I’m 30 and I go to bed at like 10pm. I’m old and I’ve accepted it.

They are usually horrendously unreliable and fail around 100k miles. And they are absolutely not fun to drive. Smooth in and of itself is fine but there’s more to it than that.

You’re entitled to your opinion. I mean, it’s wrong, but you’re entitled to be wrong.

Have you seen one in person? I’ve seen a few different generations and they definitely work.

One of my engineer friends was a “durability testing engineer” for a while. He said it was exactly as amazing as you’d expect.

I drove one of these once and they are AWFUL as actual cars. All they can do (and they do it well) is go quickly in a circle. The brakes barely work and the shift like a semi truck, they aren’t actually all that fast accelerating because they’re geared so tall, and obviously the NVH is off the chain. 1600 miles of…

Wouldn’t the first letter of the VIN be all that’s needed? W = Germany, 1, 4, or 5 = US.

PONCHO!

Yup. I respect the engineering but even if I had Bezos money I wouldn’t buy one. It’s more involving and fun for me to use 100% (or close) of a car’s power, especially when you have to work to get it. The NA Miata I used to have was great like that, as is my stock ~200hp air-cooled 911.

“Come on, man!” Really?

Debatable. To take one example, B5 S4s are unreliable even if maintained properly.

With the IMS repaired they’re fine. The number of them with 6-digit mileage numbers supports this.

First-generation Boxster or Boxster S is the obvious answer here. They’re amazing cars and heroically undervalued.

Same. Always left Shift key, and I can actually type properly, and I’m right handed. The right Shift key on my computer could somehow send $4,000,000 into my bank account and I’d never know because I’ve never pushed it.

I have an old 911 also (3.2 Targa) and an automatic F10 5-series as a daily. It’s a nice combo especially considering my commute is entirely stop-and-go traffic, you’ll probably enjoy the difference.

Aren’t these all automatic, though...? Requirements list said manual and I’m confused as the transmission change wasn’t mentioned.

Exterior, sure its a bit off. But that shift linkage! There’s one in my local area that turns up at C&C and ogling that engineering is a must-do every time.

The Audis I’ve traded in, and my current BMW, have a “restore default” type setting which is easy to access. That said, however, the battery would have to be on to do that so as others had mentioned I have no idea what I’d do if I totaled the car.

CPO BMW X1. Should meet all her needs and the warranty will give you peace of mind for a while. The current “28" 2.0T engine is quite reliable and makes decent power.

There were no “S” model 996s until after the facelift. The C4 was around but keep in mind that was California and they weren’t so common where it didn’t snow.