Paul Michael Glaser — American Actor born on March 25, 1943,

Paul Michael Glaser is an American actor and director perhaps best known for his role as Detective David Starsky on the 1970s television series, Starsky & Hutch. Glaser also appeared as Captain Jack Steeper on the NBC series Third Watch from 2004 to 2005... (wikipedia)

I don't think a movie today that captured all the things that we did in the seventies could come close, because it's like asking to recreate the seventies and the audience sensibilities and that's impossible.
Secondly, I thought it was ridiculous to have two undercover policemen driving around in a striped tomato.
The car is a character in the piece - I've never liked the car, I submitted to it's objectionable popularity.
First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would drive a striped tomato and I've never been a big champion of Ford.
So being present becomes more and more the exercise the older you get.