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technology has made it so a ‘sedate 6-cylinder sedan” can perform like the muscle cars of yore and with higher reliability

Many times I've been yakking cars with fellow boomers and we end up confessing to being amazed at how quick some of the new "daily drivers" are. To a man, we'd love to be able to turn on the time machine and take our long-gone muscle cars for a drive, but none of us would want to use them as daily drivers these days!

Mr. niteowl77

Many times I've been yakking cars with fellow boomers and we end up confessing to being amazed at how quick some of the new "daily drivers" are. To a man, we'd love to be able to turn on the time machine and take our long-gone muscle cars for a drive, but none of us would want to use them as daily drivers these days!

For sure. My 2010 Camry Sport with the V-6 is not a sport/muscle car by any stretch, yet I have hit 60 in 5.8secs (it does 60-120 faster than my Jeep Liberty did 0-60), it has brakes that they used to brag about in premium high-priced sports cars, handles well (can literally throw it across lanes and end up centered in the lane of choice - don't make a habit of it, but I always check the abilities when i get a new car so i know how it will handle in emergencies), it's comfortable and when driven at 65 mph it has gotten 34.8 mpg even though rated at 28 mpg for highway.

The old classics bring back fond memories, but they are all hard edges on the inside and feel like dinosaurs in comparison to the average car of today.

To a man, we'd love to be able to turn on the time machine and take our long-gone muscle cars for a drive, but none of us would want to use them as daily drivers these days!

Speak for yourself. As recently as 2003 I had a '65 Chrysler 300 (2 door hard top coupe, base model, 383 w/4 barrel carb, 330 HP). Because of Illinois road salt and lack of money to do the car justice, I sold it to a friend who drives it in summer.

These cars have ROOM. These cars have TORQUE. These cars are COMPREHENSIBLE. For safety, upgrade the brakes, by all means. But low, wide and long is THE way to go, and a trunk that can host a beach party.
I only wish it had bench seats. NOBODY makes front bench seats anymore. How does a fellow's honey cozy up to him these days?