Thanks for your well-articulated response, as this gives me something to actually have a worthwhile dialog about.

I’m not suggesting what you’re describing; it should be obvious that most non-dealer shops don’t buy the most common parts from dealers. This is exactly why I cited a range, and didn’t simply state that garages mark up all parts 300%.

I would agree with graduated license/HP levels, but we might as well go all the way and limit motorcycles to some arbitrary number...say, 25HP because who needs more than that?

2004 Suzuki GSXR1000 - my highest top-speed track bike...

This car is hard to find comps for, but the price seems a little high for an example that is neither totally-stock or restored.

I don’t know where you live but, here in Michigan and with over two decades of experience in this industry, I’ve only seen a handful that would do this on a regular basis and they didn’t last very long.

The rules in Michigan are rather vague; Repair Facility complaint investigators, who have zero automotive repair training and use motor pool mechanics as internal experts, typically adjudicate complaint for consumers regardless of merit or evidence.

Thanks for pointing out what should be obvious but, based on wrenching in school and garage ownership...isn’t. Most people don’t realize that the ‘cost-of-goods sold’ (the cost of the materials used in creating the goods along with the direct labor costs used to produce the goods) is around 15%, where the same cost is…

I’m not cross-shopping these cars, with the possible exception of the Camaro, if I’m in the market “new big fast sled with toys and a warranty”. And there are much cheaper ways to get to the straight-line performance of the Hellcats than half of the cars in this list.

The fallacy of this entire article is that the tuning techniques applied to the potential “killers” can be applied just as easily to the Hellcats. There are pulley, exhaust and calibration kits that are delivering in excess of 800 RHWP. And, at the end of the day, I still have a car that I like better than a three…

Slow news day?

Some Jeep buyers, myself included, want this not for burnouts but the sheer fun of just nailing it from a stoplight. That’s good enough for me...

$3,700? Hell...the cage and the fuel cell (together) are worth that! NP!

...when he came in being the operative phrase.

It may not be elegant, but it works when the article one big whine...

No, actually the “bigwigs” of the car companies...drive company products. Vintage vehicles aside, the senior executives ‘eat their own dogfood’. I know this because I was in the business for over two decades...how about you?

This reads a lot like the butt-hurt that I would hear because someone in North struggled to find a parking spot in 26 and had to walk a little, something for which I had zero sympathy for.

I agree with you to a certain extent, in that I’m not suggesting that the editors ignore the lower price segments. I am, though, a firm believer in test-riding prior to buying and the kind of bikes that are mentioned in ‘price-point’ discussions are much easier to ride before buying.

Very few of us will ever buy or even ride the bikes you get to ride.

I’m calling CP, as great replicas can be bought for a just a little more money, but...what the hell is this? I thought that I had seen most, if not all, of the AC Ace replicas until this posting.