Hey Chip, I'm an industrial designer as well! How come you haven't switched to digital sketching yet? I still love hand sketching, but using a 21" cintiq and sketchbook pro is SOOOO fast!

911 Targa. My pup loves it. The rear seats fold down into a flat area she can stand on, and she gets plenty of fresh smells to sniff with the top off.

I <3 my Targa!

Ditto.

They're rare as hens teeth. Only about 300 imported, probably way less than that left now. Seeing one that isn't mine is a trip; most Ferraris are "common" compared to the UrS6 Avant.

No, I just have a short 12 mile trip to the lake so I take back roads and keep the speeds down, since the fenders on my trailer are missing and I don't want to sandblast the bottom of my boat. It would work fine though, I've gone 60-70 on the backroads with no ill-effects.

Yeah I'm way over that. Which is hilarious because my boat is about as overcompensation as you can get:

Anime is fucking lame.

I don't get it either. I tow my 3500lb muscleboat with my 95 Audi S6 Avant. It works fine.

Anime sucks, and whoever posts anime gifs on a GTAV topic is a total loser. Sorry.

My favorite game for and the reason I still own a 3DO

That guy is a fucking idiot. His A4 has been okay, so he assumes the S4 with it's 2.7 biturbo will be more of the same. LOL! Thing has dimming fluid in it's side mirrors! And a pump! And reservoir!

I have lots of car friends. They have owned cars with engine swaps, aftermarket turbo systems, all sorts of modifications. Many of them have been interested in B5 S4s. I alwasy try to tell them no. None of them listen. All of them buy them, and all have had SERIOUS, SERIOUS problems. Then they spend lots of…

No it isn't. Get an UrS4/s6 and blow them out of the water in the straights, while being more reliable and easy to work on.

Your drivetrain is NOTHING like the S4. Seriously, do you realize how awful they are to replace ANYTHING? Many people who own UrS4/S6s owned B5s at one point and came back to the earlier model with the I5 20v motor, purely because a mortal can actually wrench on it. B5s are for people who enjoy pain and…

LOL @ B5 S4. Yeah dude. Great deal. You should buy one and see what happens. Call me in a few months when you want to push it into a lake. I love B5 S4s. Correction: I love driving OTHER PEOPLE's B5 S4s. But i will never own one. They are truly evil nightmarish contraptions to service.

Agreed. I bought a 77 911S Targa for $3500 that needed a few things. It's a fun car, I take it camping, my dog loves it because the back seats fold flat, and it gets 24mpg on the highway, which isn't terrible.

Yup

You guys missed my biggest sore spot: $15-20k, 200+hp, RWD, IRS, no stereo or speakers but holes for both (install your own), fast and light: