I for one welcome our new skeleton overlords.

Robert DIY also has several on late 90s Jaguar XJ8s. Very helpful.

My MGB is Left+Down, which does make moving back and forth in low gears very easy. There is no shift lock to keep from sliding into R, which I found out the hard way trying to shift down from 4th to 2nd on a hard left-hander at the track and pulled too far. Found R!!! Then found my face in the steering wheel.

There is one glaring error with the article - it is a 3-series BMW, not a 6-series, that is running to the end of the merging lane and jamming in to civilized traffic. Right make. Wrong model.

NP. I daily drive a ‘77 F.150 (and have for the last 21 years), and have turned down multiple $20K offers for it. Black (but not blacked out), long box, 400 c.i.d., all very similar to this truck.

Hmm... I don’t see Jaguar on the list. It MUST mean that the average cost of repair (and/or maintenance) over 10 years is less than $5,500!

Yeah. Pretty much true.

You speak truth, Torchinsky. Modern cars are, on the whole, getting larger. It might be because homo sapiens in the world’s largest car market (US) are, on the whole, getting larger.

Very nice - you can see the design language translated to the current Maser range - especially the Gran Turismo.

Fantastic cars to have fun in. I drive my MGB weekly and it’s an absolute blast. These cars are so light and give so much feedback to the driver. Despite their reputation, I’ve found mine to be quite reliable, and I admit I drive it hard. Surprised they are not out of the price range of us proles. And grateful, too.…

Please keep in mind that Porsche, with all of its beautiful machinery and prowess on the track, is in the business of selling cars. With their single 911 platform they can create variants that appeal to each sub-niche. GT3s are for the track junkies. Turbos are for the “I have to buy the most expensive, top of the…