That’s false equivalence. Drunk driving can be prevented by simply not drinking if you’re going to drive. With every new headline the vaccines are less effective at preventing transmission. I took the vaccine back when it was actually supposed to work, even though I already had superior natural immunity from having…

Fixed.

What about that movie where they sexualized a bunch of 11-year-olds? I heard about that one. 

Yes. http://blog.streetsideauto.com/car-enthusiasts/old-cars-are-better/

Since you’re asking... They both look like pressed garbage.

*Reads headline* Good.

My dad had that calculator.

It doesn’t. The Prius didn’t change that much. You did.

I see a classic sports car revival with exhaust pipes, I click.

No,  but we can blame the drivers. People need to take responsibility for their own actions and quit trying to make excuses about how “Everyone else is doing it.”

I see your point, though I would say that “styling” involves more than just a grille. Pull the grilles and badges, and every crossover looks pretty much the same. Maybe there’s more emphasis on one or two styling choices, but it seems like overall car design is pretty much all dictated by aero and safety.

And they’ve been right.

You’ve hit it. For us, it’s not about what a car does, it’s about how a car feels while doing it. The emotional aspect has stagnated.

I’m curious about your examples. This is the most function-over-form period since the Brass Era.

This is all true from a logic standpoint, but the emotional appeal of cars has steeply diminished. Beauty, sound, feel, and general driving experience have all gone out the window. This is where cars have stagnated. 

This is all good data, but data doesn’t measure what we mean when we say that cars are stagnating. I mean, on paper, everything’s better. Even maintaining the same MPG after adding all that weight is an achievement.

But there is an emotional stagnation that’s hard to deny. We have trouble caring about these heavy,…

Either racing driver or the guy who only sprays one side of your car down at the automatic car wash. Either would be fine, really.

Oh, I thought each wheel was going to be chain driven and individually suspended on a longitudinal swing arm.

Huh. “In the bin” didn’t make the cut. What a surprise.