This is because the government thinks of the very short term. A couple years is an eternity for a government, so they try to save the world as soon as possible, without thinking of long term impacts, or letting things work out a bit more naturally, like letting these old cars live out the last few years of their…

If I was going to buy a Miata as a “classic”, I’d buy a higher mileage example with a cleaner body than a beat up and toasted low mileage example. An engine is easier to fix than a body. This is a sub $4000 car. I do not understand why you are acting like it should be a museum quality piece, on its own or with a resto.

Right, and for the rest of the populace a properly running and driving car is worth at least $1500 in most cases, leaking fluids or not.

No, but according to your own most Jalops do.

If that was the case we would have a lot more fun, interesting, and cool cars in the USA. And more wagons. Federalizing is expensive and is a big deal.

As road pizza stated, there is space between boring and horrendous looking cars. A space that many cars have managed to occupy for nearly 100 years.

People say what he said every time one of these articles comes out. Online commenters love to pick extreme opposites, and make no recognition of the much more sensible middle ground.

I’m not particularly a fan of Musk, but I think I will defend him a bit here. You complain about the “white savior complex”, but what is so wrong with someone in a powerful position, with almost endless resources trying to help. Isn’t that sort of their moral responsibility? Those capable helping those who aren’t?…

Well “there’s your sign”.

I think we have sort of both come to agree on there not being an exact line. Your examples certainly add to my uncertainty. I have one for you, though: The 1937 Ford Business Coupe (and probably some other similar years and models).

You mean the ballast for when one of the boosters goes out and they need to tip it on its side mid flight to change the booster?

Does it look to you like someone made a normal mini out of marshmallow and stuck it in the microwave? Because it does to me

But that was more of a product of the era than the category of car. The late 70s and 80s were very boxy, with many notchy rear windows.

Almost every coupe I have ever known has had B and C pillars. Sometimes the B pillar is black, but it is still present.I tried to post an image, but I'm getting kinja'd. search "2 door coupe" and look at the pillars of the cars that come up. 95% of them have B and C pillars

The mustang, specifically, is what I have a problem with. I tend to dismiss any hatchback as a coupe. If I were to categorize the notchback and the fast back, the notch would be the coupe and the fast back would be a hatchback.

You mean like the IDEA of having an offroad utility vehicle that really is just a heightened hatchback or wagon?

What, specifically, makes any of those NOT a coupe?

You do know that warranty periods are designed to last as long as the car will, for the most part, correct? In other words, the engineers at Kia have 10 years of confidence in their designs, while the engineers at BMW or MB have, well lets be honest, probably no confidence in their designs, but are required to at…

I’d expect this on a 70's vette or something, but not on a DS

That picture plus some drugs, and you are probably right.