One of the many beauties of The Autopian’s partnership with Galpin is that the huge dealership network gets loads of trade-ins, which I’m allowed to drive at my leisure to create content for you, dear readers.
Every single day I look forward to reading the list of cars that were traded, and now I’d like to share a few of those recent lists with you, dear Autopian Members, so you can help me choose what to drive.
If you haven’t watched Trade-In-Tuesday yet, here is the first batch of episodes, starting with the Dodge Nitro with a missing catalytic converter:
Then I drove the swanky BMW 8 Series:
This traded-in 2018 Toyota Mirai hydrogen car was quite an interesting experience:
And the latest episode featured the incredibly entertaining but janky Chrysler 300C, which overheated during a burnout:
A few things I’d like to ask you members:
- Which episode did you like best?
- How can we improve?
- Which cars on the following lists would you like me to drive next?
Try the Fusion Hybrid, it’s a used low key bargain ( at least mine was) then the BMW 2 series as a pallet cleanser
Model year comparisons might be fun.
Camry: 2007, 2010, 2020
Civic: 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023
F150: 2019, 2021
Accord: 2011, 2021
CR-V: 2016, 2022
Yes, some people may not care about a 2010 Camry, but in addition to discussion of model year changes, I would also find it interesting to get your take on similar cars from the early/late Infotainment eras. (Camry and Accord)
i’ve enjoyed all of these, but I think the Miraj the most, just because it was so different. I think the older cars are more interesting to see how they hold up. So there’s a 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche that could be interesting. A 10 year old Chevrolet Volt seems too much like your BMWi3 stuff, so I’d skip that. I think you could make an interesting article no matter what you pick, as long as it’s not still really new (which some of these tradeins seem to be only a year or 3 old).
Lots of boring crap on that list,but I would like to see either the Miata or Mazda 3,I love those.
Avalanche, Volt, Beetle or Miata. I love this series! Weirder, older, and jankier cars are the best. I’ve never watched the videos so honestly, I think you could save time and expense by eliminating them and just have text and pics. Not sure what video adds. I bet many are looking at this site when they’re supposed to be working or something and can’t watch videos with sound on anyhow.
the 300C was entertaining. Like it took all day to film due to the lugs n hooning.
Rigline, Audi Q, maybe a versus with the Tiguan and Atlas?