Any Ferdinand Piëch fever dream engineering. Like shoehorning a LONGITUDINAL 4.2 V8 and twin-turbo 5.0 V10 into the engine bay of a midsized FWD sedan chassis. This made the 2005 to 2012 Audi A6/S6/RS6 an incredible car to drive but horrendously complicated to maintain.

The seller states over $14k in engine, brake and air system rebuilds and less than 1000 miles on it… only ever going to a campsite 10 miles away.

I’m in Brazil and there is a news segment on TV about the wait times at a public free hospital in one of their poorer states has a 4 hour wait for their emergency room, due to covid. Some people were leaving to go to a private hospital because of it.

You neglected to mention the real reason it sold for $55k: it has 6,000 miles. Six. Thousand. You could pick up dealer demo “new” models with about that.

I did exactly this. Someone asked if I wanted to pay it forward. I didn’t know what it would cost, but I only had a $3 black coffee that the person in front of me paid for. I kindly declined, gave the barsita a $5 bill and moved on. I’m not going to accept anything for free and I’m not going to participate in this…

BMW does this for three reasons:

The Explorer isn’t even that bad. At least the real pipes are being used. They only did this so the tips didn’t get soot black from the turbo DI engine. On the Q5, there is are horrible plastic QUAD fake exhaust surrounds (that are blocked with plastic and have no depth at all) and the actual, SINGLE pipe isn’t…

You’ve heard of “Buyer Beware”. This guy failed the even simpler test of “buyer don’t be a total pushover when you know it’s all wrong”

Didn’t own one but I have a related story. I went to college in Lafayette and was friends with a guy whose father worked at Subaru. Being a car geek I asked what he did, though this guy wasn’t interested in cars much.

You clearly have never been in an Everest. It’s not a nice, comfortable or luxurious SUV at all. It’s utilitarian- something buying in this segment don’t want in the US.

Ok, so what is it called when the victim pays for the damage of the crime? Clearly the thief has no money so the city isn’t going after him.

Insurance claim seems odd, so I won’t speak to that (also an E90 isn’t going to be insured for much more than $5k these days, so it’s not like he’s out $50k). But the cleanup fee is BS. I know that if your stolen car is found in Chicago, the city will make you pay $250 (plus $100 daily storage fee) to get your stolen…

You posted it. “Star” by BMW Films is the best. Peak BMW and peak marketing. Nothing else comes close

At the start of the pandemic I bought my (now) ex a 2005 A6 4.2 V8 Quattro S line as his first car to teach him how to drive (he’s from a country where driving is not common).

I nominate old school BOF passenger vans and Uhauls made from them. Uncomfortable seats, surprisingly cramped leg room, zero amenities or features, and a bumpy, jostling delivery truck like ride.

It’s a traffic driver they’re not interested in selling yet (unless, of course, someone is insane enough to pay anywhere near that much).

Hummer H3. My mom’s friend needed a new family SUV and Hummer had just gone out of business, so there were huge rebates to be had on leftovers. She was considering a RAV4 and I told her she could get a “luxury SUV” for a similar price, thanks to the rebates.

Brazilian mini utes. The country is full of pickups based on subcompact cars. Like the VW Polo based Saveiro or the Chevy Montana, which is based on the Prisma (subcompact sedan related to the Corsica)

The real story is 40% are aware Toyota offers an EV - but they actually don’t offer an EV

Miatas are driven by gay men.