I have only owned one car and it is the very exciting 1998 Nissan Maxima GLE. I did, however, drive the glorious ‘78 Buick LeSabre and somethingoranother 1980? BMW.
The Buick was a freaking tank and I didn’t like driving it; in fact, I hardly drove until I bought my own car and had to drive to and from Rexburg.
The Bimmer remains the only manual transmission car I have ever successfully driven. I believe it had the loosest, most forgiving clutch know to man. I actually really enjoyed driving it, but I tended to stall, and that was stressful. Then my parents gave it to my brother and that was then end of my fun.
My Nissan? Well, I really like it. It does what I tell it to do when I want it to. It floats on the highway and likes to go fast. I like its sound system, I like the leather interior, and I like the convenient placement of all the buttons. It is a good car and I like to drive it.
As for car repairs, I don’t do any of them. In fact, the only way I know where anything is is because of the nice pictures the Japanese engineers put in my car. I don’t even think I’ve taken it to get inspected alone; Dad is a terrible (or very good) enabler. I figure I have the brains to watch the miles and take it to Jiffy Lube if I’m ever off on my own.