Mmmm, more like Eric Dolphy I think.

Damn right, Skipper.  Manual trannies all day in the Blue Midget.  And hopefully some sex.

Counterpoint to another post: driving should be much cheaper for poor people and much more expensive for rich people. We’ve taken it as read that poor people are more likely to be transit-dependent, which means they spend more of their lives transporting themselves rather than living their lives.

The spaceship in Futurama is a stick...

Corvettes are awesome. All of them. Even the shitty slow ones of the malaise era.

I find that the manual gearbox enthusiasts toxic af and it has put me off with the idea of driving one. I view cars as personal spaceships and when was the last time you saw the Millennium Falcon or the Enterprise with a manual gearbox?

Manufacturers need to stop the escalating horsepower and sporty/track-focused wars for any vehicle that is not a purposely built for the track.

I don’t even make $45k, and I have a Master’s degree.

Just picked up a 2003 Mazda B2300 (Ranger) 2.3L 4cyl w/ 5speed manual.

Outdoorsy Vancouver Island type (I can also smell patchouli - with a good deal of weed mixed in from my house), checking in with a Nice Price vote.

Visors that can be extended

Motorcycle importation is a future entry in this series! :D

OK, but bear with me... how about a JDM motorcycle? Maybe you need 400cc of bosozoku brattiness in your life?  

I was thinking the same thing.  Who cares about the year you were born, 16 years old is much better for your imagination.

You are just a kid. IIRC, the Bluesmobile was a 1974 Dodge. My middle child was born in 1974. I was born in 1946. Most of the cars produced as 1946 models in the US were just continuations of prewar models. If I had to choose a 1946 car, I would probably go with a Ford V8 convertible. Cars got a lot more interesting a…

AHIP...

I really really hate the concept of a car that has features that are only disabled because you didn’t pay to have them switched on. I know that it’s getting increasingly common among every manufacturer because it’s cheaper to put all the components for a feature into every car than to spec them differently, it…

And time, so much time. My nonworking time is for my wife and kids and occasionally other family members; when the PacHy picks up a nail in a tire I’m going to pay the money to get it done right the first time.

Agreed.

I can appreciate your comments about digital simulation of analog instruments. Part of the issue - I suspect - is the difference between passive (reflective) light sources as you get with analog instruments, and active light sources like screens.