My best guess is that the recipient knows what a shift pattern is supposed to look like but didn’t double check the numbers the artist drew before approving it.

Pontiac LeMans, I saw it in a parade as a child and didn’t get over it for years.

I think the convo is straying from “most car-like” but for my money it’s got to be either the first gen Datsun Z cars or the DeTomaso Pantera. The black covering withthe the main gauges right up front and all others just a glance to the right seems to be done just right by these two.

Yes it will, but you’re not wrong about the sci-fi element. The robot woman voice in my 280zx was my... third favorite thing about that car

As well as the DeTomaso Pantera