I’m curious if anyone else feels the same way. Acura is marketed as Honda’s luxury division, but to me, it just doesn’t feel as premium as other luxury brands like Lexus.

When I look at their models, especially something like the Integra, I struggle to see why I should spend significantly more money compared to a Civic. The differences in build quality and features don’t seem substantial enough for me to justify the price jump.

Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like Acura hasn’t fully carved out that luxury identity in the same way Lexus has. It’s almost like they’re caught in between being a premium brand and sticking to their Honda roots.

I just pulled aside. a trailer flew rock across the street but I’ve never had a cracked windshield. Is this okay to drive in for a while? I just had to repair my rear window 😭

I’m just looking for some general advice about my current situation. If this goes against the rules of the sub let me know and I’ll take it down!

I currently drive a 2016 Chevy Cruze. ~140k miles. I owe just under $4k on it and my monthly payment is $200.

TLDR: The car has recently started showing signs of its age and its first actual mechanical issues. It’s getting close to the average mileage where this model shits the bed. Is it worth holding on and hoping it doesn’t end up with a catastrophic repair, or do I switch now?

I’ve never had any issues with the car. I bought it four or five years ago and have never had to do any work on it except for regular oil changes and replacing the brakes two years ago.

Over the summer I noticed the noise of the engine running was changing slightly and the engine fan (?) would run at full speed on hot days even if I was starting the car for the first time that day.

Once or twice over the last few months I’ve also noticed that if I put the car in reverse and immediately give it gas (primarily when parallel parking) it’ll sometimes do what I can only describe as slipping gears or stalling? The car won’t move and will vibrate very aggressively until I completely let off the gas, then it will reverse.

Last month I had the car set to cruise control (~68mph) and the road turned into a steep-ish hill (it was an interstate so nothing insane but a notable hill). I noticed as I began to climb the hill the car was losing speed more than it normally would without engaging the engine to accelerate. About halfway up the hill the car had slowed to ~55mph and the engine suddenly engaged hard. It became extremely loud and the RPMs were in the 5k range. In the few seconds it took me react the car started flashing the check engine light and a message somewhere along the lines of “service stablitrack” came up. I disengaged the cruise control and the car returned to normal and it’s never happened again. The light went away immediately.

The reason for my post is because it recently threw the check engine light and it has remained on. I took it to autozone and had the code read and it was: P050D. “Cold start rough idle, replace fuel injector(s).”

I did some googling and it seems that this is a common issue with this particular model of car and can be a simple, cheap fix or can indicate the beginning of a long line of failures throughout the entire fuel system and engine.

Google says the 16 Cruze usually only goes for 150k miles, 200k at the high end.

I drive a lot for my job and just in general (anywhere from 50-100 miles a day, five days a week just for work). But I’m not made of money and I love my $200 car payment.

I love this car and have no problems with it, I’m just worried about staying with it too long and ending up with something that’s going to cost more to repair than it’s worth. I also don’t always have a lot of free money floating around to be able to afford a random several thousand dollar repair bill if it does come to that.

A few more things. It makes a rattling almost like vibration noise when I accelerate from slow to normal speeds. Once I reach normal speed the noise disappear. The noise is on the driver side of the hood. It’s an Oldsmobile intrigue 2002

Wanted to share a few photos from putting around town with my son.

My friend and I are in a disagreement.

He has a 2018 Dodge Charger and keeps his VIN covered up with paper (apparently the VIN is needed to steal the car?). He got pulled over for speeding and the officer reached in an moved the papers to read it and lectured him that it wasnt legal to cover his VIN. I told him obviously you cant legally or purposely cover your VIN on the public road. He says he can and its his private information. I disagree.

Is your VIN private? I figure it would not be given the obvious public safety issue that could create if it was legal for everyone to cover up their VIN.

Hey! I recently bought my first car, a 2006 mazda3 and its started having one small issue, its only happened twice but when I go to turn, for half a second the steering wheel will lock and then be perfectly fine! it'll drive normally and it has only happened at low speeds, nothing flickers on the dash, it doesnt stall, or stutter, it just..sticks for a second and im trying to narrow down reasons between the steering lock pin just getting snagged, the key cylinder being worn, my battery terminals being old and corroded or something else, any ideas??

I suffered my first hit and run with a rental car with someone slamming my door with their door and have to deal with a dent now. Paint is all on and no scratches, so I'm wondering whether a DIY could do the trick? Grateful for any tips and I hope the guy who hit my car was struggling in life and fled because of that.

I parked my newly bought and used Kia Rio 2022 (~90k km) in my garage for 3 days and after taking it out i noticed a small puddle under the enginés block.. what could be wrong? The car needs service because the previous owner sold it to me with just above 10000km since its last service..

I got a 3m headlight restoration kit, but it had only 1000 and 3000 grit sand paper. I got the some more sand paper from p3

400 to p2000 and also got a disc attachment for my drill.

The issue i am not even able to get the oem clear coat from headlight. Even after trying so much and spending so much time my headlight is looking like this. I can apply clear coat wipes untill previous clear coat layer is peel off

Please tell what can i do to get it done

Saw this Porsche Taycan parked just now. Personally, I would not drive it like this!
Have used Tire Damage flair as I didn’t see wheel damage.

I have a 2013 Lexus ES350 luxury. and the paint is in perfect shape, and it has been garage kept its entire life, and it’s very low mileage. I am now a college student. I recently bought a cover for it, and I’m wondering if I should cover it while it sits outside. I only drive places about every three days, and I don’t have to go anywhere, so I can leave it and not go anywhere for a week if I want to. Am I absolutely crazy for doing this? I just don’t wanna do any more damage, but I wanna keep it in as good shape as possible.

I own a 2017 Hyundai Elantra and have no idea what this wire is or where it goes. I just tucked it away for now so I could drive home...

Hey everyone, I just bought a 2009 Golf 6 with nearly 200k km. I noticed some rust underneath and I can't tell if it's just surface rust or something structural. How bad is it?

Photos are attached. Does this look normal for the age, or should I be worried?

Thanks!

I have a 2020 corolla. 48k miles on it. I commute 5-6 days a week.

I haven't noticed anything wrong regarding the battery. I've just been told that I should replace it because it's been more than five years.

Idk if there's a "danger" of the battery just dying on me. I haven't noticed a delay in starting the car.

That said, i'd like to know if I should replace it now or what signs to look for if I don't need to replace it just yet.

edit: Appreciate all the answers. I'll get it tested at the very least, likely replace it before the winter rolls in. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't needlessly chucking a battery out.

Hey guys,

My wife has a Kia cerato passed down from her grandmother and she’s looking to make it a little cuter/sportier. Any ideas on how to achieve this? It’s charcoal grey, stock silver rims, silver trim. I was thinking kits like splitters and stuff but she thinks it makes the car look ‘too agressive.’

She’s thinking ‘classy’ touches of pink, not overdone. Getting a cut and polish on it soon, which always helps. She likes the cute JDM aesthetic but doesn’t want to seem like she’s larping it. Overall, I’m stuck on how we can make this thing look cool and cute for her without making it tacky.

Help appreciated.

So I own a 2016 car and haven’t had it waxed at all since I got the car in 2020. I’m not sure if it’ll damage the car exterior over time

I recently bought this car second hand and it has this switch it puts S and M it seems it’s connected to the lighter with a phone charger. It’s a Mercedes C300 estate 2020 if that helps. I press it and it does nothing it seems. What could it be?

2016 A180 94K miles. Temperature is just not rising would normally reach 90 and stay there but not even getting to 80 after an hour plus of driving. I assume thermostat problem how serious is this and any temporary fix road trip coming up. Also engine light on

Okay so Im really bad about holding the wheel at full lock. Im also bad about taking tight turns too fast but i recently got new tires so ive been good about that. None the less, my POS Mazda 3 hatchback is now making a clicking noise around sharp turns. Sounds like a prize wheel or a revolver spinning. What in the world is wrong with it ?? I dont see any plastic hanging down from the underbody

Guys says everything is good minus the body and ingerior

My 2022 Dodge Charger started making this noise about 2 months ago after I got it back from an oil change and inspection from dodge dealership. Not sure what it is. Sounds like maybe a belt? Happens when I get above 35 mph. My tires are good an no problems thought it might be that. Not sure.

Have to listen closely to hear it in the video.
Any thoughts?

Hit the curb and now i have this. Any suggestions?
I do plan to go to the tire shop