If you look used, a BMW xCountry is mostly the same bike with a 33" seat. I have the same inseam, and I feel you. But I dual sport a (barely)street-legal dirt bike (Beta Xtrainer). With a lowering link and low seat from SeatConcepts, it’s probably still at about 34" high and it’s not a problem getting both feet down.…

Check out the mid-sized. A relatively new entry (on a proven platform) is the SWM SuperDual. It’s a resurrection of an old brand on the bones of pre-KTM Husqvarna.

These and the big GS-es are so very much the Wrangler Rubicons of the bike world: Big, expensive, gaudy, accessorized, and almost solely used in an urban setting.

Cadillac should go back to pandering to the silver-hairs.

I’m not really with you on the sportscar point. The Mustang, Camaro, and definitely Corvette all compete directly with equivalent euros in any metric.

‘Objectively’? I’m not sure you’re using that word correctly. This is a subjective poll of opinion. Kind of the antithesis of objective fact. 

It seems like residential solar fills the gap until it can be more centralized (and profited from), and then will be supplemental.

This is a tight one. 1,337 votes (heh), and only one vote separates the sides.

Yes

RE: #6

“where wolves are afraid to shit.”

I am honestly surprised that it’s <60k including destination. That’s usually fine print after the advertised price. So, props to Chevy for that.

If one thing is clear. Ron would not sell it to you for scrap value. He wants $3-4k. 

Corporations, and their marketing departments, love to ignore definitions of words.

Leave it to the Germans to take Orange as close to Brown as possible.

I can empathize for a similar reason. I owned both a Tiburon (‘03 V6) and a Gen Coupe (‘10 V6). While I enjoyed both of them, they always felt like less than the sum of they’re parts, and the manual was incredibly uninspiring. It felt like shifting was accomplished through a bucket of rubber balls.

Well... Bye

I was too. Text has a weird way of coming off angry sometimes without a voice behind it. After reading back my message, it sounds like I’m fuming about it. Really, I just think that skepticism is absolutely necessary in any interaction with a dealership.

Right? It’s not like there’s a history of dealers effectively stealing and joyriding customer cars or just doing overall shitty things in general. Not sure where his animosity comes from. Any subject regarding a dealership is bound to incite some ire.

Larry H. Miller Dealerships. I’ve gone into them a couple times looking to buy... Always ended up elsewhere.