I started driving in the late 50's so I grew up with the muscle cars of the 60's and 70's. I never had a true muscle car but did have some big V8's. Back then you either had a stick or a 3 speed auto...
I get reminded of how much maintenance we used to do with my '57 VW. My '03 VW has much less routine maintenance although it does require more specialized tools when doing repairs.