Howdy Will!
Thanks for being my sounding board this AM. Speaking of quieter, we took the truck out for a spin on Saturday. We had 25mph sustained winds and I am sure a whole lot more going over some of the passes, a few times I slowed down and the wife had her hands over her ears it was so deafening!
You are 100% correct, new vehicles are quieter, safer (let me tell you about the steel dash and no seat belts in the '66 truck!) and a whole lot faster. But to what end?

What I think is really rubbing me the wrong way with the new cars is they are not designed to last. They are all sold on the build quality IDEA of the 80's cars when manufactures were trying to build the most durable cars they could but current cars have planned obsolesce perfected. I quit as a mechanic at VW after I replaced a motor in a brand new car whose internal, submerged belt failed on the oil pump. Yup, there is a little belt in the oil pan that drives the oil pump.

That is a gorgeous 1970 benz!

So plastic car for the winter (kosseneigg, or pagani or one of those other carbon plastic cars) and save the fun cars for the summer? :)

It is the lower trim. The ones that are ~6" tall. I think what also gets me is that if wife was not active duty, I have the wherewithal and the funds to be able to re-produce many of the parts that are NLA but I cant, so I am stuck calling everyone all morning. :(

Andrew