[Crazy_pilot]

Young people these days care less and less about cars. These are the days of instant gratification, newest/greatest, and disposable everything. People who are lining up to get the newest smartphone are only interested in the newest, shiniest, most jazzed up cars available (regardless of whether they can afford them or not). And those cars are forgotten in a year when something with newer LED headlights comes along. A 20 year old car that doesn't have Bluetooth isn't even a blip on the radar.

Here's something I wrote on a Facebook entry a while back: Owning this car makes no sense. It's loud, stiff, has a small trunk and useless rear seats, isn't great on gas, and has cost me a small fortune. But every time I get out of it I have the biggest, stupidest grin on my face and I realize that sometimes things don't have to make sense.

I don't plan on selling my SVX in the foreseeable future. Part of this is that there's not way I could recoup anything close to the amount of money I've put into it, but another part is that this car is a part of my story. It's taken me all over the place, taught me much of what I know about cars, gives me something to tinker with in my spare time, gives me goals, and makes me genuinely happy to drive.