^^ My sister suffers from Seisures. Both of her new cars have the Automatic braking. She had a Seisure behind the wheel that caused a crash that totalled her car. I was recently in the car with her and her BF, they were coming up on stopped traffic, I don't know where his mind was at. But I woke him up from the back seat, before the Auto braking did. He hit the brakes hard and I guess at some point the auto braking started slowing the car down as well, even thought he had the situation in control at that point.

I would like to have the Auto Braking, front and back, I live in an area where there are so many vehicles around that it can be difficult to detect someone coming. I have had a neighbor (jerk) who decided that even though I had backed almost all the way out on the street, that he would like to pass me. He honked, my rear sensors hadn't even picked him up yet. I would also like the sensors in the mirror to alert me that there is someone there before I even think about a lane change.

 

^^I take it your sister doesn't drive any more? If she does, help me understand how it's safe for her to be doing so?

I think the stinger will brake on its own backing up if the sensors detect a crossing object. Looking at the owner's manual, it's called RCCA - Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist. Here's a marketing video from kia. Can't say i've had this actuated or alert go off yet. I only back into parking spots. If I had to pull in, probably end up parked like an amateur. In most parking lots the car is parked in the furthest spot away or handicapped if a family member is with. Considering how blindspot prone most new vehicles are, I can see the value in such a feature. Or, as in the case of dad (rest his soul), he had difficulty turning his head fully, so backing out of a spot was a white knuckle experience when he drove the last year or two.

 

Personally, I would have only bought that car as an investment and kept it in storage, but to each his own. You did a really nice job reviewing the car in that video!

 

Oh she's out there, but only drives to school and back, not very often though.

 

I'm sorry but this thought process right here is the biggest offense, not only to the car community, but to yourself as an enthusiast. Why? Trade in the experience of driving this special car to maybe sell it for a nice return when he's 70?

 

The biggest offense to the car community is to use an incredibly rare car as a daily beater so that younger generations will never see it down the road. I was in the turbo Subaru tuning game for a number of years, so I certainly understand the allure of buying a car like this for nostalgia sake and the occasional Sunday cruise, but the honest truth is that today's vehicles in this price range perform better, are better built, are more reliable, have light years better technology, and are safer. So I don't see the point in modifying or piling miles onto a vehicle when its primary assets are exclusivity and heritage. But hey, that's just my 2 cents.

 

So, a $50k unique car is going to be stored away for the purpose of being sold for hypothetically a lot more money so future generations can see it for three seconds before it rolls into another garage to be stored away...again? Awesome experience.

Or, you can drive/track it now so the current generation of young enthusiasts can see it and appreciate it. Electric is going to take over soon anyways, and if anything, this car is going to trigger somebody and be offensive because it's harmful to mother Gaia .

@4DRZ , very happy someone like yourself ended up with the RA who is willing to share your experiences of ownership and driving experiences with such a special car.

 

We're well off topic here, but a LOT more car enthusiasts would see it by taking it to a few big car meets a year for the next 40 years than using it as a daily or beating the snot out of it at the track for the next 5-10 years before it lands up in the scrap yard. That's just simple math.

 

Just catching up with the thread...

I like driver aids that help. Automatic headlights. Automatic and speed sensing (or rain sensing) wipers. Lane departure warnings (that aren't the damn stick shaker stall warning type). Blind spot monitors. Stuff that I as the driver should not have to focus on or might need a gentle reminder to act. I tried and really liked intelligent cruise in Germany (through Stuttgart and Cologne where traffic was heavy especially). But... I dislike things that take control away from me as the driver. I'm still on the fence about ABS for that reason, but at least it doesn't brake when I am not. To me, there is accident avoidance (perfect example: nimble driver's car like a Mini Cooper) and accident survival - see https://imgur.com/a/wKRDg (apologies for a reddit link).

 

By gosh, I think you just described the Skyline experience in the USA.

 

Oh, 100%. Be lucky to even see one despite becoming legal. OG track monsters designated to garage queens.

 

There's a kid with an R32 that works near where I live - I see it all the time. RHD and all (and I call him a kid, but he's probably 30).

I think if I make partner sometime in the next decade the decision between R33 GTR and Exige will be a tough one.

 

OP, who enjoys going to the track and driving, should take his track/driver oriented car and *checks notes* bring it out only to park it at a few car meets for the next XX years of ownership?

If you saw a '67 GT500 at a show does it take any of the magic away if it has 100k miles?

@4DRZ not sure if you follow him at all but _Baderbuilt posted a video of a stock RA making 270/277 to the wheel. Cleaned up the fuel trims as it was apparently running pretty lean from factory.

 

There was a R32 (in rough shape) at a subbie shop down the road. Coolest rare JDM was a black RX7 at a gas station in town one night coming home from work a few years ago. Was just sitting there brapping away in all its glory.

 

If it's modified and/or beat to sh*t, ABSOLUTELY . . . call me a purist.