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

[@ashleylitebrite6971]

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

[@pookatim]

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.

[@anonymoususer5541]

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.

[@admcmahon2]

He is very thorough.

[@treesnmoguls]

No problem! I want to save the environment NO MATTER WHAT THE COST (end sarcasm)!

[@LarryHopper]

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.

[@carhelpcorner]

Thank you!

[@billyrock8305]

Brakes! 😊 Full size spare is mandatory. 🛞

[@carhelpcorner]

Just read that over 50% of new vehicles made no longer come with a spare tire. 😥

[@billyrock8305]

@@carhelpcorner I know! Brutal! 😢

[@josejavierp]

​@@carhelpcornerThat's true. I got a Mitsubishi outlander 2023 without a spare tire. Got a difficult to repair flat tire. I was impressed how good the tire repair can worked. I was able to continue my commute home and replace the tire 1 week ago. Without a spare tire you are removing car weight and saving gas

[@lennygarrison6836]

@@josejavierpa tire repair kit does absolutely nothing for a blown out tire. Tire repair kits also do very little to nothing, for major sidewall damage. Tire repair kits are not a sufficient substitute for a spare tire.

[@josejavierp]

​@@lennygarrison6836well, I will always prefer a spare tire. Always. But that was my experience with a flat tire. At the beginning was skeptical about if the kit will work, but it worked pretty good for 2 weeks. As I said, that was my experience. I used the foam repair kit that uses a air compressor supplied by the vehicle.

[@matthewrenshaw]

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.

[@carhelpcorner]

No problem thanks for watching!

[@prabhjotgill4782]

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..

[@BrianPetersen-l2w]

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.

[@kevinc7756]

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

[@AZtrinity888]

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.

[@katharinet213]

Extremely helpful!!! Thanks!

[@myline789]

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

[@stevekone1989]

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.

[@ExpertYouTubeCommentator]

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

[@susanmeredith4957]

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.

[@badmaus]

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

[@Bytesplice]

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

[@Serenezhu1995]

Very usefull! You're getting more efficient.

[@hphillips7425]

Good video. Hope manufacturers are listening

[@oudomkeo]

Totally agree

[@eeshan4494]

Would be great to have that video on best infotainment systems

[@mohammedalgheryafi7784]

Thanks for an informative video.

[@zhenyuzhang9486]

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

[@e.fonseca7822]

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

[@islanddon865]

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!

[@andreabrown797]

Is the Corolla cross a good reliable vehicle?

[@altamashkhan3833]

Hi, make a video on NA engine reliable cars.

[@Charlay_Charlay]

yo adding a subscription fee in a car is wild!

[@jamesstuart3346]

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?

[@oleglishchenko4922]

This is hard to believe unless you had a couple of at fault accidents. Or maybe your new car is on a high theft list? My insurance obviously went up in 10 years but just about 50%. But I changed my insurance company after 2-3 years. Otherwise they get greedy and gouge you.

[@jdmather5755]

Could it be because the 2024 car would cost the insurance company 40 times the cost of the 2003 car in the case of a total loss accident?

[@jamesstuart3346]

@@jdmather5755 Sure, but shouldn't all the safety features in the new vehicle mean it won't get into as many total-loss accidents? I think what's happening is from an insurance point of view, the cost of repairing all the safety equipment is far outweighing the savings from fewer accidents. Ironically that means drivers get financially punished for driving safer cars

[@mkshffr4936]

Probably for the same reason that "improved" kitchen technology has lead to more poor home cooking.😇

[@fp2687]

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 ???

[@carhelpcorner]

Unfortunately, the Camry's touchscreen didn't have Apple Carplay or Android Auto capability back in 2018. To my knowledge, there is no retroactive update available for this.

[@fcex558]

You shouldn’t be watching KZbin while driving

[@nirmal6632]

Never said wants to watch KZbin while driving..

[@WanderlusttheWorld]

Must have for me is REAL PHYSICAL BUTTONS

[@messitheking1577]

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."

[@Raider19582]

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

[@lorimcquinn3966]

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.

[@mkshffr4936]

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

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

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

[@pragsmo916]

Curious, what is bad about an ebrake ?

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

@@pragsmo916 dead battery how to disengage it?

[@dkrawk8309]

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

[@daviddinata5256]

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

[@janjachymiak9013]

👍

[@Realrad84]

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

[@Doc1855]

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.

[@BADMAN121able]

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

[@joeybishop7604]

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 !!

[@carhelpcorner]

I specifically said "hybrid E-CVT" because these are one of the most reliable transmission types available now. They have a very simple planetary gear set design and failures are almost unheard of.

[@magnoliap5824]

So this includes Subaru and Toyota?

[@joeybishop7604]

@@carhelpcorner no CVT is “reliable”.

[@Clearlyanormaperson]

Enphasises on Worst modern car features that can kill you

[@jdmather5755]

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

[@rp1666]

Notice in the blind spot monitoring animation that you can see the side of the subject vehicle from the side view mirror. Most drivers place their mirrors this way which is 100% wrong. Many great KZbin videos show how to properly place your rear and side view mirrors to eliminate blind spots. If you can see the side of your car from your side view mirrors, they are pointed too far inwards. Technologies like this and other potentially dangerous features (because people rely on them too much), like adaptive cruise control are for people who shouldn't be on the road in the first place.

[@Mo.Jo.]

Your sponsor OMVIC is USELESS.

[@timhanson2080]

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

[@ravit3010]

Irrelevant video !! Thanks for wasting my time

[@MrDao92]

Boring cars.

[@MrKikoboy]

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