Curious for the backstory here, and I hope you get it back!

I bought a CPO 5 year old 5-series (F10) and daily drove it to 7 years old. The car was utterly bulletproof; zero issues during that time. I only got rid of it because I am a car addict who has owned 16 cars in 16 years of driving (obviously overlap in quite a few cases/currently).

My question exactly. I support the goal and idea completely but it isn’t a race if there isn’t a competitor. Is she racing a piece of construction equipment from the base there?

Genuine question, don’t the Democrats schedule nominations now that they’re the majority? I would imagine McConnell can’t do anything beyond ensuring the Rs vote against the nominees.

I still have these three too, and my backwards-compatible PS3 is still running strong after ~15 years.

These NSXs and air-cooled 911s (my choice) are the two best reliable, fun, and useable options IMO.

Shouldn’t there also be a custom/conversion category, ideally by era? Would allow for additional winners and an additional showcase of creativity.

“My wife drives a 3 row escalade, (which probably gets better mileage than the equivalent suburban,)“

I was today years old when I learned they offered a manual transmission in that generation of Escape and Fusion.

What you’re referring to in your second paragraph is called the “sunk cost bias” and most businesses have mechanisms in place to avoid falling into that trap. And, I’m sure this car was intended and understood from the beginning to be a loss leader/halo car.

SAME. Mine was absolutely an impulsive decision at the time, I just got it because I wanted it, but man am I glad to have a few years where I don’t have to worry about this.

Yup. There’s one friend I have in mind who I’d never let drive my cars for this reason. Not that I think he’d do anything incredibly stupid, necessarily, but I also don’t 100% trust him NOT to do anything incredibly stupid.

It’s Florida, EVERYTHING can, and will, be worse than you think.

Agreed, I was actually talking with my fiancee about this the other day... the fact that any idiot can go buy a Plaid/Hellcat/Demon/911 Turbo S and drive it around normal streets is crazy.

What a legend Chris Farley was. Gone way, way too soon.

Top-class air travel is the perfect use case for champagne. You drink your fizzy beverage while watching the unwashed masses* shuffle back to their lesser seats. And, with a few drinks you sleep better in your semi-comfortable (business) or unbelievably comfortable (first class) seats.

Why the hell didn’t you order champagne before takeoff? That’s the entire point of business/first class. Lie-flat seating is just a bonus.

This. Why can’t I do this through Docusign on my phone, like everything else? The only reason I should go to the dealership is to pick up keys, or to have a trade-in appraised.

Same. I wish it was defeatable like those godawful stop/start systems.

My Giulia has a warning that says when the system is blinded by rain; it chimes, a warning illuminates, and it says something like “automatic braking disabled” on the dash screen.