I drove two different B5 S4's when they were new-ish and man, they were fun. Both manual, even the same color. One was “tuned” but honestly, I owned a sub-100hp Civic at the time (2003) so it was all fun and games. I had another friend with an ‘03 A4 Avant with the 3.0 V6 and a 6-speed manual, too. I drove that a lot…
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Exactly. Or - and I know there are maintenance concerns - a 2004 S4 Avant. Sweet blue color. 300+hp. 6 speed manual. And a hell of a lot less than $50-100k, even WITH possible maintenance nightmares all happening at once, which they won’t.
If you’re real, you’ll move to a state that doesn’t require a front plate.
I’d also recommend using flannel pajama bottoms as a layer under regular pants. You’re basically turning any pants into flannel-lined.
I’ve also seen this in snowy western states like Utah near Park City, like in 2002.
Wow. I had no doubt that you put a bunch of money into maintenance over the last few years, but I thought, probably like most people who followed the story only casually, there really wasn’t that much money going into it (ignoring insurance cost, that is). I would have guessed something like $1,500/year.
I mean, a quick reverse google image search... I assumed OP was using hyperbole. Fine. But then to double down ... oops.
Probably, yeah. I rented from an off-airport place though, not one of the major ones like Hertz or something. I have a friend who is a travel blogger, he recommended it. It was fine, and also everything you’d expect of an off-brand rental place. Like, when I got to the car, it was parked behind another one from the…
I rented an older one of these (2012?) in Iceland recently, and it was great on the rough roads and especially on the even rougher side roads, but man. Even in a country without a divided highway anywhere, there were still places where you’d be going ~50mph for a while, and that was about all I wanted to do in that…
I’m from the rusty, salty northeast and I STILL don’t think that’s a good price for something like that. There are just too many of these trucks around, and while it would be a rare beast up here in that condition, who the hell is spending $15k on a 4wd toy like that, that you can’t even drive in the winter anyway…
Most of the non-urban US does not have real estate prices like that. $500k would get you 15 acres of land and a nicely built 4,000sf house around here.
Might want to read some of the background on that. I was curious and looked at New Hampshire, because that’s where I happen to be, and the law is limited to diesel vehicles and has a ton of exceptions - including for low temperatures and defrosting purposes. The link is in the article. There’s plenty of variation, but…
haha yes, it’s my second. I’ve done a few of those, but none on my current one (yet)
It gets especially weird driving an old BMW. I do occasionally get a comment along the lines of “ooh a BMW” and yet, I’m certain I spend less on my car than most people, especially those would wouldn’t see past the badge on my 16-year-old 175k mile car.