<story><title>Who makes the most reliable new cars?</title><url>https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/who-makes-the-most-reliable-cars-a7824554938/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Mountain_Skies</author><text>Replacing old style headlight bulbs with LEDs in housings not designed for them is an increasing problem too, making driving at night often something that is best done with a pair of sunglasses.</text></item><item><author>vondur</author><text>People drive horrible now. Running lights, crazy lane changes, excessive speeding etc. Here in the US is started during the pandemic and hasn’t improved.</text></item><item><author>yaomtc</author><text>&amp;gt; car safety has drastically improved&lt;p&gt;Safety between cars, and within cars, has improved. However, due to the increasing size of the average vehicle on the road, among other factors, car safety for pedestrians&amp;#x2F;cyclists has decreased.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.npr.org&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;26&amp;#x2F;1184034017&amp;#x2F;us-pedestrian-deaths-high-traffic-car&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.npr.org&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;26&amp;#x2F;1184034017&amp;#x2F;us-pedestrian-deat...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>sharkweek</author><text>My 3rd Gen Toyota 4Runner is old enough to drink and outside of routine maintenance requires almost no thought.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s time to get a new car&amp;quot; given that car safety has drastically improved and I have two younger kids in that thing a few times a week but I&amp;#x27;m honestly having a really hard time giving it up, something so reliable and plainly functional.&lt;p&gt;New cars with all their computers and smart technology only look like expensive repairs to me, whereas if something breaks (again, rare!) on my extremely mechanical 4Runner, it&amp;#x27;s almost always something simple and relatively cheap.&lt;p&gt;Glad to see Yodas at the top of this list though, when mine finally kicks the bucket, will confidently get another one I suppose.&lt;p&gt;One of my favorite Onion articles: &amp;quot;Toyota Recalls 1993 Camry Due To Fact That Owners Really Should Have Bought Something New By Now&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theonion.com&amp;#x2F;toyota-recalls-1993-camry-due-to-fact-that-owners-reall-1819577805&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theonion.com&amp;#x2F;toyota-recalls-1993-camry-due-to-fa...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wimp</author><text>I cannot see the road safely at night anymore, so I avoid driving at night entirely.&lt;p&gt;Complete failure of government to regulate and enforce headlight position and brightness.&lt;p&gt;Since I don’t drive an 8ft tall truck with permanent high beams, I eventually got forced off the road.</text></comment>
<story><title>Who makes the most reliable new cars?</title><url>https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/who-makes-the-most-reliable-cars-a7824554938/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Mountain_Skies</author><text>Replacing old style headlight bulbs with LEDs in housings not designed for them is an increasing problem too, making driving at night often something that is best done with a pair of sunglasses.</text></item><item><author>vondur</author><text>People drive horrible now. Running lights, crazy lane changes, excessive speeding etc. Here in the US is started during the pandemic and hasn’t improved.</text></item><item><author>yaomtc</author><text>&amp;gt; car safety has drastically improved&lt;p&gt;Safety between cars, and within cars, has improved. However, due to the increasing size of the average vehicle on the road, among other factors, car safety for pedestrians&amp;#x2F;cyclists has decreased.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.npr.org&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;26&amp;#x2F;1184034017&amp;#x2F;us-pedestrian-deaths-high-traffic-car&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.npr.org&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;26&amp;#x2F;1184034017&amp;#x2F;us-pedestrian-deat...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>sharkweek</author><text>My 3rd Gen Toyota 4Runner is old enough to drink and outside of routine maintenance requires almost no thought.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s time to get a new car&amp;quot; given that car safety has drastically improved and I have two younger kids in that thing a few times a week but I&amp;#x27;m honestly having a really hard time giving it up, something so reliable and plainly functional.&lt;p&gt;New cars with all their computers and smart technology only look like expensive repairs to me, whereas if something breaks (again, rare!) on my extremely mechanical 4Runner, it&amp;#x27;s almost always something simple and relatively cheap.&lt;p&gt;Glad to see Yodas at the top of this list though, when mine finally kicks the bucket, will confidently get another one I suppose.&lt;p&gt;One of my favorite Onion articles: &amp;quot;Toyota Recalls 1993 Camry Due To Fact That Owners Really Should Have Bought Something New By Now&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theonion.com&amp;#x2F;toyota-recalls-1993-camry-due-to-fact-that-owners-reall-1819577805&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theonion.com&amp;#x2F;toyota-recalls-1993-camry-due-to-fa...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rectang</author><text>I flash my headlights at cars whose lights are too blinding, under the assumption that the driver accidentally left their brights on.&lt;p&gt;If I’m wrong and their lights are always like that, my assumption is that they would appreciate someone letting them know anyway.  If it happens a lot, maybe they’ll figure it out and correct their embarrassing problem.&lt;p&gt;And if they’ve jerks who know they’re blinding others but just don’t care (or savor it) oh well they should still hear about it.</text></comment>