Total CP, an 80's Ford for that much?  No, just no.  Also, it took me 13 refreshes today to get comments to pop up, and 23 yesterday.  Sure hope those page counts are making the herbs happy, all they are doing is making it harder to be active with the site.

You cannot purchase any Alpina model other than the 7 Series in the US.

If you are purchasing the inline 6 models (40i), the only way to purchase the dynamic handling package is to order the X6. For some reason, BMW decided that X5 drivers in the “cheapest” model cannot have it. So that is one reason to go X6 over X5.

The Grand Cherokees were really nice, I actually looked at one as well.  I ended up going with a BMW X3 at the time instead of the Touareg or Grand Cherokee and was happy with that decision. 

A Cayenne E Hybrid.  The CX-9 might as well be a 5 passenger, the third row is so tiny it is almost unusable.

I have a PHEV on order, and never considered the Atlas.  If I were buying in that class I would go with a Honda or Mazda.

The V6 Touareg started around $40k, the SEL Atlas starts there as well.  Not quite as large of a price difference as it first appears.  I actually looked at a Touareg TDI in 2015, it was $52k, fully loaded, so a $12k difference between that and the SEL Atlas.

Why didn’t they bring back the Touareg instead?

I doubt most Americans will ever change their habits. I have a PHEV on order, put in the build last month, won’t have it until August (at the earliest). Most people don’t plan that far out for a vehicle, or just plain cannot wait that long.

I wish I could say I was shocked that you get such awful hate mail, but nothing really surprises me anymore.  I have enjoyed the 2 videos of you reading some of the mail though, very funny.  Also, the mom in me is worried about Kristen’s eye...

A new E63S wagon is one of my backup vehicles to the Cayenne E Hybrid I have on order (both are around $115k). Buying one new isn’t that bad if you have a paid off trade in, and money to put down. I would be looking at payments around $900-$1000 per month. It seems as though a lot of people are looking only at a $0…

Are you running that assuming $0 down?  I highly doubt anyone buying a $90k vehicle has nothing for a down payment.

Only if you aren’t putting any money down on it at all.  At the very least, if you are looking at $90k vehicles, you should have a paid off trade in worth a decent amount.  One last thing to keep in mind, $90k is a Yukon Denali or Escalade, and there are a lot of those driving around...

The thing that is never mentioned when lamenting manuals eventual extinction is that most of them were terrible. They weren’t more fun to drive, and once automatics became less of an option and more of the default, most people were happy. So while sports cars losing them is a big deal, most other vehicles are just…

I’m not sure that the people in the market for an Escalade are shopping this against the MB or BMW (both of which are much smaller). They want American luxury and maybe look at a Navigator or a Yukon Denali and then go with the Cadillac because that is what they think rich Americans should do (oh, and their Daddy and…

No, outside of routine maintenance that is all I have had. The trim issue caused some air noise when driving, was adjusted and went away (and honestly didn’t affect anything other than the slight air noise). The seat mat sensor was annoying, but once it was fixed there haven’t been any other problems. I have had 2…

I have no problems with roundabouts, however I have seen people do crazy things in them.  I wonder how well they would work somewhere that has to plow a lot of snow in the winter though, seems as though that could cause some issues. 

I think most people that have issues are either a second (third, forth, etc) owner, or they didn’t bother to break in their vehicle according to the owner’s manual. On my third BMW, fifth overall German vehicle and have had zero issues, outside of some trim pieces and a seat mat sensor going out. If taken care of…

NP depends on how much it costs to register a Canadian vehicle in the US.  Otherwise, on the currency exchange it is a decent price.

Neutral: Current car is a BMW G01 X3 M40i, previous was a ‘17 Audi S6, F15 X5 and a F25 X3. I am going to Porsche because the Cayenne E Hybrid is fun to drive and the electric only range fits my needs, plus as a PHEV I will never have range anxiety. I did consider the Panamera Sport Turismo E Hybrid, but it is $17k…