Sure, no one is expecting the car to be babied, not even the owner, but beat the heck out of it against the renter rules and put wear and damage beyond expected is something different.  

Plenty of high performance cars available on Turo, but that doesn’t mean everyone will beat it like they want to destroy it.

For many buyers, it doesn’t make sense, because not everyone can do it, you need to be able to get all the stacked discounts, time it near the end of the year, have strong credit, etc. and negotiate with the fleet manager for vehicles on the lot.

Nope, I’ve been doing this for 2 decades. The resale on full size is always based on MSRP, I’ve used this method on 5 new trucks in 20 years. It has worked great for me in “regular” times.

A big part of full-size truck ownership historically is the incentives, typically 15% to 25% near end of year.

Sure, I clearly don’t know enough of the subject, asking for clarification since it sounds like you have an idea.

So it’s Uber who should change, not the drivers who wanted to make a full time job of something that wasn’t designed to be a full time job?

How is Uber able to circumvent Contractor rules if even the State of California, which has the strictest rules on contractor vs. employee classifications hasn’t done anything about this.

Just to put this out there, not all Uber driver’s want to be employees. I know a few drivers that like the tax breaks they are getting as contractors and they work whenever and however they want, which likely won’t be the case if they have to punch a clock.    

They aren’t going to displace Hilux, Raiders and Rangers in terms of sales volume in Australia. But there are those that need larger vehicles out there, likely not used as often as daily drivers like there are in the US.

Yeah, Japanese market isn’t the same as what we get here. I’m talking about the vehicles available to me, and there are direct competitors from Germany and Japan in the US that I can choose from.

I wasn’t responding directly to the engine, if you read my post I made it clear I love BMWs and their engines.

That’s a lovely thought, and of course a babied BMW and a beaten up Toyota will result in differences.

No same same. Co-dev engine is still Japanese right?

You mean with my experience, sure, as the actual owner of many German and Japanese cars, I have some personal biases.

Good point, and that’s pretty much the generation I have. Also, I agree on the technology, but that’s not my main worry.

I don’t have an issue with BMW, they make great stuff, great engines, I own an E46 and E90 at the moment.

Sony has been playing this game for a while, so sing me a river, lol. 

Because they can barely produce their most popular products at the moment.

Does an M113 track vehicle count?