{"id":256,"date":"2024-01-09T17:40:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T17:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tulon.cz\/blog\/?p=256"},"modified":"2024-01-09T17:40:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T17:40:26","slug":"what-car-do-i-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tulon.cz\/blog\/what-car-do-i-have\/","title":{"rendered":"What car do I have?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>First, ask me what engine. Because that&#8217;s the foundation of my choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The engine is <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>petrol ICE,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>indirect injection,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>naturally-aspirated,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>without EGR and GPF,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>coupled with manual transmission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Then ask me about the dashboard, assistants and digital systems, almost equally important:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>No damn dumb ADAS interfering with my driving, dangerously steering into wrong imaginary lane or dangerously panic braking because misreading the road ahead. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just the Electronic Brakeforce Distribution ABS, which actually helps me do what I want much like fighter jet&#8217;s FBW. And the ASR can be deactivated with a push of dedicated button.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amber-orange monochromatic backlight, scientifically best for eyes and nightvision and also cozy like a fireplace.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Real &#8220;steam&#8221; gauges with unrivaled contrast and 3D compared to digitally drawn dashboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monochromatic LCD (no damn blue light backlight scatter.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No telemetry to infringe on my privacy and report on me to some Orwellian Big Brother &#8211; like <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1522309\/how-chinas-electric-car-surveillance-system-works\">the awful Chinese telemetrics<\/a> system which tracks all cars GPS position in real time and can shut down cars remotely.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No network remote access for hackers or unwanted manufacturer&#8217;s updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This alone determined my choices &#8211; I wouldn&#8217;t want to own a bastardized car with telemetry (much less remote shutdown\/control!), EGR\/GPF or digital dashboard with white\/blue backlight, and I would always chose naturally-aspirated indirect injection petrol ICE if I had the choice simply for reliability, self-cleaning and system complexity reasons. But now the goodies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Multilink suspension at the rear axles for above-average handling during cornering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reinforced doubled A and B pillars, magnesium reinforced bar protecting the crew compartment, high-tensile strength steel reinforcements, Saab safety steering column, NCAP 5* driver rating and 4* child occupant rating<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Curtain airbags and even driver knee airbag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vastly superior rust protection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Italian design by Giorgetto Giugiaro himself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What is it, then? Well sorry to let down your expectations &#8211; it&#8217;s a D-segment Large Family Car, a station wagon. Only the best engineered, designed and styled I found available in the 2020s (besides the BMW E39s now decomposing on the rust pile and beautiful american sedans of the 2000&#8217;s.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fiat Nuova Croma. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best Large Family Car Fiat has ever engineered (not necessarily built), featuring the GM Z18XER engine. I&#8217;ve waited 16 months to get such one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being a stationwagon, I enjoy every ride and sweep country road curves while double-clutching downshifting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love this machine. I&#8217;ve had one already (a temporary diesel which ended the way diesels do) and I wouldn&#8217;t want a different, unless maybe Subaru Levorg or some other nice new car was stripped of all telemetrics, networking and all ability to interfere with steering or braking by ADAS, ISA and such.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, ask me what engine. 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