I owned a DS before and would love a DS Break. I’ve also owned a Dauphine and they rust. Badly. Just FYI to anyone who buys one is to check the body structures carefully.

#1 - A 1978 Honda Accord LX that I bought new. It ate two engines in 50,000 miles due to the emissions system fouling the oil. The upside was Honda paid for the repairs. I have never owned a Honda car since.

I’m really interested in its road feel vs. the Cross Turismo. I also wonder whether I can fit my two dogs (80 and 70 pounds) in the car. It’s a lot of cash but if I could get at least 10 years out of it, the price doesn’t seem as bad (who am I kidding, it’s still a feck-ton of cash).

I almost bought one back when they were new; it was a fun bike to try out, and was very quick, but I decided I didn’t need that big a bike and ended up buying the dealer’s CX500 Turbo (yeah, another crazy bike). Although I rode a grey CBX, the white one is the better looking choice IMHO.

Volvo has a few models that can be ordered with a wool blend. The grey “tailored wool” in the XC90 is 30% wool and 70% recycled polyester. The 60-series vehicles have a similar blend called “City Weave”, which is a nice looking grey plaid. I’ve sat in an XC90 with it and it is nice; I’d certainly consider it as an…

I bought one new (and wish I never sold it), but it was very docile below 3500-4000rpm (a heavy bike with a fairly small displacement engine does that), but when you whacked the throttle open, it was like the Star Wars jump into hyperspace! It had a little boost graphic on the dash that went from the center out in…

I had an ‘89 Maxima SE that I bought new. It was a fun car; I only sold it as I got a company car and couldn’t justify keeping it around for weekend only use. It was the only Nissan I’ve ever owned.

The correct answer to all questions on the NY written test is “step on the gas and go like hell.” (OK, it was funny when I was a teen applying for my learner’s permit in the ‘70s.)

#5 is about 2.5 hrs from me but no I can’t do it. I had PT Cruisers for rentals too many times to not be scarred by the experience.

Even parts of the east coast are trouble; northern New England is tough if you don’t own a Tesla.

I have an XC90 T8 and the AWD system is a little more sophisticated than a different motor on each axle; in the default hybrid mode, the system will shift to AWD mode as necessary. There’s also “Constant AWD” mode, which leaves the car in AWD and manages the gas and electric motors. I live in a snowy, hilly part of…

Is that a now-typical price for diesel in Germany, or was this station an outlier?

Nah, a friend had a 2nd gen Prius he put 450,000 miles on, mostly commuting. He replaced the battery pack at 200,000 miles as a precaution.

I was thinking durian as well. A friend thought about bringing a frozen durian back on a flight and I talked him out of it; the argument was if it defrosts even a little, we will be made pariahs on every domestic airline.

My intro as well, but it was seeing the film in the theater as a pre-teen.

Oh I’m not surprised (it’s nice to see that one of my old customer’s fabs is still up and running, albeit with a different company.) What I poorly tried to say was we didn’t seem to keep building fabs that could build the latest semiconductor technology, which made us more reliant on overseas fabs.

1st gear: Having worked at one time for a mutual fund sub-advisor that also handled large endowments, investments in the US from other countries, and very wealthy people, they handle that money quietly, efficiently and without fanfare, which is what their clients prefer, so no stories. They leak less information than…

I’ve stayed out of TSLA stock and options this year because it’s been volatile. Last year, I realized about $75K profit in TSLA stock and options (which is in my retirement fund), so shareholders can and do profit in a much smaller way. Of course you have to be ready for losses as well (I also lost about $15K on TSLA…

Yes! Salty Jürgen is the best Jürgen. As someone with family from Germany I can’t really disagree with him.

I’m not a big fan of Chrysler/Stellantis, and have no need for something as crazy as the TRX, but there’s that little atavistic voice in my head that’s saying, “Yeah, wouldn’t that be fun?” Hoo boy yeah it would be fun.