I’m actually on a one man mission to change that perception. I even use my BMW’s turn single in grocery store parking lots and yell at people who don’t use their signals. 

Where do you live? I’ve lived in Portland for 5 years, and L.A. prior to that, and, despite driving sports cars, I think my last ticket was in 2002, and that was driving through Arizona. I have had a warning or two since then, to be fair.

Of course EVs are the future. I’m perfectly fine with the large majority driving them, and I’d imagine that my wife’s next car will be an EV. However, I have little interest in them from an enthusiast driving standpoint, so I hope that Jalopnik remains committed to talking about “old” ICE cars once full EV adoption…

I’m surprised anyone made it past the first one.

A Fiero with a dealer installed Ferrari body kit?  Sounds like Radwood gold to me.

That actually makes it seem kind of cool, in a serial killer kind of way.

Yes! Maybe we’ll soon be back to SUV and auto-transmission hate around here, as the great Jalopnik gods intended.

Yeah, they kind of fucked my dad on his pension, so he’s ok with it. lol

Yeah, when I was looking for a modern car a few years back, I referenced this article, and decided on a BMW E82, which BMW was trying to promote as the second coming of the 2002. I’d much rather have a fast, agile little two door over a behemoth muscle car...despite my dad working for GM for 30 years!

I’ve not driven one, and I’m not sure I’d even fit in one, but, based on paper and in pics, the Evora is the one I’d pick in this price range.  So cool. 

This is something that isn’t often talked about amongst my travel-obsessed liberal friends (I’m a liberal, too, fwiw.) Airplanes are a major polluter, and, IIRC from an article a while back from NPR, flying from NY to Australia and back would be the environmental equivalent of driving something like 10,000 miles in…

This question reminds me of the classic David E. Davis Jr. review of the BMW 2002, in terms of what not to buy  

Ah, yeah I forgot about the intercooler difference with the B58. I have an N55 car with an aftermarket charge pipe and intercooler.

My guess is it’ll be fine. BMW things like charge pipes and OFHGs usually don’t start popping until 40k miles. 

agreed.

I removed the black parts in mine.  This overwrought car needs to keep it simple, and I think this helps.

It’s true though. I find it hilarious to wax-poetic about a super car “throwback” that doesn’t have a manual.   

Yeah, the ‘80s 962 is also up there for me, although I guess it’s not so much beautiful as it is simply cool: