Originally Posted by ridelugs
how can a honda civic ever look better than a austin healy? it cant! chrome and real leather and spoked wheels are all what make a austin a great car.
The Austin was a great car as long as you were willing to overlook the shoddy build quality, dreadful electrics and terrible reliability. All a Honda Civic offers is vastly better quality, wildly better reliability, the willingness to start and run every day year after year and handling and precision the Austin couldn't come close to on the best day it ever had.
Nostalgia can be very blinding.