# Favorite modern car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-car/716364 "2015-03-30T20:36:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-car/716364/21 "2015-04-01T14:21:56Z")
GMC Typhoon with my kids or a GMC Syclone for just me. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-car/716364/22 "2015-04-01T14:58:29Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > Tesla Model S. Can’t get more modern than that. Another vote for Tesla Model S. There are certainly a lot of cars I would buy if I could - I am particularly fond of BMWs (I know, I know - shuddup!) But for a dream car - it’s the Tesla. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-car/716364/23 "2015-04-01T15:09:54Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > I am particularly fond of BMWs (I know, I know - shuddup!) BMWs are really nice cars, but they suffer from bloat. The current 3-series sedans and 4-series coupes are about the same size as earlier-generation 5-series cars. The 3-series used to be nice compact sedans and coupes with good engines and dynamics, but i don’t think i’d buy one anymore, because they’ve gotten too big. I might go with the 2-series coupe, which gets nice reviews, although i don’t like the styling quite as much. If i had the money for a BMW, i’d look for a top-notch used E46 M3 coupe or, if i needed a larger car, an E39 M5. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-car/716364/24 "2015-04-01T15:11:05Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > Tesla Model S. Can’t get more modern than that. > [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > I would say the Model S wins by default, by virtue of it being the _only_ modern car in existence (which I arbitrarily define as: does not carry a heat engine with it and is not a goddamn embarrassment to drive). yes, [very modern.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Electric) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-car/716364/25 "2015-04-01T15:15:04Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Another vote for Tesla Model S. > > There are certainly a lot of cars I would buy if I could - I am particularly fond of BMWs (I know, I know - shuddup!) > > But for a dream car - it’s the Tesla. Eh, only if you can dream up a few thousand more recharging stations to go along with it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-car/716364/26 "2015-04-01T16:00:18Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Eh, only if you can dream up a few thousand more recharging stations to go along with it. 😉 I agree that Teslas are not yet really ready for road trips, although here in California there are actually quite a few charging stations. I could do, conservatively, 99.9 percent of my day-to-day driving with a Tesla, and probably about 90-95 percent of my vacation and leisure driving. For long road trips, renting a car in California is cheap. And not many Tesla owners only own one car anyway. They probably take the Porsche out when they want a weekend in the mountains. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-modern-car/716364.md?page=1)