Daily Drive Your Fun Car

Drive the car that you enjoy. We spend too much time in our daily drivers for them to be boring and depressing. Yes, fun cars can cost more to operate, but it's worth it.

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Hotpants by Tiger Gang - ZAYW9HA71TZMUUUA
Swampy Lands by Adam Saban - Y1NZQHHQ9O9DDKOK
Raw Aesthetic by Falls - HCUJGD4RGGKMQT2Q
Funky Fresh by The Night Driver - LCYVCJVBV2NCLOXL
Driving Solo by Ben Fox - Artlist
Be Free by Caleb Etheridge - LCPSAGMMS7QWEHJJ

00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Boring Daily Drivers
02:52 - My Daily Driver
03:36 - Where's the sweet spot?
05:17 - The perfect Daily Driver

[ralphzaragoza]

if you don’t look back at your car after parking it, then you bought the wrong car.

[dimitrijesudasan]

As a BRZ owner, I started crying when he said between 200 - 300hp

[simonclark]

This year, I made the jump from owning a couple beater subarus (and a spec b. that lost 3 engines) to owning a single, nice, fun car. I got a 2016 Volvo V60 T6 Polestar. It might be a boring Station wagon to most, but it has over 300 horsepower, is super comfortable and practical, is dead reliable, looks like nothing else on the road (in rebel blue) and brings a smile to my face everytime I take it out.
Love your videos as always, wishing you guys a great new year!

[AndrewDRoyappa]

I think it still comes down to the fact that many people (enthusiasts even) don't have the privilege of sacrificing efficiency, reliability, practicality etc for the sake of fun. When keeping your job depends on the reliability of your car, it's more than just sort of important and has to take priority over fun

[tannerjoust]

Driving is not really enjoyable in the city. Thanks to traffic, speeding cars, under the influence drivers, and random people that like to ride bikes in the middle of the road.

[BiglumpADV]

I think what a car means to you personally is far more of the key to it being the right one. I drive a Ford Mondeo estate with a 2.2 diesel. It's top spec and means I can chuck the family including kids in and road trip around in comfort. Doesn't matter what the car is, it's the memories that stay with you..

[jayryia]

Let's be fair:

The majorty of people do not think about "fun" when they have to get up 4 or 5am to brave traffic, weather (like that blizzard last) and other situations when the main goal is getting to and from work. That takes priority over a weekend/holiday to enjoy the fun aspect. People just want something in their affordability bracket and something with creature features that make the commutes comfortable. Very few can think of fun when their focus is paying the bills and feeding the family.

[phinkss]

Coming from someone who drove a Camry for a year then finally bought a 2022 Wrx, YES. The daily has to be fun or you’ll regret it. I couldn’t do it anymore.

[douglaschoi]

been daily driving my STi for 7 years, and i still look back at it every time i park it 😍

[TheRyansLion]

Exactly why I love my 08’ Civic Si. I have a few suspension and power mods but it’s still relatively tame. Makes 220whp and it’s a joy to drive everyday especially in the canyons and I can still get 30mpg with Honda reliability. Also the stock interior and sound system is great for a civic from 14 years ago. It checks all the boxes here in this video except maybe loudness, it’s a little droney and might be annoying on cross country trips

[KZcheese]

I daily my near stock ND2 Miata and I love it. It’s comfortable, easy to drive, gets 35mpg combined, and makes grocery trips a blast.

[jredmartinz]

I can strongly relate this, I struggle with mental health and I can wholeheartedly say that my daily is the reason I'm still around. It gives me goals, challenges and most important moments of peace mixed in with fun

[alhuegayle]

I swear you guys edits, narration and videos are so perfect in every way. Real cinematography at it's finest here!!

[eliezergutierrez]

I think the same thing. I have a 08 Civic LX with an auto. Despite the auto I enjoy driving it thanks to the suspension changes I've done to it like coilovers and a beefy rear sway bar. It makes the car handle amazing while still allowing me to daily it and take family and friends in it without it being to boy racer or to boring to drive. Overall despite it being a base model or having the wrong engine or transmission in some peoples eyes it puts a smile on my face every time I drive it. Update (just got a 2019 Wrx base model with the 6spd manual, can't wait to take it to the trackand modify it a bit to be a good daily).

[ozzypawsborneprinceofbarkness]

The car I enjoyed driving the most was a ‘96 Subaru Outback that we put over 100k miles on before I cobbled together a turbo kit and put it on wrx suspension with wrx front seats. At 9psi it wasn’t super fast but it was crazy fun. It was also cosmetically quite rough but that meant I didn’t stress about it. I got T-boned in it at 276k miles. I miss that car years later😢

[catgirl_eva]

I bought a 2010 Honda Accord three years ago and haven't regretted it yet. Sure, my unassuming silver sedan may not look like much, but damn it, I love driving that car!

[AndorRadnai]

This video is almost every reason I have for loving my car put into one.
It may only be a humble Diesel V70 but every time I slip on my driving gloves and get behind the wheel I am reminded that it’s everything I could ask for in a car.
It’s safe, reliable and comfortable enough (despite the hard suspension) to not annoy me while driving, but at the same time it’s torquey and nimble enough (thanks to the hard suspension) for a stint on the neighbourhood mountain. Hell, I had two runs last week that brought tears to my eyes, they were so much fun.

But most importantly, it’s a manual. Every time I drove home from work, I had a certain few corners where I could feel like a Rallye driver and perfect my driving to a level where I might have exhausted all I can learn from the car, without actually doing damage to it. These little moments have turned driving home from a chore to something I would look forward to every day.

Because of all of these reasons I am never annoyed to get in the car and always excited to see what adventures I will get into with Apollo, my very dear V70.

[projectanmu]

i have a old, kinda beat up and moderatly modifyed civic i drive every day, and a well maintained mostly stock s2000, they both are fun to me, just in a very different way. The civic is so much fun cause i get to throw it around and dont have to worrie too much, while the s2000 is more serious and a car i wanna keep really clean, ofc i still drive the s2000 hard when i want to, its meant for that after all^^ happy new year guys and im looking foreward to more awesome content from on of the very best car channels on youtube <3

[jamesbateman]

Dude your videos just make people feel good and that's important in life. I daily a mk8 Fiesta ST and I love it every day. It's quick, nimble, and loves to be abused if I feel like it. When you daily a fun car you can throw your days frustrations or triumphs at it and enjoy the drive. Almost like it's an extension of your own body. Cheers to you, car people know exactly what you're saying.

[razorsharpbanana]

I've got 2 cars and although I absolutely love my "fun car" it has also given me the worst anxiety I've ever experienced. I now have a daily driver that doesn't give me that anxiety with a lot better mpg too. I think for the most part daily driving your fun car is ok but having to fix the only source of transportation you have puts a lot of weight on your shoulders.