I get that in the modern luxury market it's all about badge cred, but I'm kinda sad to see vanish the idea of a Cadillac as a sort of "people's luxury car".

"Strap myself to the seat with some manner of... belt? I must say old chap, that is a most queer proposal indeed! Believe me my good man, to allay the risk of death would be to diminish the nobility of the sport. You would not wear a bulletproof vest to a duel, now would you?"

Yeah, but as I was trying to explain, it would mean giving up on the things I specifically love about this car. And the mileage isn't nearly bad enough to outweigh those subjective likes.

I dunno. I really love old Benz interiors (my dd is a 190 2.6), the simple, stark layout, everything analog and functional, the whole understated aesthetic inside and out. I really could care less about the power in my dd. It's smooth and makes enough power to comfortably glide through traffic - 160hp.

It's really not quantifiable, it's something you either "get" or don't. Do we really have to have this weird animosity between the "driving pleasure can be measured in numbers" and the "driving pleasure is a special je-ne-sais-quoi" crowd every single time classic cars are mentioned?

Well, best o' luck to ya, you certainly seem fearless enough!

Ha, that's pretty ingenious. You never think it could be, but there do exist some specific problems nobody on any forum has ever encountered and solved before... or rather, I know all about it - I've been trying to source spare parts for my Renault Fuego for ages and let me tell you, nobody here knows the first thing…

Looking at the front from a distance, you could mistake them for a late-80s Rabbit/Golf with a chopped roof if you squinted. It's really that small from the front.

Yeah, 429s rock. My first-hand (as in hands on the wheel) experience with old-school muscle is limited, but I have been able to badger people into letting me ride along - the 429 Cobra Jet impressed me a the most being among the few that happily let the driver spin it out to nearly 6000rpm (apparently a rev limiter…

Hell yeah, Fatstangs. The amazing thing about these is how low and slender these actually are in person. Certainly come off as smaller and more lithe than the current gen.

Second that. Saw a '71 or '72 (or possibly a '73 with nose surgery) Sportsroof the other day, was quite struck by how good it really looks in person. Pictures just don't do justice as to how low and downright slender it is compared to modern cars, despite this being the largest Mustang to date back then. The modern…

You're thinking in absolutes. Only a Sith... well, ya know. Keep in mind the standards of the time these cars were built.

Holy maccaroni! I get sweaty palms lining up this kind of maneuver in Forza, and I'm sitting in my La-Z-Boy and have a restart option one press of a button away, not barreling down a suddenly very tight circuit at 200+ mph.

That would be option a) for you then. I honestly (honestly) wasn't trying to make a big judgmental thing of this, but I do think that you can't have your cake and eat it too.

Jeez enough already, I realize I live in the backwoods! I think some folks around here still think spotting a bicyclist in the neighborhood merits a call to the House Un-American Activities committee...

Yup, seems that way. And here I was being all amazed by how genius this was (or rather would have been) and wondering how it was possible.

Yeah, rewatching it I realized I just saw that wrong.

I meant it as in the chain and gears being fixed to the rear fork. Haven't seen any bicycles that have it around here, but then again I don't exactly live in cycling central (rural GA near Athens, most people here tend to think of cycling something people had to do before the pickup truck was invented).

No I mean, you don't have to take off the chain. The whole chain/gear drive being fixed to the rear fork I mean (unless I totally saw that wrong).

Loving how easy it is to change a wheel on these bikes. Not having to remove the chain to remove the wheel seems like such a good idea, why don't regular bikes have it by now? Although I guess most of the time savings would be negated by the fact that the average hobby cyclist wouldn't want to keep a whole bunch of…