Ugly? There’s no extraneous scoops, slits, sills, etc. It’s a very clean shape. You could possibly call it “boring”, but it’s not ugly. There’s a difference between Styling and Design. This is designed beautifully.

NP!

You couldn’t even order a 996 Turbo S in 2006, 2005 was the last year they were offered. The MY2007 997 Turbo was out in 2006 and it had 480 PS (473 hp). The only 996 911s offered in 2006 were Carrera Cabrios: C2, C4, C4S.

I’ve got a Mini GP2, and I have no intentions of ever selling it. It’s currently my daily, but in the next year (or whenever prices come down), I’ll be supplementing it with something else to daily. Preferably that’ll have a manual, too. But I’m open to a used PHEV.

That intersection is after a long, wide, downhill portion of La Brea, and then it just ends at a red light at Slauson. If you wanted to get up to 100 mph quickly and easily, you absolutely could. But if it was mechanical failure (on an E450 Coupe?) then you’d also have plenty of opportunity to put it into neutral and…

The Saab is the one to get. They’re plentiful in NY/New England, and there were different engines and facelifts so you can find the one you want easily enough. You can easily score a really nice 2008-11 era 9-3 droptop for way under $20k, too.

I can’t imagine they light foot it everywhere when they have a company gas card, never mind their commutes in/around LA.

I think the original RX300 was the first modern crossover. The ML and X5 were def more SUVish. The RX was more carlike, and because it was a Toyota product and so reliable, everyone else chased after it.

That’s fair enough, I totally get that point of it looking like an Si with a wing. That’s what I like about it, though. It’s all personal preference, I liked the old Golf R over the last FK8 just because it was more subtle..

This looks SO much better than the last one. I’m sure there are young students/professionals who could afford the $38-$44k Type R, and liked the look. But for anyone of a certain age (40+ maybe?), it might’ve been the most embarrassing car to be seen in. If you loved anime and Fast & Furious 20 years ago, that’s…

So weird to see the 400E referenced, I just sold mine last month.

I’d blow $274k on a 911 Sport Classic, the other $26k? Maybe a minty Saab 900 Turbo (SPG? Comm Ed? Any of them!) for those trips to Whole Foods.

“I see this vehicle pull up to my side, and I hear ‘hey f—got’—super aggressive,” [...] “I don’t know if you can hear it in the video very well, but you could just feel the hatred coming off of this person”

Nice try, but that’s not how inflation works. My car was $40k new in 2013. But that’s $50k today, so can I still get $30k for it?

Python Green and Shark Blue work on a GT3, but a Carrera or S? No.

It just reads a bit editorialized. Like something a car journo would write in an article, and then attribute to somebody else.

“I’ve never seen anything like this before in my life. This car is strikingly beautiful.” Those were the words of my 84-year-old grandmother when I brought the LC to her house.

Right? If Mercedes could do it 35 years ago, why not bring back cammed or articulated wipers? I think the monoblade cleans something like 86% of the windshield.

No, but there are hundreds of thousands of wasteful trucks and SUVs getting probably 14-16 mpg in daily use.

That list is beyond misleading, comedy effect or not.