Literally nobody I know with a Model 3 cross shopped it against anything at all. I know people that went from having an electric skateboard to having a $55k car because ZOMG THE FUTURE!

The smugness of telling everyone that “ICE cars are so outdated. I’m driving the car of the future!”

Torch *does* make a good point here.

Yeah, these things are shockingly dangerous by the standards of modern race cars. A buddy of mine — a Vietnam vet and former SF cop who who was an SCCA regional champ in AMC Javelins back in the day, a good driver with some fairly hefty cojones — bought a Offenhauser Indy car, drove it once, and was so scared that he…

Yes, why would you be in such a hurry, young man?! You’re going to have your Morgan in the family unto the nth generation. What’s another year to wait to get it? :-)

You’re probably right.

There’s a buyer wondering why they can’t buy one at all. The SF distributor is hilariously opaque about orders, delivery, everything. “Yes, well, we expect to have a car here, probably a three-wheeler but maybe an Aero or a refurbished Plus 8, in about six months. But that’s spoken for. So you can put a deposit down…

Ecclestone truly reminds us that “only the good die young.” That reptilian shitbag is going to live to be 120, probably with the aid of a 20something involuntary blood donor brokered to Bernie via one of his kleptocrat dictator friends.

That’s actually the 2nd-gen Ti, which was an E46 all the way, not just the front clip. Importantly, it gave up on the first-gen’s semi-trailing arm suspension and used the fancy multi-link setup from the other E46's.

Nope, nope, noppity nope. The clown shoe is lighter, rowdier, and has much better control feel. Driving the clownshoe feels a lot like an E30 M3; driving the Z4 M Coupe feels like driving a cut-down E92 335i.

There are wireless trailer cameras for like $150 at Camping World. I’d be surprised if the factory versions required wires.

To see if your race car is shifting around on its tie-down straps. I could definitely see the use here.

It’s funny every single time.

Gotta admit, that would be awfully useful in my world. I’ve almost never had a trailer storage spot that wasn’t too damn tight. Hours of my life have been lost to “oh, nop, gotta move it two inches to the left,” followed by another 10 minutes of careful maneuvering.

Which just means that 20 years from now, Panamera wagons are going to be the darlings of the Gooding Auction. “1 of 1 spec in Mahogany Bronze with brown leather.”

Well, hello, yes, that is in point of fact what happened in the 1970s. You know how wages started stagnating in the early 1970s? That’s in large part because US Fortune 500 companies started outsourcing everything they could to overseas places with cheaper wages. The tax rate is a big part of the reason why.

Pretty calm over here. I am getting *mildly* worked up over which car I’m taking to Radwood Sonoma. All my choices will require some work to make it show-ready.

It’s pretty well documented in branding & marketing literature.

I owned an Esprit S4s...briefly. The motor did disappoint. It much laggier and peakier than my 944 Turbos. And a 944 Turbo is an old-skool, count-to-three-then-hang-on sort of turbo car.

I’m pretty sure BMW just designs everything for the nouveau riche of China and the Middle East right now. This new monstrosity does nothing to make me question my decision to buy a new S-Class or E53 wagon when my current S-Class kicks the bucket.