Still a good number. Hope they never get rid of manuals.

Would love to splurge on a new Miata.……

Yeah just saw that:eeps:

Yeah, jaw dropping and yet not jaw dropping. Mostly just sad.

I dunno, guys. I love my manual transmissions but the writing is clearly on the wall, and not just for the clutch pedal. We are living in an age where driving is more of a necessary inconvenience than an experience to be enjoyed. It's more important just to get somewhere. Meanwhile, we're increasing distracting ourselves with texts instead of looking out of the windshield, and manufacturers are busy trying to be first to market with autonomous tech.

We're already being forced to buy cars with reverse cameras. Automatic headlights are surely coming soon, since no one can be bothered to turn them on any more. Automatic braking is next. Sure, these are good ideas in the name of safety, but they're all just more excuses for us to pay less attention to driving.

I see a future where all cars will be fully automated and the Stone Age machines we have now will be phased out of existence. It will be safer and incredibly boring. I bet it happens long before I buy my last car.

How long can the Mustang last?

Forever.

It'll just be reborn as a crossover.

Ha ha ha ha ha

Yes.

Lol put me in this category for being too lazy to turn on the headlights. I am so used to this feature that we rented a dodge minivan a couple of weeks ago and I was almost one of those idiots that didn’t turn on their headlights .. I actually started driving and was like ... man my headlights are off, it took me forever to find the switch :eeps:

Auto braking is a strange one, we have it on some of our cars and the A4 actually has it at low speeds so it is really weird when your coming out of a parking spot and the car just hits the brakes ... the system is too sensitive sometimes and there really is no reason for it to brake.

I made sure to avoid all the intrusive "driving assistant" options on my 2 series.

And I’m so glad they still LET you opt out of them.

Say it ain't so! The company that used to tout it had a better idea, has become one that will have a bitter idea if true.