Wow guess I need to get out more.

Wait - was this recently? I haven’t had to carry registration papers on me for years. I thought cops just either ran the plates on their laptop or scanned the bar code on the window sticker and made sure it came up as legal in their system. The only time I’ve been asked for more than a license and proof of insurance…

Works well to maintain them. I’ve had lights that were so bad Plastx did work that well. I did a full sanding and polish on them and now use Plastx every few months to keep them clear.

This should really be in the upper left, but I’d still hit it.

Thanks. It’s always good to hear from someone who sees it in the field. The cartridges being used with the XM2010 are pretty nasty little things. The velocity is similar to .30-06 armor piercing round, but the projectile is much heavier. Even though it isn’t technically an armor piercing round, the extra weight gives…

FWIW, .300WM is 7.62m ammo. Compared to the 7.62x63mm NATO (aka .30-06), it just has a bigger case that holds more powder and therefore can send the same weight bullet at a higher muzzle velocity. 7.62mm is a popular bore diameter. The AK (7.62x39mm), .308 Winchester, Moisin-Nagant (7.62x54mmR), .300 WM, and .300…

Good point. And you can roll their extended warranty into it, I believe which would be a smart move for somebody in this situation.

CarMax only if you can get financed somewhere else. Their rates are terrible even if you have good credit.

Yeah CarMax tried to stick me with 7.5% on a 780 FICO. They do a 3-day no penalty pay off, though. I was 100 miles from home and ready to ell them my truck, so I bought the car, drove it to my credit union and got a new loan at 3.9% to take its place.

Depends on the car and loan term. Not at cars depreciate at the same rate. For instance, Wranglers and Tacomas around here depreciate maybe $1000 per year. That means even with $0 down you’re right side up on a 48-60 month loan in 4-6 payments. Unless something crazy happens in your life at the start of the term,…

0-60 in 3.8 and the 1/4 in under 12 was crazy in 1984 and still $100,000 car territory today.

What does it smell like?

They probably came back from Avis. The last Captiva I was stuck with as a rental was about a month old with maybe 1,000 miles on it and has all sorts of small issues including broken window switches, non-functioning remote entry, a power seat that didn’t move, and light bulbs out. When were returning it and told the…

Damn you, now I’m trying to figure out my wife will kill me if I lie and say we are visiting her family in Carolina so that I can actually attempt to limp this back to Texas.

I had a minivan in high school. So much sex was had in that van. Both by me and by others who were constantly trying to get away with it in the way back seat while I was driving around 3-4 other people in the rest of the seats.

996 Turbo uses a different motor design than the non-turbo 996’s. It isn’t just a 996 with twin turbos slapped on. As a general rule, non-turbo 996’s are unreliable but a 996 Turbo is pretty much bulletproof.

I used to live in a county in PA that actually did require “number plates” for bikes. You had to register your bike and got a sticker with a number that you put on the downtube. Also, most (all?) commercially produced bikes frames have a serial number stamped on the underside of the bottom bracket. Both could be used…

The VW dealer down the street has a 2009 328i manual sedan with 50,000 miles for $14,000. It is a hideous gray color but it still seems like a good deal. Resisting urge to pull the trigger. What am I missing?

In black maybe. One of my neighbors has a yellow one and I’ve never really thought it looks all that angry. He has some custom exhaust with dual 4” outlets and it sure sounds angry though!

I think the Z06 needs to be the right color to look angry. I saw one on the road in dark gray the other day and it didn’t seem angry or even much different than a Stingray or C6 even. I finally noticed it was a Z06 when it ended up next to me at a red light. I think the color sort of hides the angles and carbon…