The Duality of Man.

This is why, when looking for an explanation, your average engineer doesn’t go looking at Engineering Explained.

In the case of the white Mercedes that was the lowest on the list, the original MSRP on that car was almost $64,000. A buyer may find another Mercedes elsewhere that has a slightly lower asking price, but when they check the spec sheet they may find out that the original MSRP was dramatically lower as well.

The only thing I can think of is someone who drives their Bentayga to go swimming in a lake or the ocean. Which is no one. Nobody does that. It’s definitely for drugs.

It’s the trombone of cars.

So to be fair there can be entirely valid reasons to do this. I could have paid for my new car in cash, but with interest rates this low and the market generally showing remarkable returns, I put down 20% and took out a 72month loan for the rest at a bit over 2% and threw the cash into an S&P500 index fund. Even with…

At the dealerships? I wonder if there is a risk of overcharging.

This video is a bit different from your usual Engineering Explained video

Pictured: MK2 parts that typically need replacement

Mr. Charles’ show was called “Jokesters in Vehicles Acquiring Java”. Totally different show.

Bingo! Paying cash only makes sense if there’s nothing more profitable your money could be doing. I feel like you and I need to march a large number of people down to the Investopedia page on “opportunity cost” and explain some things. 

that vacuum cleaner grill is beyond ugly. I’m 30 years old. How about only put a grill that matches what the car needs for air intake, these fake grills are stupid.

Or—now hear me out, here—looks are subjective and the spindle grille is by absolutely no means an exception to this rule?

One should never try and explain the difference between HP and torque by what you feel *cough* Motortrend *cough* excuse me...because what you feel is always power, just in different parts of the rev range.

First rule of Jaloping: never trust bhp and torque numbers from BMW. These guys down-rate their stuff for shits and giggles.

I traded a refrigerator compressor for my first car, a 1963 Corvair. He got cold beer, I got hot trash.

WAGON PLS

Pretty crap start from that bike. Most 600cc bikes can get into mid 10s in quarter mile. Glad they did a rolling test too.

Tilt some of those gauges and controls towards me; I’m trying to drive over here.

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