That’s more or less the summary of J.D. Power’s 2023 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS), which highlighted quality declines in eight out of nine key categories. Driving…

  • jennwiththesea@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is why I think I’ll stick with Subaru for a while yet. The important knobs are still manual! Heat, volume, etc. I don’t want to be fiddling with a touch screen while driving down the freeway.

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      1 year ago

      Had a 90s Honda, was awesome. Had a 00s Subaru, was awesome except on fuel consumption and power. Have a late 10s Honda. Is awesome on power and fuel consumption. And has important buttons for the most part. One button for AC unless it’s specifically changing parts. Will probably be a plugin hybrid next, depending on when Subaru release one, if ever.

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      1 year ago

      What’s sad, transitioning from hardware knobs did no service to the drivers. Except the price but that has been going upwards, too.