100% this. Ever since they took cassette players away as an option, Lexus is dead to me.

My first car was an ‘89 Beretta GT with a 5 speed stick, the 2.8l, so I fully understand the sentimental attachment. They weren’t bad, but they weren’t particularly good.

My mistake not mentioning Mazda. Good call.

I don’t think I’ve seen a Sunbird that clean outside of a Pontiac dealer circa 1991.

I love cassette tapes. Yes, the quality is usually meh (although it can be astoundingly good on really high-end tapes and equipment) but it’s just such a visceral experience. Nothing on a touchscreen will ever compare to that “ka-CHUNK” when you slide a tape into a car deck, or the hard-earned satisfaction of timing a…

Thank you Mazda for not putting that fugly Volgon face on this car.  Now, for us BEV drivers, please put about double the size of battery in it, so we don’t need a range extender to use this beyond a regional vehicle.

A: GET VACCINATED

B: Return to at least some level of a halfway “normal” life.

C: See my parents for the first time in 14 months

D: See friends whom I haven’t seen in a year

E: Don’t be terrified of going to the grocery store

F: Pull out my 1955 Mercury and drive all over the place

G: Take a solid, 2 week vacation, Ideally…

I know a few folks that have owned new Alfas and...by all accounts “pretty  decent” would never even be close to their description

Uh oh. That commenter who owns one will come in here and blame you directly for Alfa’s bad reputation.

Let’s be honest here, they’re pieces of shit as well. 

This girl disagrees, fuck yeah.

Love it. An ordinary car that’s become extraordinary. Take care of it :)