Can confirm. Volvo lets you buy the car basically for dealer invoice. It’s a great deal.

That one would be #1 on my shopping list.

True enough. The Sultan of Brunei is a horrible kleptocrat, but if I could get my hands on one of his custom coach built Ferraris, I’d do it in a heartbeat.

Huh. I hadn’t realized that the earlier hybrids didn’t get grandfathered in. That’s got to diminish the value...

Yup. Brain fart. But for us Yanks, 962s are the version we see a lot more of (IMSA vs. FIA rules).

I didn’t realize that “don’t show up at work stoned” was no longer a universal rule. Now I feel old. And unnecessarily sober.

These things have a cult following among hypermilers and frugality hobbyists. The manual transmission / baby poop green combo is sought after - it’s the Plum Krazy Hemi ‘Cuda of Hondas. And it’s in California, so you get the benefit of the carpool lane sticker (the only sticker that really is equivalent to +100…

We managed to sneak our Lemons car into an Exotics Racing trackday for test-n-tune. There were some very, very well-driven McLarens and Lambos.

That is a good point.

Bruce Canepa, Nick Mason, and Lewis Hamilton got P1s. They can afford, and properly drive, this new creation. As for where the other 497 owners will come from - good question.

Check the links, yo.

I’m surprised to find that she’s working for the FIA! She’s the President of the Women in Motorsport Commission to which Jorda was appointed. So...

More reasons to not give a shit about F1, a kleptocrat racing series with a stupid ruleset. It makes NASCAR look enlightened.

Yeah, I know. But for towing a 24-foot race trailer, I want something with a longer wheelbase. I also just hate the way Cayennes drive and ride. Everything that we do with the truck is either a long-ass day delivering things around for the business, a >3 hour tow to the racetrack, or a long drive to a campsite. I want…

I was basically forced into one as my next tow vehicle because the way the tax depreciation rules are written. Had to be something over 6000 GVWR, and I just couldn’t get my head around a crew-cab pickup with a bed over 6 feet.

I agree with you on this one. Although to be fair, there’s no way I was going to buy one of these cynically-engineered bastards to begin with.

Came to post this. I don’t care what you drive, the damn highway patrol is what gets my blood pressure up. Speed limits are still *far* too low.

I’d bet they go more down the path that ATM operators go down. There’s no rent to the gas station, but Tesla shares a % of the revenue with the truck stop. That way the risks and rewards are shared. No upfront fee for the gas station.

Huh. I hadn’t thought of that. Maybe it’s time to get my CDL.

Are you kidding? This is the #1 rule of entrepreneurship: Sell the thing before you build the thing. That way you know there is demand, and you get your capital at a negative cost.