How’s that a Catch-22? Oh no, my local economy is being stimulated and now this locally-owned, locally-operated business is going to have to expand and hire more locals. And poor me, I have to spend a dollar more for fresh, high quality beer from the brewery three blocks away until they finish expanding.

Don’t know the condition/rust belt all that, but my bet is it sells for way more than that. KBB is really bad about nailing down pricing on cars that have a cult following like old Toyota trucks.

I’ve had the exact opposite experience to be honest. I think most people that are selling on the classifieds use KBB or NADA to determine their price point and ADD to whatever number they get in anticipation of haggling and then vastly overestimate the quality of their car as well. In other words, their “Fair”…

Do you really need one?

I know Porsche’s six-cylinder engine does exactly what sklooner is describing (opposing pistons share a single crank pin). Do their new turbo four-cylinders not do the same thing?

Ahh, but Porsche uses (used?) a Flat V6, not a Boxer (or H6 if you prefer). Where the Boxer pistons all have their own crank pin leading to the engine imbalance described in this article, in the Flat V6, opposing pistons share a crank pin meaning they run a hell of a lot smoother.

Oh I can tell. But here’s the thing. I’m on travel for work right now and literally have nothing to do except watch Chopped reruns at a shitty hotel. This’ll be fun.

You’re literally advocating for the sunk cost fallacy right now. For one, the car is currently in the STEEPEST part of the depreciation curve. The part you DON’T want to own through. He can curb that by buying a car that’s further down that curb and not a BMW. But no, you’re advocating he wait 12 years for a $500 tax…

That doesn’t surprise me the least bit.

Weird. It sounds like the same three people that looked at your RSX looked at my wife’s SI! My favorite was this guy was one I actually “got back” because he was so annoying. At first he said he had just gotten an inheritance and was looking to buy a car for his 17 year-old that he could teach him to drive a manual…

No it doesn’t. Your assumption that he’s underwater on the loan is a bad one. He already said he’s expecting cash back from a dealership meaning he isn’t underwater on the car. He doesn’t need a car for six months, but now he has the option of buying a car with cash and then running it into the ground as you’ve…

Is a center console with a lid necessary for a DD? I’ve had cars without them, but it sure is something I like. Same for heated seats. They’re a must in a climate where it gets cold. If I wanted a daily driver without those simple features, I could buy a mid-90's 3-series and save myself a couple dollars. If I want a…

That logic makes sense for a $2,000 Civic, not a $40,000 BMW or anything else really.

Ughh. Just sold my wife’s 08 SI with ~50k in immaculate condition. All I can say is Good Luck.

I know for me, my hatred for single cab trucks is a height thing. There is NO leg room in those things and that’s coming from someone who just sold his Z3 for a Boxster.

A couple of corrections because I’m a pedantic asshole:

That’s great and all except they’ve also put a cap on the total allowable capacity of coal power production and cancelled plans to build several new coal-fired power plants. They’re doing this because they’re increasing the amount of renewable energy to a huge degree. They’re currently expanding wind energy at a rate…

I hope you’re not seriously arguing that no one who is against the closed cockpit dislikes it because of its appearance because that’s straight bullshit. Driver entrapment is little more than a convenient excuse for people that don’t want to admit their vanity on this one. I’ll throw myself under the bus here. I don’t…

I hope MotoGP isn’t governed by the FIA because that shit is gonna be real cumbersome.

I honestly don’t know if that makes me feel better or worse.