Maybe not. It’s like car enthusiasts refusing any modern car, especially EV that are on paper much more powerful but less fun to tinker and go down country roads.

But but but but my timing gun! And the points, plugs, and condenser! And the distributor cap! I NEED those to make my car worth driving and life worth living. /s

I do not require a combustion chamber in my sports car. I do however, prefer a curb weight under 1500 kg, which happens to exclude the vast majority of cars for sale in North America, even sporty ones, and EV sports cars under 1500 kg are very difficult to find indeed.

… I do however, prefer a curb weight under 1500 kg…

Why?

And don’t you mean pounds?

kg

1500lb would be ~680kg; that is serious race car territory. Not road legal these days; but a 1975 Fiat 500 weighed 500kg.

Many years ago, I had a 1992 Honda civic hatch; after looking it up; weighed 925kg.

Ok.

Handling, acceleration, energy efficiency, pedestrian safety, and repair costs are all positively affected by lower curb weight. There’s also a strong correlation between better visibility and lower size.

And no, I definitely mean kg.

Good luck to you!

Thanks! I’m content with ICE cars for the near term. Mazda MX-5, Nissan Z, Porsche Boxster, Mini Cooper, Civic Type R, Toyota FRS/Subaru BRZ, etc. all fit the bill.

On the electric side, the e Golf proved that it’s possible, and the electric Mini Cooper also fits firmly under 1500 kg. So there is more hope for the future!

generationamiga.com/…/apollo-a6000-review-the-ult…

Apollo A6000 review: the ultimate 68K Amiga, rebuilt for the modern age

The Apollo A6000 ships with 2 GB of Fast RAM

It succeeds where emulation cannot, delivering the tactile, hardware‑level experience of owning a new Amiga‑class machine in 2025/2026.

www.apollo-computer.com/a6000.php

:-)

Wow that’s pretty cool, I thought M68k series ended with 68060!
I still have an old Amiga 500 that my wife bought for me many years ago, because I never shut up about how superior Amiga was back in the day, and how amazing it was to program M68k assembly direct to hardware on it.

The highest power Amiga I ever had was a 68030 expansion card to an Amiga 2000. Then I stupidly switched to PC, because that was the future. But the PC killed my interest in programming, because it’s only semi open, not open like the Amiga was.

I was getting excited… until I read the price :/

$1200 USD.

Well, very on brand for Amiga to be $$$.

I think I’ll wait for the TheA1200 or failing that, buy an old clunker and stick a PiStorm into it.

retrogames.biz/products/thea1200/

AFAIK Amigas are still in service in a few places, especially music studios.

I literally ran into this guy while on a hike just last week. He made it a point to tell me that people with degrees don’t know shit too. Interesting character.

In their special area they generally do, outside that they are probably like most people with an IQ above 100.

Is it me? Or is it the kids that are wrong?

Nah, you’re both right. When that Amiga was out, if you wanted entertainment, you have to leave the house, go to a movie, god ~85, you might not even have had a VCR.

That Amiga was the greatest, most useful and entertaining thing on the market.

Now a days, a shitty c-rate cellphone can bring you every movie, tv show, song, idiot with a camera that you’d ever want to experience.

Okay grandma let’s get you to bed…