Dude it’s a goddamn puddle. It’s not a ford. Yeah it splashed up a little on the front bumper but it’s midengine so it’s not going to damage anything.

Yeah no I have a C5 and they’re not bad at all. No they’re not daylight-levels of lighting, but it doesn’t need to be. They’re as good as any other car of the era which is plenty bright for normal driving.

The photo of it in the slideshow makes it look high AF to me...

A luxury sedan, Kia, or hot hatch as a first car for a 16 year old? I know he’s probably on his parents’ policy but any of those are going to be stupidly expensive to insure.

There’s nothing wrong with being a weenie. Just that for brand new cars, no matter how “exciting” the Camry gets it’s always the boring default choice for the Ned Flanders types.

This vintage SL was awful for reliability, the CLK not so much. No air ride, the top is ligher since it’s a soft top so less stress on the hydraulics, no SBC brakes or ABC hydraulic suspension either on this one.

Usually the old Benz horror stories are on either the AMGs, V12s, or other “big Benz” models that not only are old, but have historically less reliable engines and other tech like air ride that people continually forget is a wear/maintenance item not a forever part.

There’s no denying that the Camry is a good car, or even can be a sporty car. It still gets derided not because of the car itself, but because of its buyers. The majority of new Camry buyers being completely apathetic about cars and going with it not because it’s fun but because it’s a Toyota Camry and facts and…

ND especially with the miles. I worked in the service aisle at a VW dealer back in the early 2010s and I saw the repair bills for these. People loved them and kept them through being mechanically totaled multiple times over. Honestly from what I saw it’s probably break even with buying a similarly priced V12 Mercedes,…

Oh nice, so if I see a car with model designation that’s a mishmash of poorly spelled English with a few Cyrillic characters in there I’ll assume it’s just the new Maserati...

It’s not even about treating your car as disposable, I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about getting your regular maintenance done, but when the oil change guy says not a lot drained out failing to recognize that as an oil burning issue. Or not knowing that you should really save all your service records in case…

Your disqualifiers as “bad” cars are not bad cars. The LM002 is glorious, and the Fiat Multipla is good at what it’s made for, carrying many people on a small footprint with good visibility.

I used to think this, but after going down the rabbit hole of Ebay motors UK a while back, all TVRs seem to need complete engine rebuilds very frequently. Like most of them were listed with 20-30k miles and more than half were noted to have been rebuilt recently.

Most likely funding. School buses are owned by independent companies and city buses are owned by the city, and are on a completely diferent level of budget. It’s parallel to if the government said everyone needs to switch to EVs versus them saying they’re switching all government vehicles to EV.

The same kids that were racing around in riced-out Civics wouldn’t be in Hellcats. Those kids would have had BMWs at the time.

Insurance restrictions started in 2022, so not over the last decade. If you already had it on a policy they weren’t going to cancel you. So it’s only an issue if you’re shopping for insurance because rate increases or you just bought one. It’s not all carriers, so if we’re writing a new policy we know the ones to…

I own a Vette and know they’re not exclusive at all. Sure some are better than others like special editions but only because they look good, not because they’re rare. But I now I’m in the minority. So that makes my 2004 Commemorative Edition convertible 6mt owned by someone who knows Corvettes aren’t exclusive a 1 of…

Go with the AMG GT. No it’s not a boutique brand like the Aston but it’s an amazing car to drive. It’s got the same V8 that Aston borrowed for the newer Vantage, and especially without the aero pack is gorgeous.

No it doesn’t compete with the Aston. Also unless it’s an LFA I couldn’t in good conscience recommend any Lexus to someone as a replacement for an Aston, only if their complaint was reliability.

The explanation of compartmentalization without seat belts makes complete sense to me. I’m just thinking on a practicality standpoint, with kids ranging in age from 5 to 18, sitting 2-3 across, with backpacks and (for some older students) band instruments or sports equipment, sometimes school projects. Just the time…