The transition we are seeing today is far more than just styling or reliability. It’s a pivot away from ICE technology, and that will introduce a stack of new issues.

Yeah - by the late 80s, Honda was hitting its stride for sure, especially with the third gen Accord introducing their dual wishbone suspension design, and the 4th gen Civic taking up that same banner a couple of years later. 

It’s easy to dunk on cars from 40 years ago. Technology has moved forward enormously, and cars have changed since. As much as there were some terrible cars (or at least disappointing), there were also some interesting highlights too.

Ever seen what happens when a drive thru lube shop screws up? 

To be clear - it’s a 1990 Taurus - a car that I utterly loathe for a myriad of reasons - including having had a rental one break down on me on a business trip.

Not going to back-seat drive this one - the driver took the actions he felt were available to him at the time, and nobody was hurt. *Good News*

So, really, all this whining about “cancel culture” is little more than people complaining about being called out for their actions when they act like assholes. 

The headlights look okay, but that front schnozz - *barfs*

Let me see if I’ve got this straight: Douche in a Viper challenges another douche in a modified Integra to a street race ...

One of my first cars was a ‘72 Toyota Celica with a 4spd. No spring gates except to block accidental shifts into reverse, and a shift lever that was at least 12" taller than the console it protruded from. You didn’t have to pull the shifter into gear, you just slapped it in a direction and let inertia do its thing.

My grand prize winner was when a co-worker who was unaccustomed to standards had bought a slightly used Pontiac Fiero - the base model with the godawful Iron Duke 4.

That’s about what I’d expect from Tesla. Once again, Musk tries to apply “rapid prototyping”/”iterative development” methods from software development to manufacturing large, expensive hardware.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and nominate the Ford Five Hundred.

I’m imagining the conversation would like this:

What pissed me off was the idiots at the dealership. My partner had reported the issue relative to the temperature gauge and the technician that “tested” the problem tested the cabin heating system.

Yeah ... the head gaskets on the 1.9l were notorious for leaking as well.  The one we had started oozing when the car was 3 years old - the other annoyance was the dealership being stupid about replacing the cooling system thermostat ... it died in the first year, fortunately got stuck in the open position so it just…

Ford admitted it wasn’t a “hot hatch” version - it wasn’t a bad little commuter car, but aside from a trim package (wing, wheels, upgraded radio), it was a base Escort.

May I introduce the Innocenti Turbo?

That 260Z ... isn’t a 260Z any more.  At most it shares a few chassis bits with one, and beyond that it’s got a bad case of “somebody else’s project”.  

NP ... but nope.