I had a '99 Mustang GT convertible. Loved it, worked on it, drove it for 14 years. A brand new Mustang GT coupe starts at $35,355 but a more realistic configuration would put you around $43,000. That's a car that gets 15-25 mpg.
Instead we picked up a Model 3, which after tax rebates in CA comes out to $41,000. It's not the most fun car on the planet (though it does match the Mustang GT's 0-60 times). But for driving around when I need to run errands and stuff it's just fine. But I don't use the Tesla for my commute. I'm in the Bay Area, and my commute is about 40 miles. That'd be 1:45 hours in, and 2:30 to get home, so a little over 4 hours of commute per day.
For commuting I have a motorcycle. I dropped $9000 on an almost-new bike that gets ~50 mpg. It's more fun than the Mustang was, peppy, perky, and with reasonable lane splitting (i.e. no more than 15 mph over surrounding traffic) my commute drops to well under an hour to get in, and under an hour and a half to get home.
I do about 20,000 miles in commuting per year, so for the Mustang that'd be $4000 in fuel per year, with the Tesla it'd be ~$200, and on the bike it's about $1500 plus around 400 hours of my life back (which is a trade I'm happy to make). My total was ~$50,000 vs. ~$43,000 for a new Mustang.
So I have no idea where a "muscle car" would fit in my life.