Bozi, you continue to be one of the best car guys ever.

That particular V-6 and chassis is pretty near unkillable, though. The 5G-Tronic is a common and very reliable transmission. This car will keep running until the rust consumes the doors.

Um, the *current* ZR1 starts at $120k.

I agree with you, but the massive gap in resale value between the regular SLS and the Black Series SLS would say that the target audience does not agree with you.

^^^^^ this!

Yeah, the magazine rumors have it priced just a smidge north of the current ZR-1, which would be about $110-120k. That’s south of an NSX but north of a Cayman. Probably right on par with the upcoming 6-cylinder Cayman GT4. Can they find 3-5k buyers/year for that? For a 700-horsepower car? Yeah, probably.

Ya know, that’s a pretty good idea.

LOL!

Let me put it this way: If this “you have to let me grope your car” thing becomes a thing, none of my cars will be coming to Radwood. The deal here is that I don’t grope / fondle / scratch your car, and you don’t grope / fondle / scratch mine.

Great photography! And now I am fully regretting that I did not buy an Espada back when they were $60k cars. ($60k cars that all require $50k more in service, but still...)

You should. I bought my first Porsche, a clapped-out 944 Turbo, for $5k back in 1997. I’ve had a bunch of Porsches since, and ‘graduated’ to some exotic stuff. And the more other cars I drive, the more I love Porsches. They’re reliable, they’re durable, and they’re not a pain in the ass. You can just drive the bejeezus…

Not yet but they’re working on CARB-certification. Singers have the VINs from their donor car, which so far has always been a 964.

Very true.

Bratty > bikini, at least to me.

Tom’s advice on cars is great. His advice on finance is ... not.

Yes, basically! When you sell the car you pay the residual value to the leasing company and you get a check for the sale amount over that. If you sell for $50k more than you bought it for, that’s $50k in your pocket.

Interesting. I work in the field from the pharma side, and the docs I interact with tend to be more reluctant to formally diagnose people who are still functional at that level. Until you get 51-50ed, you’re just dysthymic.

I can’t wait until Ferrari makes a limited run of Miami Vice-edition Testarossas. Maybe with power steering this time around.

Well, he said he had “extreme highs and lows.” He doesn’t quite fit the pattern of diagnosed bipolar folks I know, which are far more manic at the high end and far more depressed at the low end.

I support Torch’s take, only because I hate Baby Boomer culture and nostalgia for the 1950s.