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Originally Posted by OfficeWorker

One of the reasons I bought the BRZ was for this reason.



It dawned on me that over the next 7-10 years (and I tend to keep cars 7-ish years), virtually everything new might, A) become hybrid or fully electric, B) be either direct drive, automatic, or semi-automatic, and/or C) incorporate a degree of autonomy that, while likely beneficial from a safety perspective, detracts from the driving experience immensely. I couldn't tell myself, "get something fun next time" because next time the definition of "something fun" might really change.



It is interesting to see how the prices of many older manual sports cars have recently started to increase...

Same thoughts are going through my head. I also keep cars forever. A friend of mine who used to have a car lot was just telling me that a 1996 white Type-R in perfect shape is going for 60K today. He said yellow and blacks are going for 30k. Proof that the value of raw drivers cars will go up in value. I agree with you. In the future there will be no options other than buying antiques.