The vehicle tax laws in Georgia are probably the worst in the country. 7% of the vehicle value when you lease, then 7% of the assessed value again if you purchase at the end of the lease. Furthermore, it’s a one time tax and can’t be deducted from income taxes, unlike ad valorem taxes in most states.

Yes, you should never put money down on a lease, unless it is in the form of a refundable MSD (like BMW uses).

Only if you’re paying 11.5% interest.

They’ll depreciate to under half of the current MSRP within 3 years. Bet on it.

All of the luxury Euro brands (Audi, MB, BMW, now Alfa) are the worst with residuals. They are all artificially high to keep the lease cost down, so buying the car out afterwards is almost universally a terrible idea.

Just quick math.

If you amortize the amount due at signing over the 24 month term, plus the taxes (7% of new car value here in GA), this is a $550/mo lease. $0.66 per mile, plus gas and insurance. Not a very good deal.

It may have changed since 2014- this article is over 3 years old.

Exactly.

No chance of reaching that far. Her game is basically that of a very good D-1 men’s player. If Serena played the top 16 men’s NCAA players in a given year, she might win 2 or 3 matches.

It was effectively a motorbike engine with a lot of racey parts. Highest specific output when it debuted and it held that record for 10 years until the 458 came out, IIRC. Solid lifters meant the valves needed periodical adjustment, 2 stage intake, revved to 9k.

Roof? What roof? S2000s were made to have the top always down.

6'3" and had one for about 9 months a couple of years ago.

Thrive is an odd word for a company losing $3-4bn per year. But okay.

I use 2 swings - 1 for driver that’s more horizontal and 1 for everything else (more vertical with the club de-lofted). Not that it’s necessarily the right thing to do, but it works for me. I generated a lot more speed and consistency with the driver when I changed to that swing, but can’t use it on irons or hybrids…

It’s really not that cheap. That car (when new) was probably 40-45k and was almost certainly a lease. Most BMWs lease at around a 60% residual, so the residual on that lease was between $24-27k.

I don’t think it was necessarily a setup problem - the Mercs couldn’t get the tires into the optimum zone and hold them there. Bottas and lewis both did 2 out laps on every qualifying run to try to bring the tires up to temp and stabilize them. Worked for Bottas, didn’t work for Lewis.

Dunno about easily. He was about a tenth up on Button, who was P10 at that point in Q2.

I got mid 5-figure settlement for being hit by a red-light runner who totaled my car (and his as well). That was small potatoes and didn’t involve any PR issues.

I don’t think it’s discriminatory. It’s likely that the areas with higher rates have (on average) both lower credit scores and higher crime rates. Auto break-ins and bad credit drives rates up.