This was never a protest, FFS.

Nothing like “emergency powers” being used to take people’s private property without recourse.

Or, they can clear the protesters and allow the press to do their job unfettered. The latter doesn’t prevent the former. That’s a false choice.

Instead of going to a doctor, do you go to medical school? Instead of going to the grocery store, do you farm the land? I come here to learn new things about all things car related. I leave it to the professionals, and the “professionals” that are left seem to not care anything about cars and just want to talk about…

Time to fill the gap with a Crosstrek XT.
(with a stick. Keep your CVT, Subaru)

Spoiler alert: the new STI is going to be adjusted way up too when it comes out. It’s news to nobody that a fully loaded lower-spec model can end up costing more than a model the next tier up.

2013 CTS-V with a manual, $46k

Golf R is the most obvious answer...

Golf R, Focus RS, or a STi with a wrx trunk. 

I obviously have no right to tell them what to do with their money, but that would almost certainly make the most financial sense right now. At the very least they should buy out the lease and sell/trade it in for their next vehicle.

Its not the best looker imo but a new Golf R runs about $45k

Civic type R? The guy said he wanted something grown up looking - and not FWD.  So why not pick something that fails on both counts....

The easiest way to manufacture late fees is to make it hard to pay the initial amount.

HA!

Yeah there is, late fees. 

Yeah, holy shit, what just happened here? Guy listened to pushback, acted like a grownup, said he was wrong, and even apologized? Is this guy a unicorn or is this some kind of trick?

Holy cow! Where you live sir/ma’am? I’m in southern MN, but from Kansas City MO.

Welcome to the resistance, tires.

Maybe don’t park in the friggin median.

“Hey, we’ve been able to avoid the majority of taxes for years, but our most profitable year in a long time messed that up. Can we just not pay?”