1996 Corvette C4, great year, great motor, and targa top. Which is just as good as a convertible. 

Why hasn’t anyone said E30 yet? German, fun, current classic, reliable, will last forever... pretty easy choice. 

I have the Abarth, drove an automatic as a joke... and yes it is terrible. Buy it in manual and you will not regret it, newer clutches are extremely light and very easy on the foot... so I would never say it is very taxing on your body although I am in my twenties. For a small fun car... if it must be automatic buy…

I have one as well, and it has been extremely reliable, I’ve owned plenty of different cars... C4 Corvette, Mini Cooper, BMW e30, cough cough Land Rover, Volvos, Jeeps, various other BMWs... I believe it is time to move past the Fix It Again Tony days. 

I have owned an Abarth for 2 years and 35,000 miles. Mine has been as reliable as any car, and rarely gives me issues. Fix it again tony, is an old stereotype for these cars, and a bad one, as they are just not as problematic as the 124s of the past. Avoid buying any modified turbo car, since they are adding more…

Aren’t Chinese car companies state owned? Also I believe China has been struggling with oil production, and their oil companies are also state run. So without third party conflicts involved in politics I would say they probably don’t have much in the ways of influence to keep them away from maximizing EV production.

What if... I drove down to Mexico, picked up an 2004 Beetle Ultima, drove back to New England and swapped the vin plate with that of some other Beetle... could I trick the DMV into letting me own a 2004 Beetle? 

totally blew it

Oh boy... At my University we had a car club, which I choose not to affiliate with but would run into from time to time. The reasoning for not wanting to join this club is that these car clubs are really just for showing off, everyone puts stickers across the front of their windshields impairing their views, and then p…

a good portion of Porsche owners would be paying someone else to do their brake pads.  

I am with you on this, I would however enjoy seeing some multi-air hybrids! These standards are easily achievable and I would imagine that manufactures will at some point focus solely on fully electric and hybrid platforms.   

David has it right, any of the 2500 Suburbans would get the job done. I’d go for a 2003+ for some more modern amenities, and slightly better fuel economy. 

$600 brake pad replacement is why... they are cheap used since they are expensive to maintain... 

I’d rather EPA regulations be tighter, since I enjoy fresh air, and American workers be paid fairly given they work full time. So paying someone $15/hour to make my car seems fair. In my mind increasing the cost of a product without that product truly being of higher value is price gouging. 

As mentioned, you could get away with specifics here. Saying you’d rather hear the rumble of your 427ci C2 than_______ would resonate well here. But saying you’d choose a split window for a rumble over a similarly styled 427 would not.

Would not buy a motorcycle for safety reasons, but would buy one of these to use for local drives less than 30-40 miles. I live 15 miles from work so it seems intelligible to me.

On an car enthusiast website everyone knows most cars, particularly those with a 427 engine in them. Most would also choose it over a 327 with windows you couldn’t see out of.

Or just change nothing and add incentives to produce locally. Like I said above, which would then force those overseas companies to produce an even cheaper product or just drop out entirely. 

then you have to consider when your turbo truly kicks in... the Abarth has limited boost until 3k rpm, so just for 30-70 drop it down to second and WOT. Build the boost for 40-80 in third and then WOT. 

unless you sell C4 Corvettes and offer Doug Nash 4+3 s to everyone as 7 speeds.