You’ve described rev-matching. Rev-matching reduces clutch wear (and whatever else doesn’t like lurches), but to preserve your synchros at all, you would need to double-clutch.

I know too many of these people...

Well. It didn’t go up that year, but it didn’t go down.

Behold, the most severe depreciation of a new car ever witnessed.

Didn’t Hulk Hogan leg-drop Gawker or something? How long will this job exist?

Ugh, you’re the reason manufacturers are piping engine noise in through the speakers...

[Citation needed] though it wouldn’t shock me.

Unless you JUST KILLED SOMEONE, who gives a shit?

The only mistake was worrying about it too much...

Fuck it, dude—this car is awesome. Put the time in when you can, put the money in when you can, and eke it along until a garage becomes usable to you. As long as it’s not dangerous, it’s just a hassle, and that’s the whole point of these old cars. We’re not stupid—we’re just idiots.

People who lament the sound of these cars are fools.

I want to put a 1.0L EcoBoost into every British car from the 60s.

Nobody will be driving cars in 2035...

Basic income.

I have European plates on the front of some of my cars. I got it from my dad who put them on everything with a “D” sticker on the back. He did it to advertise the “German driving style.” Years later, it seems silly, and certainly not what anyone else in the world thought about. I guess it was a unique way to set your…

I’m pretty sure it all started when Chevy tried to sell the Nova in Spanish-speaking markets...

Don’t you dare tarnish the 930 with these all-wheel-drive luxobarges.

If this M5 is too much coin, feel free to purchase my Volvo 740 wagon with a 5.7L V8 for significantly less...

Why ever own one? I’ve got my classics. For getting around drunk, I just want a driverless Uber that will take me anywhere for a cheap monthly fee.

Nobody will own them. You just push a button on your phone and one picks you up in a minute and drops you off, on to the next task.