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Originally Posted by Sliver
I know the feeling your talking about. I had the same one in September driving my '05 towards the mountains, top down, sun starting to set, when my passenger reached over and took this photo.
As an aside, I can't believe that was just two months ago that I took this photo looking outside today.
I have a friend that talks about cars like you do. He loves old cars and I just see nothing but an unsafe, poor handling hassle when I look at them. He enjoys fixing constant breakdowns and smelling like exhaust. I prefer driving.
I think you're mistaken about vehicles increasing in price faster than the value of a dollar. Car & Driver laid this myth to rest a couple of issues ago when somebody made your exact point about VW GTIs and it turns out they're the exact same value today as they were when they came out 25 years ago. |
Don't get me wrong. The Superbee in question has eight feet of metal stretching out in front of it and I have remarked on several occasions that if we hit so much as a fencepost, that thing would probably come back and slice us in two.
I realize I have very little claim to this sort of philosophy; I'm 24 years old, and the Mustang from my childhood looks friggen terrible. And I'm not even saying that they shouldn't make muscle cars anymore. Just make them their own thing; don't ride the coattails of something that came out 50 years ago because you're out of ideas.
It's for this reason I don't dislike the Camaro nearly as much as some enthusiasts do. It may look like a sellout transformer car, but at least it looks like its own thing. And it's kinda badass, in its own way. These new Mustangs look like they're sacrificing yaks at an altar to try and bring Steve McQueen back to life.
Let me also say, I have no patience for fixing cars myself, or wrenching. So I'm aware that my entire viewpoint is simply that of 'judgy bitch'. I'm with you a hundred percent in that I'd rather be driving. My DD is an FR-S, and it's the only new car I've encountered (well and the BRZ) that
a) most people can reasonably afford
b) is so unabashedly concerned with only the driver
And while this car certainly takes its cues from pre-established automotive concepts, it doesn't look like a modernized interpretation of a specific vehicle. And it certainly doesn't look like the AE86.
I dunno. There's too much to complain about