Driving, for me, is not about going from point A to point B. My car of choice, is a 1960s 500hp manual transmission car that gets about 16 mpg. it does not have ABS brakes or traction control or such.
It makes some noise due to the long tube headers, and it spins the rear tires at times :=)
It burns a lot of gasoline that I happily for.
Driving is the joy of travel, freedom of movement and the thrill of driving a great car that I actively participate in.
EV and driverless cars are not for me.
< My car of choice, is a 1960s 500hp manual transmission car that gets about 16 mpg. it does not have ABS brakes or traction control or such. >
What's ironic is people like us who drive the old classics are the safest drivers on the road. My 64 Chevy originally had manual drum brakes, I did convert it to power discs and had upper tubular control arms and gas shocks put in when the ball joints needed replacing. It's an improvement but it still handles like a cement truck compared to my 2007 Cobalt(220k miles, still runs good. It's the closest thing to a Corvette I can afford :) ) But in spite of (or maybe BECAUSE of) today's cars being safer than ever with anti lock brakes, airbags, sensors out the whazoo there's more a**holes than ever on the roads. And it's not only drunks and texters. The most dangerous defect could be found in any car, the nut behind the wheel.