Yes, but wouldn’t the cost of a full-time AAA flatbed and driver, following you wherever you went, push that cost past $20K?

It’s stunning that those F-14’s are even in the air, at all. With substantially more resources (and the engineering which created them to start) we ended their service lives due to the massive time and cost for upkeep. Yet, with none of the spare parts, nor the military finances, Iran is still getting those into the…

Goodness! This, I will be doing as much as possible! Thank you, Internet, for another great tip!

Escape module. Obviously.

Looks great. Plus, it looks like 95% of the interior and exterior could go right into production.

Holy shit. You post a jab at Taco Bell, with what is clearly the most Americanized looking mess you could find. Something tells me you live someplace in the mid-west.

This may actually be the coolest thing about that car.

Fuck off, you little whipper-snapper.

I would argue that there are plenty of women (and some “men”) who would buy the Beetle entirely because it has a little flower vase.

And then the little torqeless motor will lose even more. The motor and the rest of the exhaust is designed to not have a conventional muffler, so back-pressure is tuned accordingly. Just deleting the muffler on the Miata, is going to screw up that pressure, and reduce torque.

I know the Prius (the batteries) are a mind-numbing process. Between the processing of the raw core ingredients, and the final assembly into the finished cars, it’s something like six-different trips across the ocean. Which is likely the same for any large Li-ion battery for a car these days.

Assuming that you’re into bloated, dated-looking blandness, then you’re probably quite pleased today.

Do they sell a MPPK for that one? The ones they have had, and supposedly will again offer with the 340 models, is pretty damn impressive - being that it’s a fully factory warrantied kick-up in power.

And by the way, from way back up in this thread, I also totally agree on the no-GM thing. I’ve driven an ATS-V, and was not in any way convinced that it was anywhere near worth the German money being asked. Which, not surprisingly, is why those things are still just sitting on dealer lots all over the country.

I guess you and I would likely depart in that opinion, but each-own. What BMW do you have?

Do you really think the Alfa is going to be considerably more reliable? That brand may be known for a number of things, but bullet-proof isn’t necessarily one. Obviously, a modern forced-injection BMW isn’t going to set any long-term reliability records, but it’s at least a more known commodity.

It must be the luxurious, soft-touch interior ammenities that keep him coming back.

Is this thing still on? I figured it might have been an early-season axe-job.

I have nothing more to add.

You know, if I wanted a sad story, I’d pick up a Reader’s Digest.