In all honesty, I actually do like riding the R46s when I take a long weekend trip to New York. They are my favorite SMEE train. I love that they have those seats that face forward or back so I don't have to twist my neck around to look out the window. Only the R46s & R68/As have seats that face perpendicular to the windows. I kinda like the retro style to the interiors, as they resemble some of the interiors on MBTA's older Orange line trains or WMATA's 1980s rolling stock. I like the color coded route indicators on the front(also found on R68/As & R62/As). I rode an R46 without pants during the No pants subway ride in January 2018 on the . I enjoyed riding the R46s on the with a few R179 trains when I stayed in the Rockaways last summer. I will likely miss them once they are gone. That said, I can relate to darkstar's situation when it comes to the R32s. I would let an R32 pass on the or just to wait to catch an R46, R160, or R179 on the IND 8th ave line. I was in no rush, just didn't care to ride an R32.