I'm with @NullPointerException@lemmy.ca. Sure, (most) EVs are ridiculously fast in straight lines, but there's something missing.

The first car I ever owned was a "ridiculously fast" muscle car that was sold to me as a favor to my parents. It's a long story, but suffice it to say 16-year old me had no fucking business owning and driving this monstrosity. This very heavily modified, heavily customized, barely street-legal Buick could do 0-60MPH in a "blistering" 5.8 seconds and the quarter-mile in 14 seconds with my shit drag skills. My Buick was especially great at turning large volumes of gasoline into noise and vaporized tires, all while being unable to corner. And despite those very lackluster numbers, it was an amazingly visceral and connected experience. Flat-foot shifting that car felt like a cataclysm. But if you were unsure that the world was ending, the 4-inch straight pipe exhaust underscored that the Fourth Horseman of the Decibels was coming for you. My car required full attention and all four limbs acting in coordination just to drive down the street.

Now I drive a 2025 Ford Lightning. Completely stock, 0-60 in 4 seconds flat, quarter-mile in 12.5-ish. One foot in use, one finger on the wheel. It's smooth and silent and actually fast in straight lines. Hole shots are consistent. More than that, stomping the throttle is "safe." The tail isn't going to snap out. The tires always link up, almost regardless of the pavement conditions. But there's no visceral experience. Modern cars are mostly soulless, and the Lightning is a glowing example, being borderline joyless to drive, even though I love that this thing is mostly silent. But there will never be anything "classic" or notably characteristic about this vehicle. I ease away from stoplights, drive the speed limit constantly, and only ever stomp on it to pass laggards and left-lane campers.

"The thrill is gone, baby...