So noise aside, the batteries are $350 each!? Having gas around isn’t a concern when you have a gas lawnmower and snowblower, there’s always enough to fill a tiny tank in a minibike. And a gas minibike costs like $500, so you could have two of them for less than the battery-less option with enough savings to buy enough…

I would recommend looking at American cars, since Japanese and Korean average heights are lower they don’t necessarily have the same requirements for their markets.

Whether an HOA is a good or bad thing is completely dependent on the residents and board. I live in an HOA and it’s been great, we only have like 2 old couples in the neighborhood and they’re super chill (usually it’s the old retirees that have nothing better to do that cause the issues), and every other house is…

For the normal person that could afford the purchase price of a new entry level sports car like a Miata, there’s still a few hurdles to overcome. First, if you have a family it can’t replace your daily driver, so it’s $30k in addition to whatever you already have, not instead of. And you gotta have the space for…

I don’t see where it said she tried to make payments, just that she refused to sign the new document. Which not signing the new document is her right but it sounds like they tried to repo the car before she even had a chance to make her first payment.

Fake wood would be decent in some applications, but I’m also a fan of the aluminum weave trim:

I know Steve Lehto has talked about a case he won on an as-is purchase that the seller put gear oil into the crankcase to hide the sound of a failing engine. Sure that’s Michigan but I wonder if there’s any legal recourse to be had for concealment here. It would mean a lawsuit but there might be something there…

“In addition to being a bit tore up, the water got into damn near everything, and it almost certainly will never operate correctly again.”

After the whole Whistlin Diesel thing, I was thinking more like the Kirki.

That’s pretty much the standard cost of a tune on a normal car these days, an APR flash on my wife’s Macan is like $600. Yeah it’s cool it would still have warranty coverage with the tune but other than that it’s not really special in terms of tunes.

Ha, agree that microphones can be deceptive. My wife has an Apple Watch and with an infant and a 2 year old she regularly gets “dangerously loud environment” warnings when they get riled up.

Just make sure you have a dealer close by that has decent volume. They’ve been closing a few around the country lately. I just got mine in April before the recall/stop sale of new ones and absolutely love it, luckily there are two dealers in my area and one had been Saab until the end so I’m banking on them to be…

I did a few track days with the local Mercedes club, there were at least 5 newer E63s there and a couple CLS63s tearing it up. The bigger cars are still fun and good on the track when they don’t weight a million pounds like this one does.

So what if they never drive it on the track? I agree with the quote that regardless, an M car (at least the competition version) should be a car that can be tracked. I’d bet an even smaller number of new Miata or BR-Z owners track their cars, doesn’t mean they’re not great at it.

Hellcats. They’re only owned by people wanting to show off, and are owned by two very distinct types of people. The stock ones are owned by gym bros that are complete assholes and have no creativity. They go to car shows all wearing the same lulu shorts and too tight shirts to line up their identical cars taking up…

That’s old advice. 100k is comfortable living but not enough to save for the average new car in “a year or two” when you factor in living costs such as mortgage, insurance, child care, etc.

The problems initially were on both versions but it was just software and got fixed fast. The only 2 remaining common issues are two plastic bleeder screws that are a $20 fix to replace with metal, and apparently there’s a line under the hood that needs better insulation and is a quick DIY job.

I came from a 3-series too, and I think the mindset is similar. Be familiar with what could go wrong, know what to look for, and if it does go wrong just fix it and you’re fine. I had the normal stuff with my F30 335 (transfer case, valve cover and oil filter housing gaskets) but everything else was solid. I also…

Because running into a moose or having a deer antler come through the windshield is potentially a life or death situation for the occupants. Can’t always stop in time for them, that’s why Sweden has the moose test.

Mine’s been good but then again it’s only got 7k miles on it so far. I hear two completely different stories from Facebook Alfa groups on them: