I'm with you here. * Engine * Transmission, manual is fine and was cheaper to produce * Brakes * Heat and AC * Wheels that stay attached, looking at

I'm with you here. * Engine * Transmission, manual is fine and was cheaper to produce * Brakes * Heat and AC * Wheels that stay attached, looking at you Toyota * Decent body that doesn't dissolve in the first winter like a Mazda that one generation Everything else is optional or nice to have. Supposedly it is progress, but there are, to me, so many anti-features in a modern car. Moonroof? Leaked. Fancy stereo? You ever have one lock up and repeat a half second like you're playing an MP3 on a Mac LC II? I did in 2014. Sorry, have to pull over and reboot the car. Big rims? Expensive.