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I want a K-car from Japan very badly.
My first vehicle back in 1997 was a 1984 Mazda B2000 pickup truck. Four-speed manual. Floor it and..... well...... the engine gets slightly louder^[I used to say you could get out and push for better accelleration.]. heh. But I loved it.
As a below-knee amputee, having to drive a stick would be annoying these days, but my Elantras have tiptronic or whateve it is that allows me to manually go up and down gears. I don't drive using it all the time, but I love driving with it a lot.
We really do need more small vehicles in the US. But even more, we need a massive expansion of charging support, especially in public parking - like apartment complexes, for example. I'd love to have a relatively–short-range vehicle because I travel just a few miles three days per week to dialysis, so I don't need a whole lot of range^[Most people don't].