It sounds like if you paid the $10K up front though they’ll still upgrade you for free?

1. Chrysler 300: its got some thing going for it and some things against it like Chrysler “quality” and a dated interior and infotainment. Starting at $42,320 for a V8 it’s rated about exactly as high highly as it should be. If you must have the speed or the size and don’t care about the other things its a buy I…

The law is a stupid law. Skirting around its spirit by following its letter is exactly what should be done with all stupid laws that remain on the books. 

On the other hand even with VR and a wheel I find I am able to get comfortable driving in real life on tracks I’ve been on before a bit faster in real life than in sims. In sims it takes a bit of time for my brain to get calibrated to the feeling of speed and distance and even after it is I am MUCH more consistent in…

Nothing Space-X makes has the Delta-V to put a Tesla Roadster into the sun. 

Sure but we’re not talking about having cash on hand we’re talking about not having debt on hand. Which to me is worth missing out on investing that capital when we’re talking about low 5 figure amounts. Difference between having an asset you can liquidate if there’s a crisis vs carrying debt into a crisis based on…

To out perform the loan interest you have to invest in something that is riskier than the risk the bank is taking on you with the loan. Some people don’t want to do that.

Inherently with a loan you’re the mechanism by which a financial institution making money. Your rate is a function of their risk. If you’re low risk you get a low rate. If you want to grow your money in a similarly low risk way you’re also going to be growing it at a low rate. Anyway my point is: it’s possible to…

If you’re in that position it shouldn’t be too hard to save up some liquid cash for a short period of time to make a purchase vs taking on debt on a depreciating asset that’s already a maintenance cost money hole. Any of those investments pay dividends? 

GTI owners: “I’ve had 5 in 8 years and they were all great no problems.” Uh huh. Like 5 people like that in this thread. (I own a mk7.5 fwiw)

The LSD really is the key differentiator here even between other stuff in their lineup. This will feel faster because it will be able to put the power down. 

The connections thing is def there and interesting. Like when I was on the factory tour our group was actually slightly oversized after a Canadian couple got snuck in last minute (normally huge no-no) when Porsche Canada called in a favor: they were parents of a guy that had bought multiple GT3s.

Here’s a question: let’s say its your first 911 but you are intending to track the car and have a history of doing motorsports stuff. You’ve been on the Porsche factory tour, you’ve been to the museum, you’ve done the ‘Ring. You’ve been tracking something else for years and now want the best. Does Porsche care? Also…

Must be nice to never have felt the need to protest something. 

IDK I plug my phone in every day and it’s not some big fucking inconvenience you’re making it out to be.

Electric cars do pretty well in traffic, no idling and regen, if you’re not blasting the climate control.

People who when they turn left cut across the oncoming lane. Almost got taken out by a BUS the other day. 

Following too closely. 

To be fair to the original guy the Atlantis blue is much nicer looking. 

It wasn’t so long ago that $3k could buy you a very clean Miata but not anymore.