if you don’t look back at your car after parking it, then you bought the wrong car.

As a BRZ owner, I started crying when he said between 200 - 300hp

This year, I made the jump from owning a couple beater subarus (and a spec b. that lost 3 engines) to owning a single, nice, fun car. I got a 2016 Volvo V60 T6 Polestar. It might be a boring Station wagon to most, but it has over 300 horsepower, is super comfortable and practical, is dead reliable, looks like nothing else on the road (in rebel blue) and brings a smile to my face everytime I take it out. Love your videos as always, wishing you guys a great new year!

I think it still comes down to the fact that many people (enthusiasts even) don't have the privilege of sacrificing efficiency, reliability, practicality etc for the sake of fun. When keeping your job depends on the reliability of your car, it's more than just sort of important and has to take priority over fun

I think what a car means to you personally is far more of the key to it being the right one. I drive a Ford Mondeo estate with a 2.2 diesel. It's top spec and means I can chuck the family including kids in and road trip around in comfort. Doesn't matter what the car is, it's the memories that stay with you..

Driving is not really enjoyable in the city. Thanks to traffic, speeding cars, under the influence drivers, and random people that like to ride bikes in the middle of the road.

Let's be fair: The majorty of people do not think about "fun" when they have to get up 4 or 5am to brave traffic, weather (like that blizzard last) and other situations when the main goal is getting to and from work. That takes priority over a weekend/holiday to enjoy the fun aspect. People just want something in their affordability bracket and something with creature features that make the commutes comfortable. Very few can think of fun when their focus is paying the bills and feeding the family.

Coming from someone who drove a Camry for a year then finally bought a 2022 Wrx, YES. The daily has to be fun or you’ll regret it. I couldn’t do it anymore.

been daily driving my STi for 7 years, and i still look back at it every time i park it 😍

I daily my near stock ND2 Miata and I love it. It’s comfortable, easy to drive, gets 35mpg combined, and makes grocery trips a blast.

I can strongly relate this, I struggle with mental health and I can wholeheartedly say that my daily is the reason I'm still around. It gives me goals, challenges and most important moments of peace mixed in with fun

Exactly why I love my 08’ Civic Si. I have a few suspension and power mods but it’s still relatively tame. Makes 220whp and it’s a joy to drive everyday especially in the canyons and I can still get 30mpg with Honda reliability. Also the stock interior and sound system is great for a civic from 14 years ago. It checks all the boxes here in this video except maybe loudness, it’s a little droney and might be annoying on cross country trips

I think the same thing. I have a 08 Civic LX with an auto. Despite the auto I enjoy driving it thanks to the suspension changes I've done to it like coilovers and a beefy rear sway bar. It makes the car handle amazing while still allowing me to daily it and take family and friends in it without it being to boy racer or to boring to drive. Overall despite it being a base model or having the wrong engine or transmission in some peoples eyes it puts a smile on my face every time I drive it. Update (just got a 2019 Wrx base model with the 6spd manual, can't wait to take it to the trackand modify it a bit to be a good daily).

This video is almost every reason I have for loving my car put into one. It may only be a humble Diesel V70 but every time I slip on my driving gloves and get behind the wheel I am reminded that it’s everything I could ask for in a car. It’s safe, reliable and comfortable enough (despite the hard suspension) to not annoy me while driving, but at the same time it’s torquey and nimble enough (thanks to the hard suspension) for a stint on the neighbourhood mountain. Hell, I had two runs last week that brought tears to my eyes, they were so much fun. But most importantly, it’s a manual. Every time I drove home from work, I had a certain few corners where I could feel like a Rallye driver and perfect my driving to a level where I might have exhausted all I can learn from the car, without actually doing damage to it. These little moments have turned driving home from a chore to something I would look forward to every day. Because of all of these reasons I am never annoyed to get in the car and always excited to see what adventures I will get into with Apollo, my very dear V70.

I drive a non turbo fiat 500 and even after all the modified cars I've had, this is still the one that makes me smile the most.

Daily Bone stock 2014 wrx hatch. Love it! Very Reliable!

The car I enjoyed driving the most was a ‘96 Subaru Outback that we put over 100k miles on before I cobbled together a turbo kit and put it on wrx suspension with wrx front seats. At 9psi it wasn’t super fast but it was crazy fun. It was also cosmetically quite rough but that meant I didn’t stress about it. I got T-boned in it at 276k miles. I miss that car years later😢

I bought a 2010 Honda Accord three years ago and haven't regretted it yet. Sure, my unassuming silver sedan may not look like much, but damn it, I love driving that car!

I have daily my F80 M3 for a year and absolutely loving it, a fast 4 door sportscar that you can daily but also rip it in the track at weekends but also being able to fit in your family without sacrificing practicality while also keeping a fairly low profile. The thing is truly a modern day Lancer Evolution, and that's coming from a former owner of an IV.

I swear you guys edits, narration and videos are so perfect in every way. Real cinematography at it's finest here!!

I own Dodge Challenger as a daily driver and it definitely hits the sweet spot for me. Interior space is really good, looks nice, comfortable and gets down when I need it to. Plus, nothing beats the sound of the exhaust going down an empty road. It truly is everything I could ask for as a daily driver.

I 100% agree. I drive a stage 2 mk7 gti on st xta coils and nice tires. Hits the sweet spot between reliable, quick, fun, practical, and comfortable

I totally agree!! Life is too short to drive boring cars!! A buddy of mine daily drives a 997 Turbo during the week a 997.2 GT3RS. He bought them new and to this day those are his two cars.

As an 19 year old I love my 60hp ford fiesta. The suspension feels good, I can throw it around in corners without losing grip on the front tires, drive it normally in a traffic jam, take it to school or on a few hour long trip. Fuel consumption is decent, while I won't win a drag race it drives comfortably at 80mph. Ehat I'm trying to say is that my "boring car" is a really fun car

I've got 2 cars and although I absolutely love my "fun car" it has also given me the worst anxiety I've ever experienced. I now have a daily driver that doesn't give me that anxiety with a lot better mpg too. I think for the most part daily driving your fun car is ok but having to fix the only source of transportation you have puts a lot of weight on your shoulders.

I’d say your beater Protegé is quite the fun daily driver. Manual and not too powerful. All the fun is had winding the engine out, going through the gears, and being carefree about dings and dents.

Veloster N. Perfect fun car daily and ONLY car. It can do massive Costco hauls. It can do light ikea hauls. It can get great gas mileage. It’s got decent power for a daily- deceptively quick. It handles insanely well and uses adaptive-adjustable dampers that work for smooth and harsh roads. It’s even possible to two person car camp with the car over almost 2 weeks, my wife and I did that over 3300 miles and down the PCH. Maintenance so far has been cheap. 64,000 miles in and mine has been absolutely no headaches like expected from a good car.

Based off your points my 2019 Honda Odyssey is the perfect daily! With it's near 300hp VTEC J35, great handling, tons of storage, comfortable, efficient, common Honda reliability, 5+ star safety, sounds great with an exhaust (crackles on stock tune btw), fair market price and for sure makes me smile 😅

I'm thankful I drive a great daily that covers many of your points. An F56 MINI JCW with some choice options. Love it.

This video makes me appreciate my 07 Mustang GT even more as a daily. For me, it hits every note on this list. Plus it’s fun on road courses and I run 11’s on the strip so I have no complaints lol

Subi gang 💪 grocery getter, kid duties, holiday trips, sunroof, AWD, turbo, track car by night. Can't ask for more.😎

i have a old, kinda beat up and moderatly modifyed civic i drive every day, and a well maintained mostly stock s2000, they both are fun to me, just in a very different way. The civic is so much fun cause i get to throw it around and dont have to worrie too much, while the s2000 is more serious and a car i wanna keep really clean, ofc i still drive the s2000 hard when i want to, its meant for that after all^^ happy new year guys and im looking foreward to more awesome content from on of the very best car channels on youtube

STi hatchback is a sick daily for me 😎

My 2014 Veloster turbo was an amazing daily driver. It was so fun but super practical too. It has crazy amounts of cargo space, a great sound system, and just the right amount of power for fun.

Dude your videos just make people feel good and that's important in life. I daily a mk8 Fiesta ST and I love it every day. It's quick, nimble, and loves to be abused if I feel like it. When you daily a fun car you can throw your days frustrations or triumphs at it and enjoy the drive. Almost like it's an extension of your own body. Cheers to you, car people know exactly what you're saying.

7 years with my 06 Subaru Legacy GT. Love staring at it, especially after a wash. The 5 speed manual, and 350whp with mods, makes it fun. But the comfortable heated leather seats, sun roof, power everything, navigation, make it mature. It's like an STi that finished college, and stopped going to frat parties, but still enjoys some good beer on weekends every once in a while. :D

Going with the Luke Honda Jazz vibe, I have a "top spec" 2009 Mazda 3, and I love it. It has a smile on it's face for god sake! =D Yes, it only has 120 bhp, but you can use all of it. It looks good, has a nice level of creature comforts, drives well on back roads, super practical, super reliable and with 50mpg on motorways, it's not to bad on the eco front either, not to mention servicing it is pretty good too! One day I'd like to mod it a little bit, like with wheels and get the really subtle body kit later models had, but can't bring myself to do it...

This is why i love this channel so much. They are honest with everything they say. ❤

The sweet spot for a fun daily with workable practicality is a hot hatch (focus ST, golf GTI). If you don’t like hatchbacks then get a wrx, civic si, Elantra N. Basically any turbo 4 making 200+ hp is fun enough on a daily commute, while also being practical enough to justify owning.

My 2006 lexus RX 400h with 220k miles on it puts a smile on my face because it has been extremely reliable and I drove it from Boston to the Grand Canyon and back without a single issue. I have taken it so many places and made so many memories.

I daily my 65k miles RSX type S, life is too short to putt around in a 07 Camry 😊

Adding my 2006 honda civic onto my insurance with my wrx actually lowered my over all insurance price😤

My favorite car channel. Always down to a point!

love my 2023 brz it’s a great looking car with enough hp and looks to make it a great daily driver

I daily drove my fun car, a 2006 Mazdaspeed 6 for many years, over my 10 years and 200,000 miles I personally put on it (now at 262k) It still puts a smile on my face but I needed something a bit more practical for my mobile DJ business so I did the right thing and bought a Toyota Highlander SUV and it was comfy and reliable it was b.o.r.i.n.g , after that got totaled by a Deer I went out and bought my Fun daily, a 2014 Ford Flex Ecoboost, and folks joke on the ole breadbox until they ride with me and I pin them to the seat. now I have my Fun Daily and Fun used to be daily.

This is a good video!! I have 4 vehicles and I enjoy each one of them for different reasons. all of them run except for one that I'm working on the motor now to put it in the car soon! I love to drive so I've gotta be able enjoy everything that I drive!!

Nice!!! What a nice video! I needed this, this week.

Such a great video, ever since I started driving this is what I've lived by

Preach brother Ben preach!🙌

Sorry, but I think it's absolutely worth the extra expense of a cheapass beater, to have as a backup for when your fun car inevitably has an issue, but you've gotta get to work still. It also helps to keep salt off your baby, if you live in cold climates.

The Honda Civic Si and Toyota GR86/Subaru BRZ are great 1 fun, 2 cheap, and 3 comfortable cars.

This makes me love more my only car. Its fun enough for me and gives me a smiley face everytime I drive it. Thank you for this!

I daily drive a ND red miata soft top 😂 the amount of looks i get stuffing groceries is great !!!!

My whipple truck has been my favorite daily driver so far. Multiple road trips, towing, racing, etc 🤘🏼

I love it. My 06 Forester XT was the fun daily for me. Enough room for the kids, cheap, yet fast enough to get yelps of excitement from the kids and me.

This makes me smile even more looking at my black 07 wrx

Best daily would be something like my civic. Decent power to bolt around town also reasonably modified to the point where anything else could make it a track only car. With a manual option it can be ideally one of the best enthusiasts daily drivers with the right mods to offset it. Although there's also the si and type R which are literally the enthusiasts picks for a fun daily

My Mk7 Golf R seems to hit all 10 of your points. (even reliability, knock on wood). That being said, I think amount of use and type of use both change the equation. My 3-5 hour trip once a week on 95 isn't going to be fun regardless of the car you're in. A 1-mile drive to the metro stop doesn't necessarily need the same comfort as something you're driving 100k miles/year in. My convertible JCW Mini was an absolute blast to daily in San Diego, but I sold it a year after moving to DC cause the roads sucked and I never got a chance to put the top down. Also, after getting hit head-on by a half-ton pickup driving on the wrong side of the road and walking away from it without injury, I will say modern car safety is a HUGE must-have for me.

I really enjoy this genre of G&G video - the thoughtful essay read as a voiceover to a montage of prior G&G footage. It’s thought provoking and nostalgic. Nice job.

This video is awesome and hit the nail on the head!!! I daily drive a stock C43 with the performance exhaust, it's not the fastest nor the loudest and not exotic where I live, but oh boy, when I get into that car I grin from ear to ear! It's an absolute blast driving it, the car covers all the points mentioned in the video, probably subjective but I love it and had no reliability concerns! I went through a rough patch a while back but having that car, and knowing that I can daily a C43 (I wanted this car for so long!) really does make a massive difference! :) I hope everyone reading this is able to find and purchase their desired car that brings them massive happiness and a splendid driving feel and experience!! :)

I’ve never daily driven anything but a fun car. My current car is a 2010 Evo that is nearly bone stock for now but it’s still a lot of fun, reliable, practical, and you don’t see too many where I’m from. Jack of all trades.

I bought a 2020 Lotus Evora GT as my daily in Feb 2021 with only 1100 on the odo. It now has 53K miles as of this comment.

"Long day, Job that you hate, and you have that fun car waiting for you at the parking lot" yep.. definitely sounds me, cheers!

Watching this even the last day of the year

I dailyed my project car from high school to college. It's hard when you can't afford to have the car down, passing on engine mods and choosing suspension and other mods because you only have weekends to install them is a very common feeling. Going from installing standalone, poly bushings, and two engine swaps in a year have been very draining. That's what drove me to buy my cheap project daily (LS Teg) so I can finally stop dailying the race car. Bringing my laptop for retuning, checking all the fluids constantly, and I noticed that I worried more and more about it as I spent more money over time. Would I think it would've been easier with a seperate daily? Yeah. Would I do it all over again? Yeah.

I have a 2013 A4 which to me is a great compromise for a daily. It's fast enough very comfy with great audio has awd (almost a must in CO) 4drs and safe which is good for the kiddo with pretty good mpgs and reliability so far. The only thing is I've got the itch for more speed but modding your daily is a dangerous game haha

Great video. A smile is worth so much. I just picked up a 2016 focus st about 6 months ago. It was a pretty penny for me but I’d do it again. Every day after college and I walk up 5 flights of stairs to get to my car to drive home it’s the best 20 minute drive

that is like the best daily driver video I have ever seen

I've owned over 30 cars, many of them sports cars. S2000, WRX, civic SI, etc. Now I daily drive an Acura TL SH-AWD manual. Love the comfort , 4 doors, and decent power. Fun enough and reliable. The worst car I had was S2000 as a daily, spun it out too many times.

I daily drive a focus st that is almost full bolt on and tuned, at some point it’s getting a big turbo. I love this thing. In the warmer months I daily drive my ninja 650 and a back pack. I love this combo!

These are the VIDEOS THAT MADE ME SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL a very long time ago

The end it puts a smile on your face can’t wait to get up for work and leave work fun drive to and from

I've been trying to explain this to a few friends. They are all into having a nice car, but their dailies are boring as hell. Change it up!! Great video

Laguna Blue NA8 as my DD rn. While I see your points, this car kinda terrifies me on the road. It's well within my budget, it makes me smile, gas isn't *horrible* on it, but if it got into a wreck, because it's my dream car, I'd be devastated. Also, I think daily driving your special car takes some of the magic out of it. I think looking forward to your next car meet, or the weekend, or your next AutoX event is a great thing and keeps the special car magical and fun, not monotonous (Dealing with the shitty cup holders in the Miata, for example). Gotta find a balance. For me, once my buddy finds a car (He's driving my daily since his car blew up) I'll happily go back to daily driving my 02 Jetta with auto windows and heated seats. Or sell it to him and find me an old EG Civic for good gas mileage and reliability

Daily Driving my typeR for the last 3 years, and being able to have a little fun to and from work makes the day a whole lot better!

Could not have said this better. This is so true I have a beater car 99 outback 5speed and for some reason it puts just as big of a smile on my face as my Camaro

Never be afraid to put miles on your fun car. A wise person once said, not putting miles on your fun car is similar to not banging your girlfriend and saving her for someone else. That someone else is going to be thankful 😅 2020 mx5 with 66k KM all weather

I've owned a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and a Tesla Model 3 Performance (admittedly both unmodified). Both have had "harsh rides". And I wouldn't have it any other way - I love how performant they are when I have a chance to get on it.

Great video. Agree. Add "can be used 12m a year in your location" to the mix....

I’ve been building a dodge w150 4x4 truck with a 5.7 hemi swap. I love coming home after work and just driving it. I drive for a living and it’s so much fun to jump in and drive RVN if it’s not the most comfortable or the most practical. It’s that X factor. I smile every time

Yes Ben, but not everyone has 65Gs laying around to build a fun car😂

My daily sees light track use. So my Cobb sway bars are on the soft setting until track day. Same with brake pads, I put on EBC pads for the track and go back to street pads after. Coilovers also readjusted. It’s all the aero and keeping setting for the track on the street that causes problems. If you can build modularly and make full use of the settings ranges of aftermarket parts it’s a lot better.

I used to have a 94 geo metro with a 3 cylinder engine, 5 speed, no AC, power steering, or airbags from the factory. It only had around 50 horsepower, but I loved that car. It got about 45 mpg and got me where I needed to be with no issues. It also made my project car feel so much faster. R.I.P. metro.

This is such a true and great video! Love it!! Makes me really appreciate my slightly modded 2018 Golf R 6spd MT. It's fun, practical, comfortable, quick and handles the white stuff well as it's AWD!

Happy new year Gears and Gasoline All the way from Australia!

If you can drive more and spending less time in the shop(modifying) its a win.

That is a well thought out list. I daily drove several muscle cars but my 1973 Trans Am with an after market clutch made me rethink that. I think I could happily daily drive my BRZ though.

I daily my lifted WRX hatchback. It has been my daily for almost nine years now. It's practical, has enough horsepower, it's comfortable (I put in nice BRZ seats, still heated), does well in adverse weather and with the larger tires and AWD, is reliable enough, and most of all it's fun! I couldn't imagine driving an appliance to work everyday. I like having a little bit of fun.

Easy to say if you don't live in the rust belt where the roads are white from salt from Nov-Apr.

Amen Ben, bravo !

That's why I daily my 9-3. There is just something about Saab that puts a wide smile on my face every time I drive it, even if it's just to get groceries. They're quite cheep here in Europe, the engines are FANTASTIC for tuning (300hp on stock internals with just a bigger turbo, injectors and a new ECU map from a 2.0 is pretty damn good IMO), parts are relatively inexpensive (with some exceptions), It's pretty easy to work on, it's comfortable, it drives really well for a FWD car, it's practical enough for my needs and it's not bad on MPG. Driving a car you love every day is an amazing feeling, especially when you have these empty stretches of the road where you can have some "extra fun" on your daily commute. I'm saving up for a "rebuild" bc there's a long list of small things to fix that have accumulated from previous owners and the three years I've owned it. Things like minor dents, some scratches, some wires needing replacement, interior lights flickering, the booth button not working, whole timing set replacement and valve adjustment, some cracked vacuum hoses making the idle kinda bad, two power windows not working, etc. Lots of things that individually would be very cheap to fix but all together it'll probably cost me a fair bit. Once it's sorted out Imma start doing some actual mods like a nice set of coilovers, better brakes and a good bit more power (aiming for around 300hp).

Great freaking video and nothing but facts!

I used to own a beat up 97 camry and had the most fun in it because I can drive it hard and abuse the hell out of it without worries.

It's amazing to know that Ben also rides bikes too!

I still prefer having more than one car if it's financially possible. That way you can have one car that's just dedicated to being a fun car and it doesn't have to necessarily fit all the boxes that a daily driver should. While I still think your daily driver should be fun and enjoyable to drive, the two fit different purposes in my mind. I've gone the two car route for many years now, and absolutely prefer it over trying to find one car that's a do-it-all.

Reliability should be the number one the list for a someone looking to own just one car!

I daily drive an ND Miata in Colorado, I also race it during the summer, this last snow storm we got I was plowing all the neighborhood roads giggling as snow came over the hood, and in 4 months I will put race tires on it and compete, I go up into the mountains and explore every chance I get, the car gets muddy and packed with ice in the winter and dusty during the summer, but I love it it just comfortable enough with just enough room for me

These videos hit the spot everytime I swear

Completely agree to a degree. I daily two very different fun cars. 1. An '08 Mini Cooper making about 200hp. The N14 engine is a ticking time bomb, but I love driving the little bugger and it's great for the occasional autoX. I also have a '12 Jeep Wrangler that's almost scary on the freeway, but it's great around town and climbs over rocks the size of my Mini with ease.

One of the "beaters" that always make sense to have in addition to your daily/fun/every day car (if you can swing it), is a beater truck. Being able to toss anything in the back, haul things, and take it almost anywhere, are features you can't get with anything else