It’s so precious when Republicans combine a lot of big scary words that don’t fit together in any coherent way to scare their rubes who have no idea what any of the words mean. The United States of America is finished.

Forget CR. Go to the forums for a specific model you are interested in. Go to a specialist shop for the brand you are thinking of and talk to the mechanic there. Take the car to them for an inspection.

Couldn’t you still use a grill vent to duct to a top-mount intercooler, provided there is enough clearance? And just the general movement of intercoolers away from the top and down to vertical positions.

My summer daily driver is a 1990 964 with 275,000 on the clock.  If you look closely, you can see stone chips and faded paint.

Even more impressive is how it stealth it looks when it’s folded in. I wouldn’t think it was anything other than the typical roll hoop.

My car is a ‘93 Honda, my wife dailies a ‘96 Toyota, and we keep an ‘03 Ford Focus around in case the other two have issues. But only the Ford ever breaks, of course.

My daily driver is a 1996 Honda Magna 750. If it's raining or otherwise treacherous, I drive a 1963 Ford F100.

You are braver than I! Riding on snow is a no-go for me.

He experienced waymo problems than expected.

Don’t do it!

I’ve found the mechanical stuff is relatively stout on modern cars the main pain points are the series of various modules all over the car that fail and need to be reprogrammed using manufacturer specific scan tools.

Yeah, that’s exactly my point. New, big, heavy cars are worse for the safety of everyone except the occupants.

You will die very quickly if you are in a little car and a 6000 or 7000 pound SUV or pick up decides to mate with you. I know from what I speak. I live in Florida. We must have seven or eight of those a month and that’s in a county most people think is civilized.

1000% agree. The transition from the Audi 4000 to the B5 chassis, or the 993 to the 996, or E36 to E46 all right at the end of the 90s marks the turning point when cars got safer, MUCH more reliable and  modern enough to not be easily obsoleted -- my car was built in 2000 and, with a small, easy DIY modification,…

Spoken like someone who doesn’t have to work on modern shitboxes.

You seem to have mistaken “modern car” with “gigantic SUV”.

Pretty sure most of the folks who comment here that 400+ hp is barely adequate couldn’t make a single WFO lap with an analog 400 hp car to save their lives.

I agree, some cars develop a personality over time and are a joy to drive but new cars make it feel like there’s a disconnect and lack any feedback from the road.

This is a car enthusiast site, right? Has the author of this article actually driven a lightweight car without any aides past the limit?

He’s right though. As cars become more like appliances, less and less soulful cars will exist.