All I see is fancy Prius

Tbh I’ve only gained interest this year, so I don’t know the whole history. From my limited knowledge, it seems like Perez was a great driver who linked up with a backer to help boost him to F1, so at least he had talent and worked for it. Stroll is a shit driver with a rich daddy. I just feel for guys like Ocon, who…

In an F1 car, where paddles originated, drivers don’t turn the wheel more than about 45 degrees, which allows them to leave their hands on the wheel at all times. In a normal car, your wheel rotates significantly more than 45 degrees and you’ll re position your hands on the wheel for a big turn. Having the paddles on…

Seconded. I started watching the season a few days ago and I’m completely hooked. They do a great job playing up the drivers’ drama and the controversies surrounding the teams - RBR dropping Renault and then losing Ricciardo to Renault, Ocon getting shafted because Perez has more money, Lance Stroll being a…

I asked around about leasing one last year, but a lot of dealers can only apply those huge discounts on purchases. Plus, a lot of those cars are 2018, which means (depending on their manufacture date) they’re probably not eligible to lease anymore. I bet you could lease one with a cap cost around $56k though, which…

It’s not lofy for a car that’s projected to cost $65k. An RS3 manages 400 hp with a 2.5. A CLA45 AMG puts down 355 hp from a 2-liter. At 341 hp in a 2.5 liter car, you’re managing a meager 136 hp per liter; an Alfa and a Golf R both do better than that. Maybe they don’t need to hit 400, but 341 is miserable, especially…

Meh, I asked Jalopnik when I was looking at a new car. The writers confirmed that I should buy a Golf R, put me on the scent of a V60 T6, but then I ended up with an Alfa. IMO you’ll end up buying what you want either way.

I’d hope the guy with double digit cars could be convinced to look past ‘reasonable’

Your opinion is wrong!

Right, that’s what the money factor is, which is usually close to an equivalent APR. The only thing you pay on a lease is money factor and depreciation; what you pay on a new car is actual cost plus APR. The benefit of a lease is much lower payments (because you’re not paying for the full cost of the car, only the…

This is why education is important, because that person starting at nothing needs to know what their options are and the risks or benefits of each. 

Yes, spot on. Too many people trade in their cars after 4 years for new ones while their trade-in value is significantly lower than the owed loan. An 8 year loan is a bad deal, but it’s fine if you can afford the loan for 8 years and you actually keep the car for 8 years.

The real question is why aren’t those people just leasing cars. 

Hah, I didn’t buy one because $50k was too much for me to stomach as well. I guess ‘heavily discounted’ is more appropriate

V90's are actually dirt cheap right now. Dealers stocked a ton of V90 CC’s, but then everybody bought the V60 instead. There are dozens of V90s on Autotrader right now for $13k off MSRP. You can get in a T6 for under $50k:

I have one. It’s not a problem. 

The hitched britches rear is a terrible, terrible fad. The X6 is the worst offender.

This was confirmed via lots of testing involving my sledgehammer coming down hard on 1/8-inch plates that I’d welded together as practice.

Even if the City could pull their head out of their ass and come up with a good, funded plan, it would take them decades to actually start or finish the project. Publicly funded jobs in the US are a fucking disaster, which is (part of the reason) why our infrastructure is broken.

SF’s problem is the MTA are run by a bunch of morons.