Four-seat premium coupe, versus two-seat "sports car" will almost always get you a lower insurance premium, all other factors being equal.

Agreed. Plus, almost any model year G coupe or sedan are just amazingly reliable. Simply great, Japanese RWD cars. Nothing on this list will be as reliable as these, and almost nothing will even be as fast, at least in stock form.

Not an issue. No one actually buys an Impala.

Typical woman driver...

Two years later, and it would actually be a really great find.

Out of curiosity, do you have the source for that information about states (which ones?) adding more tax to diesel? Seems like a very odd way to go about doing things, when they can already, and do already, specifically tax large commercial vehicles differently than passenger vehicles.

I kid you not, but I recall there being a marketing line regarding the final model TT Supra, which was something along the lines of "hollow carpet fibers" - to save weight. Seriously.

I realize that. It's tough, because the EPA regs for CA are more stringent than anywhere else, that our refineries are already over-worked just making those blends.

Fundamentally, diesel should cost less than gasoline, simply due to the fact that it requires less refining at the factory level. It's always struck me as bizarre that it still costs as much, and sometimes more, than premium unleaded gasoline. At least here in CA.

Hell, with the iPhone Tesla app, I'd just have the damn thing drive itself to my work, while I kicked it on the couch watching the View.

There is no better description for this, than FUCKING RAD!

Yeah, and again, it's not likes it's going to be absolute, in every location. I've simply read various Audi forum threads where people have, indeed, received unpleasant notification from VAG based on their tuned cars. But, for every one of those horror stories, there are likely countless thousands of guys doing just…

Please don't put words in my mouth. I never said that an "entire" warranty would be voided. I said, "powertrain" would potentially be at risk, and it would be. A dealer can do as they please, and again, I'm not going to question what experiences you have with such (and for the record, I'm well-versed in ECU and turbo…

I'm not talking about STaSIS. That's the only company with am agreement with Audi (VW as well?) - and even then, that company assume partial warranty. Audi does NOT cover that work at that point. Considering VAG is such a global force, I would doubt it is any different with VW.

They were being polite. He was hospitalized because he shit out his entire intestinal tract...

Not trying to be "that guy" but are you concerned at all about potentially jacking with your warranty on a car, that new? My recollection is that VAG is pretty aggressive about tracking down altered ECU's, and sending out nasty power-train warranty (threatening) cancellation letters. Obviously, if you never go to a VW…

Bolt-on wing is missing a "VTEC" sticker.

Sorry! I meant to say "Tundra" - and even with that, I might be wrong. It was just a quick blip on NPR this afternoon, but the gist of the story was that the overwhelming (to put it mildly) majority of all new cars sold in the U.S. in 2014 were full-size trucks. Something like twice (!!!) as many F150 models were…

People do not, and have not for some time, wanted small trucks. It's not a surprise that the top five most sold vehicles in the U.S. just this past year were the F150, Silverado, and Tacoma.

Nissan will always be stuck here. A loaded Maxima was (is?) always fairly pricey, and very quickly closed in on the price of the (much better) G35/37. Same applies here. If the new Maxima were some awesome RWD sport sedan, then that would do no favors for the Infiniti model.