Best Modern Car Features You Should Have For Safety, Reliability & Satisfaction

An LCD panel neatly integrated into the dashboard is hard to find. Most of them look like a last-minute, stuck-on afterthought. 😞 Keep up the great work, Shari.

I definitely have to disagree with you on one of your “must haves”, and that’s ANY vehicle with a CVT !!!
Absolutely AVOID any vehicle with a CVT !!!
The MOST unreliable transmission you can have in a vehicle !!

Imfomedia. My 2018 Toyota camry se doesn't pair with my android phone, I can't get maps or utube. Is there a fix for this ???

Yes please. I'd love a dedicated video citing which cars have the best touchscreen functions. Thank you

Must Have ?
Tan or Brown Leather interior !
No more Fugly, Outdated, Old Gloomy Grey or Death Black.
My 23 TRD OR DC LB with the Premium and Technology pkgs came with the 1990 FUGLY Death Black Leather interior.
It get so dusty and shows everything, all the time and I absolutely HATE it.
I reached out to Katzkin and had them make me “Lava Red” Leather seat covers trimmed in black and black stitching.
After Katzkin removed the factory black leather seat covers and installed the new seat covers, I sold the black leather seat covers .
The Lava Red seat covers look Awesome with the custom 2 tone Barcelona Red metallic paint on my Tacoma. The White over Red looks Great, as does the Bronze wheels.
Our last pickup was Silver 🤮, so I had it 2 toned in Red metallic as well. The upholstery in our last pickup was grey and black, so I bought neoprene Red and black seat covers for it.
That pickup was a 1 of a kind as well. I enjoy making my pickups a 1 of a kind and I LOVE RED.

Shari - excellent video. Thanks for going over the different engine and transmission types. More of these in the future! Also, when you talk about advantageous features, please also provide the names of the vehicles brands that carry them (alternately, those that don't). And thanks for the time stamps! Edit: I just caught the end of the video where you say youre going to go over the brands - great! Look fwd to it.

rear wheel drive , a true low range, no Electric parking brake

Would be great to have that video on best infotainment systems

According to the Car Care Nut, any tiny bump on the rear bumper especially on the side of the bumper may cause Blind Spot Monitoring/Rear Cross Traffic Alert sensor to mis-align and required re-calibration by a dealer.

Thanks for an informative video.

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Imagine paying monthly for a feature already existing physically and paid for within your already expensive vehicle
Straight out of the Video game industry and should never be acceptable

Hello Sir, I like your topics. It's very interesting and educational. Keep us updated! Thank you very much, Agnes from Florida!

Great video. Yes I'd like to see a best and worst of touch screen

I hate the new cruise control. And lane assist sucks.

Boring cars.

All this safety stuff, yet more car accidents than ever. Worthless gadgets.

A review of touchscreens would be appreciated

Your sponsor OMVIC is USELESS.

Yes...show us best and worst info screens.

One thing I would add to any list of features to help with longevity of a gasoline engine is to avoid "direct injection" fuel systems. Direct injection directs the fuel/air mixture directly into the combustion chamber. This feature comes from racing and improves performance, however, it also causes major carbon build up on the valves. This doesn't occur with port injection engines because the fuel air mixture passed over the valves and the fuel acts as a solvent keeping the valve surfaces clean. There are some engines that now have a combination of both in the same engine, (I think Toyota does this) which is also a good solution. But if you have a engine that has direct injection, you absolutely will have carbon build up issues that are difficult to fix.

If these features actually prevent accidents, why are my insurance premiums on a 2024 car FOUR TIMES the premiums on a 2003 car without any of the gimmicks?

Extremely helpful!!! Thanks!

Yes, make the next video about the best touchscreen and infotaiment

Nice video as usual.. You mentioned great features to be looked at when buying a new vehicle. You missed one great feature which find it very useful. This is adaptive cruise control. My daughter’s CX5 has adaptive cruise control and it is really good. You set the distance between your car and vehicle ahead and set the speed, rest it takes care of..

I think he’s essentially saying to keep all the good features we already have without reinventing anything unnecessary

How about adaptive cruise control, lane centering/keeping assist?

best feature you should get in any car, a MUST.....Reliability....where is that add on?

Good advice, especially your comments on all wheel drive vs just getting a set of winter tires and wheels. My 2008 Toyota 4Runner with RWD is able to deal with the harshest of Iowa winters without any problems at all.

Hi, make a video on NA engine reliable cars.

Must have for me is REAL PHYSICAL BUTTONS

Stability control, back up camera and Anti-lock brakes are the only safety items needed IMO. Anything else is just a security blanket for cel phone users. The touch screen controls are IMO a huge distraction and safety concern. The added cost of these items raise the price of cars at MSRP and over the long term with added maintenance expense. Technology is no guarantee of progress.

1. Gasoline engine.
2. Driver center-focused speedometer.

It would have been great if you had given examples of cars as you list features. Like "it's best to have blah blah blah in your car and some example cars having blah blah are X,Y,Z etc."

Is the Corolla cross a good reliable vehicle?

Start by calling out all companies that want a fee for remote start ( I'm looking at you Toyota )

The must have features your next car must have, is most definitely NOT what someone says

I can't believe that omvic funds this brutal brainwashing propaganda bs

You're God send my friends. Thank you sir!

Love having AWD, lots of hills in my area, and I have 2 to get up to get home, depending on which direction I’m going.

If you're putting out a video about features drivers don't need, pls include huge glass sun/moon roof and frameless door windows. They are a real pain if they malfunction. A leaking roof/frameless side window is a big headache. And possibly pricey repairs too.

Living in the Mountain West, two things l NEED regularly is an Altimeter and a Compass. And my 2020 Civic EX doesn't have either! Aaarrrggghhh!

Good video. Hope manufacturers are listening

Thank you for this excellent video! Very good advice!
It would be great if you could create a video, which would rank (based on the features you described in this video and maybe other features/parameters that you consider important) 2024-2025 7-8 seaters SUVs WITH naturally aspirated engines.

I have made it over 60 years without any of that stuff. I'll take my chances.

Irrelevant video !! Thanks for wasting my time

Very usefull! You're getting more efficient.

Blind spot monitoring does not work 100% all the time. 😅. What a way to find out when it fails ☠️☠️☠️ IMHO blind spot camera is better because when it fails, u know it fails

Totally agree