These Are The Worst Things About Your Cars

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2021 Mazda 6. Only complaint is that it isn’t a manual.

No complaints about the adaptive cruise that is any different from any other cars I have driven with it (can be switched to regular cruise control by holding down the cruise control button for a few seconds). No complaints about BSM that is any different from any other cars I have driven. I am fine with the infotainment…I could take a slightly quicker connection to Sirius/XM, but that is all. Rain-sensing wipers sometimes flip out in some rain conditions, but not often and easily remedied by turning off and back on.

One slight other quibble. In sweeping turns, as the car starts to roll it does something a little weird. There is a sudden, but not necessarily unwelcome, addition of some oversteer (really just less understeer). It’s not the less understeer that I don’t like, it’s the abruptness/unpredictability. Feels like this is in the stability control, though I guess I can’t rule out suspension geometry. I think it would be more progressive/predictable if this was dialed into the suspension, plus most multilinks reduce oversteer as a car rolls, so probably a stability control effect.

As much as I’d love to have three pedals available in every single vehicle (I’m looking at you, Chrysler Pacifica), the market just won’t let it happen. Too many people are too happy with their more convenient automatic gearboxes, and manufacturers don’t like to spend lots of money on small market niches like us.

Submitted by: iblameRichardScarry