Today, November 24, is Evolution Day, marking the date on which Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was published in 1859. Like in the animal kingdom, when cars go from one generation to the next, changes can occur. Sometimes they’re an improvement, sometimes they’re not. Purists may prefer the undiluted driving experience of earlier generations, while leadfoots might enjoy the advancements in performance that came with subsequent ones, and there are some generational changes in which everything just went to shit. Was it the quantum leap between R31 and R32 Skyline? Or perhaps the return to basics that characterized the Z32 to Z33 Fairlady Z?
Which car had the best evolution between generations?
The most entertaining comment by next week will receive a prize. Scroll down to see the winner of last week’s QotW, “How do you satisfy your car addiction when you can’t access your actual car?“.
We worried about where Jim Klein‘s answer was headed, but we can’t argue with the ending. Still, it would be unfair to show favoritism to this kind of unabashed flattery so we must move on.
Some found solace in small versions of actual cars. Laurence A Simmonds collected 1:18 scale replicas of his real cars, エーイダン assembled a diecast dream garage of unobtainable real cars, and ynori dreams up concepts and creates them out of plastic model kits.
If you’re lucky enough maybe you can drive a friend’s car. as Ian G. does on the track or Negishi no Keibajo does on an extended road trip.
You can also bide your time like Kyuusha Corner by building a spreadsheet of parts that will eventually go in to the project and learning a new skill by watching videos online. Or, you can go for some retail therapy, browsing Craigslist and Marketplace like Taylor C.
The winner this week was Dimitry Mochkin, who hit the nail on the head regarding having to put a hold on projects due to weather. All you can do is cross-reference parts, plot, and plan on how you will tackle it when the climate improves.
Omedetou, your comment has earned you a set of decals from the JNC Shop!
