refuse to spend a lot of money on cars. I'm just not in my car enough to care.

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OP is coming off like a weirdo, but I have to admit I underestimated having a new vehicle. I got rid of my 20 year old car for a 2018 top of the line SUV and it's like a whole new world has been opened. It was definitely worth the money.

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Anonymous wrote:I drive a 12 year old van. It gets me from A to B. I honestly don’t care about any of the other stuff you listed. I also don’t care what anyone thinks of me. I can’t wrap my head around worrying what random strangers on the street think of my car! So bizarre.

I just think driving a nice new car is a happier experience is all.[/quote

For you it might be, but for others not so much.

Ever hear of Maslow and his heirarchy of needs? Some people are simply grateful to be able to get to work any way they can.

When I was a baby, my parents lived in fear that their old, cheap car would break down and my father wouldn't be able to get to work or that they could afford the repairs. Having a happier "experience" wasn't a luxury they could afford.

Get over yourself already.

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Anonymous wrote:It's one of the most popular cars you see driving around and sure, it gets me from "point A to point B," but it's seriously demoralizing. How do you penny pinchers do it?

There's something so cozy about driving in a beautiful new car, the technology, the comfy leather, quiet engine, all the creature comforts. And sure, maybe some status. Today has reinforced my outlook that it's so freaking worth it to splurge a little on new wheels.

Perhaps other people have different priorities than you do?

I couldn't GAF about how fancy my car is. I need four wheels and an engine to take me from Point A to Point B, with the ability to handle poor weather and carry my stuff. Period. YMMV.

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Anonymous wrote:Hah. I rented a base model Corolla a few months ago. I had actual trouble going up a non-steep hill. The cars were all passing me and honking and I was flooring it. They put the crappiest engines on rental cars for sure.

Just imagining this scenario cracks me up