Ooooh, this bean looks like the Leader!

Lawyer: And you were directly under her the entire time?

True, but over the 5 year life of any car loan the S&P has more than recovered from any bear market in less than 5 years, with one exception, the 1973 oil crisis and resulting 6 year malaise. Even 2008 recovered in 4 years. Everything has risk, but a 2% loan to hold a low-cost Vanguard index fund over 5 years is a…

100% agree with this, and have done the same myself. I would never, ever pay cash for a new car even though I can, at least not in a world of 0% and 2% loans, it’s basically free money with a huge upside to use that money in a much more productive way. $20k into an S&P 500 index fund over any 5 year period is probably…

Mileage on the GTI is truly pretty stellar. I make a client trip on I-81 twice a month, 100 miles each way with the cruise set at 8 over, so 73 to 78 mph, and I get about 36 MPG each way. Mine is stock but I run summer tires/wheels 6 months of the year, the car is still strong enough to spin all seasons in 2nd gear at…

I have a 2016 GTI bought new, and I briefly considered an R, but the price jump just did not justify it, especially considering I downright stole the GTI on the heels of Dieselgate and the R’s were selling full price. But, if I had a choice at the GTI-spec of a wagon or a hatch, I too would have chosen the wagon. We…

We have a Mercedes GLC300, and concur I don’t like the door-mounted controls.  Just feels like showing off for something that is more difficult to use...which seems to be an overall car-design theme that is so hot right now anyway.

What is this, a car for ants!?!

They only lied about their cheating! We had a 2012 TDI Sportwagen we sold back after 146,000 trouble-free miles, and damn, I miss the hell out of that little wagon, it was so perfect in size and function.  Wife replaced it with a soulless SUV.

Turns 2-3-4-5 at Hungary sort of meet that criteria and often see some creative passing because of it, so I concur.

You, like me, might consider choosing not to watch the Saudi Arabia race this year.  Fuck these human rights wastelands.

Start up.

Curious why they did not stop Bottas for fastest lap at the end from 4th with a 50 second lead on Norris? They simply gave up 1 point (really a 2-point swing) to Red Bull in Constructors and to Max over Lewis.

LOL, well done.

Or maybe the next person he attempts to stop on a tight shoulder actually does pull over there and then a passing car hits and kills him. Fuck this guy.

How is that at all shitty? If you are holding stock and just letting it appreciate - like oh, millions of people in their 401k and IRA - why would you pay an annual tax on it? That would only encourage selling for irrational reasons and trigger huge market instability, and even those who don’t own stock (or stupidly do…

Because even family sedans need a ‘Ring time is my best guess. My GTI rides plusher than my wife’s Mercedes.

My cousin just helped his buddy sell a ‘65 Bonneville, and just looking at that car, I nearly fell asleep thinking about how cloud-like it probably drove. Nobody has that sublime level of ride quality anymore, it’s all stiff suspensions and shitty runflat tires even on vehicles not meant to turn. I had a rental Rav4…

It’s times like this that make me happy to be 5-8 and 150, so I don’t need to settle on vehicles that are just “fine”, or god forbid drive some monstrous pickup.  GTIs and Miata’s fit me jusssst right.

Wheeler Dealers is the best. That - and formerly Car Matchmaker when it was on - are the only car shows I watch. I never again care to see a 60s/70s muscle car restored and fake drama is just plain stupid, and cars that aren’t cars hold no appeal to me. Ed and Ant and hopefully Ant’s replacement are excellent at just…