There’s also the straw man bidder concept, where that friend drives up the price hoping someone will top it.  If not the parties privately cancel the sale or refund the money after.  Can’t imagine that’s what’s happening here, though.  

Agreed - as I posted upthread my mid-2010's 535 is 302 and gives me everything I need, including in navigating tight spots. It cruises comfortably at 80+ mph at under 2,000rpm and will hit a top end well beyond where I should ever take it.  In terms of “need,” it hits the sweet spot.

I don’t know - you put something like this online and I have to think the FAA is going to be up your ass in a nanosecond.

Oh I sure as hell wouldn’t hand a liver off to the FedEx guy who comes to my office. I just envisioned some sort of hi-tech sealed cryo device instead of what I would put a sixpack into and hope it stayed cold for a few hours.

300 seems like the sweet spot to me, unless you’re talking full-sized SUV. Gets you comfortably onto the highway and through lane changes, and can open up if you feel like it without being over the top for the typical driver.

The whole “yeah that car is awesome as long as you just plan to go straight” thing has been around forever. Most super-pumped muscle cars handle like crap because they’re so heavy.  That’s why everyone around Jalop seems to love Miatas.

My midsize sedan (535i) has just over 300 and is just right. I don’t punch it at every opportunity but do live in a big city where it’s nice to be able to accelerate quickly into a gap to get on the highway or change lanes. Having that at my disposal is perfect and I’m never worried about the car getting away from me.

The EV thing is worrisome because most of the buyers are trading out of some other relatively efficient sedan and are in no way prepared for the differential.  Suddenly they have triple the HP and instant torque.

I feel like anything north of 700 should require the equivalent of a CDL.  It takes nothing to screw up badly with that amount of power at your disposal.

“He went out doing what he loved, staring at the back of a seat while ignoring thirst and the need to urinate.”

I was always amazed that people used to carry hearts and shit around in basic Igloo lunch coolers.

Maybe that’s part of it, you just tough out the kidney stones like a real man.

I mean I was going to, but then thought...when’s the next time I’ll be in Haiti?

Mike Nichols?  The hell???

I’m not an off-roader, but the entry about leaving the animals alone couldn’t be more spot-on. I was in Yellowstone a few years ago and the willingness of people to get up near bison for a selfie was unbelievable. Saw that some idiot recently fell off the boardwalk into one of the (REALLY) hot springs as well.  

Then they should put another line on the sign

Out of curiosity, what is the dollar charge to a driver for a recovery?

I’ve heard of people riding the belt into the back to try and retrieve luggage, but who would get on a conveyor system, and why??

The POV runs without any riders on board really don’t capture the experience do they?

My office looks out over a stretch of expressway, so I see my share of car fires. I haven’t seen one with an EV yet but ICE fires usually take about a minute to extinguish once the fire department arrives. If pumping 30,000 gallons of water onto an EV fire is what it takes to put them out, then one EV fire = 100 ICE…