I live in Manhattan :/

That's actually a nice IROC. The wheels need to be about 2" smaller, but there's nothing too garish about the rest of it.

$500 billion is an insane amount of money to ask for and discredits her lawsuit, which is a shame because I really wish these municipal tow/impound schemes would get the book thrown at them already.

Yeah, I've actually rented an exotic in LA so I know they exist and all that, I just can't believe that a walking red flag like her can even get insurance anymore. When you rent an exotic, the one thing they do require is that you already have an auto insurance policy in your name.

What I want to know is who in their right mind is renting a Porsche (or any other car) to that basket case?

His crime was being wealthy in Bolivia. Dude should have gotten out faster and tried to take some of his collection with him, because it was only a matter of time before the comrades came looking for him.

Yup, pretty much.

WOOHOO... I'm gonna take the Esprit out for a drive this afternoon in celebration. Hopefully it holds together long enough to make it back. (I'm kidding... It works wonderfully for a few hours at a time, I'll just make a service appointment in advance to be sure...).

Wow. What a brilliant guy. If I ever have a million dollars to spend on a car, it's going to Koenigsegg. Just amazing.

Yup, that's what union labor will do. In a just world that guy would never drive another barge again, but in reality he could have sank the whole thing deliberately without the slightest thought to job security.

Only one season left after this one.

On the off chance that this isn't just a PR stunt, I'd tell them to simplify and add lightness. Seriously, we need SIMPLE cars, and the Miata is the right car for that to happen with. Other than that:

And that is inaccurate how?

I don't know about 'perfectly sized'... it's kinda wide.

Are you just fucking illiterate or what? She was STONED, not drunk.

Wait, lets all hear from the pot advocates about how driving stoned is a totally OK thing to do and can't possibly lead to lapses in judgement or any kind of harm to anyone, because pot just makes you 'totally mellow, man' and if anything that makes you an even SAFER driver.

Sub-$100k with the reserve still on... my guess is that he's got the reserve somewhere around $110.

This is the Explorer, a high-fidelity static model. It's actually a more realistic depiction of the shuttle than Enterprise, because it has actual mockup thermal tiles in the correct pattern. The Enterprise was never fitted with tiles.

If I had that kind of money to throw around, I'd be all over this. Some silicon valley geek is going to have an awesome piece of history in his home pretty soon.

Goddamn that is a fast car. Forget about the almost-crash - check out the acceleration. Like it's not even trying.