There’s certainly a cultural aspect to this trend, but it’s not a-cultural to insist that basic safety protocols are respected. If a driver is looking skyward instead of forward, they’re a danger to other vehicles and pedestrians. If a car’s headlights can’t be properly focused, the car is dangerous. If a pothole or…

I think you’re misunderstanding me. There’s always a buyer, it’s just not the guy who hates the car. Kit-car guys are their own group, and they’re pretty well aware that the cars they like (Frankencars) aren’t for everybody. The right kit-car guy will look at this thing and think, “YES”.

Then it’s insured. The fun begins.

Pacific Northwest left-lane campers. Fuck them forever, and there are a fucking million of them. I don’t give a shit what people say about PA or NJ, at least people there will get the goddamned lead out.

The Tesla owes the Subaru owner. That is, unless the Tesla owner is insured, in which case the Tesla owner’s carrier owes the Subaru owner. Highly unlikely though, that the carrier will pay replacement value instead of Blue Book. 

It’s not super uncomfortable, it’s just an old-school convertible - it’s like riding a bike in the summer, sitting on an engine in 90 degree heat. When you’re moving, you’re having fun. I also look at it like a dune-buggy - bolt an engine in and go have a good time, knowing the sun is going to beat down.

This is a horseshit list. 

It’s not really a NP/ND car. This is a car for someone with a certain aesthetic, hobby, and wallet-size. There are plenty of kit-car guys out there, and this is a clean one, pretty well done. The guy interested in this doesn’t give a shit if you hate it, because he thinks it’s cool and will be fun to screw around with…

The problems with the exhaust and the reverse lights are the only thing that kills it for me. Well, those and my self-esteem.

I have realized that it might be impossible to not like something for valid reasons, and to have any thoughtful discussion of those reasons cut off simply because people can’t get past their own knee-jerk reactions.

This car also comes with (free of charge) a case of generalized anxiety disorder good for the length of ownership!

Anecdote is never a good substitute for trend. You experience is not widely shared. The knock on German reliability is because the costs of ownership and repair are simply higher than for other vehicles.

I’m still trying to imagine German reliability after 36k miles.

“Italian”, is not a bragging right when it comes to automobiles. 

Unless it’s a spaceship, plane, or naval vessel, nothing that has gone around the earth 9 times is going to get me to cough up $30k. I’ll grant the guy his excellent detailing job, but, ND.

This might be unpopular, but a Mini Cooper-S is fun. Really fun. Deceptively big inside. 

I’m pretty seriously contemplating a purchase before big sedans go extinct. I want a Challenger, but that would mean the f-type would have to go according to someone who has the right to weigh-in on such things. And look, I’m fully cognizant of the fact that I own a Jaguar, but it’s cool and also not a daily driver -…

I suspect many have conflicted feelings about the subject because there’s no real consensus on what adult cheerleading really is.

I’ll never get the hate for the 300. It’s a big, comfortable cruiser. I don’t want it to get smaller. I don’t want it less powerful. I don’t want less intuitive controls. I want a big ass, affordable road car.

This is a car for the right buyer. I am not the right buyer.