OP sounds like the sort of asshole that advocates for harsh punishments for everyone else when something happens, but would cry like a little girl if he were facing the same thing. He’s lucky to have any pity from me, unfounded or not.

It’s battery, not assault. Given the lack of actual physical trauma, there are financial remedies to such things.

Or you work with your municipality to create a zoning ordinance to prohibit things like trailers being parked in the front or on the side of a house. I think it would look much nicer if the dude just backed it on further up and into his backyard.

I pretend that SMG cars don’t exist, kind of like that shitty second set of Star Wars movies that supposedly came out. The world is better if they both die quietly.

The Z4M is sexy as hell! As a 3rd car, it is not an unreasonable choice either. That budget for repairs is not unreasonable and is most certainly workable. Thanks for the input!

Thanks! Did you plan for potential extra, or at least different, issues with the one you bought? Whatever I buy, I do plan on having inspected by a reputable mechanic, if not the dealership. I would prefer a hardtop but convertibles seem to be more available and cruising with the top down at the beach wouldn’t suck at…

I want a miata, but I’m 6'4" and my wife is 6'2". Miatas are not built for people as tall as we are. In the event of even a minor wreck, things could be bad.

“The BMW engine article wasn’t by me it was from Tavarish.”

So, feel free to ignore this since I’m asking you to at least part of what you do for money for free instead but:

Well, shit, if I had a Jeep Compass, I’d hate cars to.

And here I am kind of mad that my brand new F-150 has tiny cupholders. My unlce’s 2013 has larger cupholders that can accommodate my nalgene water bottle. Mine has normal size cupholders that don’t.

Alabama resident that goes to Colorado during the summer here!

Honestly, the big news here is pricing for the whole line has been released. I’ve been on the fence as to whether to wait for the 2017 vs buying a 2016, and it was driving me nuts that no pricing was released. It’s also driving me nuts that there’s no release date that I know of.

I wish we could downvote motherfuckers on this interface.

Don’t tell me, tell the SOB that is insisting that I’m wrong!

You’re speculating about something you know nothing about.

In mother Russia, Lada fucks up bear.

“Obviously you shouldn’t leave food in there, but it makes no sense to leave it unlocked and risk far greater damage.”

Yes, however, empty your car of all foodstuffs and you’re less likely to get a trashed interior. Also, if a bear wants in your car, the likelihood of damage being limited to a missing doorhandle is slim.

“The bear, who was relatively small and likely a cub, somehow managed to operate the car’s designed-for-humans door handles, get inside, somehow pull the door closed, and then lock all the doors. That’s a pretty good achievement for a bear, especially a cub.”

Not really. People in rural areas that have lots of bears…