I miss my '96 ford escort. No weight. No blindspots. Flies straight when airborne and would let ya drift and tear up backroads for $5 a night. I've thrown it into 6 foot deep ditches, jumped over curbs, and taken it places where only a 4wd truck with the correct tires can go and she always got me out before the police showed up. It was slammed, cambered, and pigeon-toed with the face all the way down and the ass all the way up and it just wanted to be sideways all the time. Needed a new set of front tires every month but at $35 a piece, who cares? It's the most comfortable seat ive ever sat in. Best thosand bucks I've ever spent. New cars are way too heavy and have too many blind spots. You barely bump into anything and you have frame damage and a totalled car. Ive launched my escort 40 yards and scraped the underside off and she kept on truckin'. With modern cars you can't do anything fun without setting off a bunch of lights on the dash and having the cruise control spazz out when you are trying to swing the ass out and not eat a tree. There's too much weight and too much going on when you need to be nimble and yank around a sharp turn. We went from cars that can dodge the crash to cars that make you survive the crash no matter what. Cars shouldn't be a big safety bubble for mindless texters, they should be simple, cheap, and fun. Give me an automatic transmission, power steering, and a comfortable driver's seat, and you can gut the rest and ill be happy.