I make good money, and it would be bafflingly irresponsible for me to spend 1/2 of my gross yearly salary on a car. The last car I bought cost about 17% of my gross yearly salary and seemed a bit extravagant.

Proving my point. One bad officer was caught (out of how many in a city the size of San Francisco?), and enforcement had been fair until she moved in.

Mostly, to people who break parking laws. People have this idea that they’re entitled to park whenever and wherever they want without consequences. Street parking is public space and the democratically elected government has the right to impose rules governing its use.

I want her to keep winning.

I took my Lexus to my local crazy Honda/Toyota indy this past Monday. Sitting on his shop floor was a customer’s freshly acquired City Turbo 2. I can’t remember the last time I saw something that looked so fun.

Oops, intended to reply to the 170 hp Audi guy. But your Volvo’s 170 hp are also worth quite a bit more than 200 “hp” in 1956.

Your Audi’s 170 SAE net HP, measured at the crank with all accessories, is considerably more than the 200 gross HP (measured who knows how) of the Stude.

SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS WE NEED TO KEEP THESE WHEELS ALL OUT UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING

Did he just not register them? In my state, you’d be spending $200 a pop just to register them and that would get expensive very fast.

This isn’t a rust-prone area. Very little salt is used here.

Swap in a W12, put wheelie bars on the front, and do drag races in reverse.

So you’re citing a bunch of 20- to 50-year-old turbo engines to prove a point about new GDI turbos?

Citation needed. Plenty of early 3.5L EcoBoosts are out there with 300,000 or more miles and no “tearing themselves apart.”

Which engine would you rather have: a Ford 2.7l EcoBoost, or the asthmatic mod V-8 from the last Panthers?

Power is useful. So quote power, not displacement.

Why does anyone care about engine displacement anyway? It doesn’t measure anything useful.

In this case, the price paid (~$23 million per frame) was an open secret in the industry.

List prices. 737s are typically sold at around a 50% discount. Sometimes much more (as in the case of the recent United 737-700 order).

I like the current car the best. It’s got nice lines and, I think, the most intuitive ergonomics of the lot. It also looks a bit cheap, like most current BMW interiors, but in a stripped-down special that doesn’t matter at all.

Doug, I’ve abused you plenty over the years, but as a former DC resident who often misses the city I have to say this makes up for everything. Great and very perceptive comment.