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YEEEEEEEEEEAHHHH!!!!!!

My mum had a 1990 Mercury Topaz which meant through high school I had a 1990 Mercury Topaz. It was that or my dad’s 1987 GMC Vandura cargo van. Mum had just gotten her licence and knew nothing about cars when she bought it while refusing to listen to teenage me (“PRELUDE! PRELUDE! PRELUDE!”). I suffered through it for…

Guy I went to high school with drove his mum’s silver Tracer and he really liked it. I recall buying the tape deck from it for ten bucks and replacing the radio in my mum’s Topaz. Two fine examples of badge-engineered mediocrity. The 90s were a dark time.

True. But there’s many out there who get suckered in by the big zero and low monthlies. Just curious what he thinks is the smarter choice of these two unthinkable options.

Oh, dear God no! This was a hypothetical question. I’ve never bought a new car. I buy enthusiast cars used that hold their value better than average then flip them every couple of years. Just curious about his take on this long-term lease/buy phenomenon.

This took me to Chuckletown.

One thing I’m coming across lately are long-term leases. 60 month leases are becoming more and more popular - especially on high volume cars. I’d like to know your thoughts about those versus long term financing (starting to see 96 months).

My thought is if I’m leasing a base Hyundai Elantra for five years for…

I hope his Saab 900 makes a cameo.

“It’s almost like Tesla is positioned in people’s minds as an energy storage company that happens to put most of its batteries on wheels,”

That’s an important point. Luxury automakers who were asleep at the switch and have grown tired of Tesla eating their lunch will soon give us a slew of electric Panameras and A4s…

So, my optimum spec came to a ball hair under $200,000. I think I’ll have to keep driving my ten year old Caddy for just a wee bit longer.

Aussie Man needs to review this:

Grey Pontiac DustBuster with a busted exhaust manifold which made it sound like a derby car. Shocking. All the more because the girl I dated before her drove a Karmann Ghia and a E30 325i. I re-evaluated my life choices and moved on swiftly.

Another worthwhile point of note: buying a 3-5 year old car that’s at the shallow side of its depreciation curve means a $10,000 car may only depreciate another $2,000-3,000 over the course of that same 39 months so if you sold it privately then you’d only be out a few grand.

You gotta hand it to Dodge: they know their target market and how to appeal to them.

These two made up the backbone of my fleet until about a year ago. There was nothing I couldn’t do!

If ass-hats cutting in at the last minute because the rules don’t apply to them bothers you, my friend, you need to stay clear of the Greater Toronto Area.

I have a friend who traded his after six months. He said the fuel economy was rotten and it wasn’t as fun to drive as you’d think. His biggest gripe though: it was a $45,000 car that looked like a $25,000 car. Mind you he’s also owned more Porsches than I have underwear so take his comments with a pinch of salt.

Made this guy a replacement bumper sticker.

Around town doing the usual driving things is it noticeably different than the GTI? In other words as a daily driver in the real world is the R worth the premium?

Damnit, why didn’t they sell this in Canada?! I missed on on cheap G8s because I was broke as a joke at the time and now that I can afford one of these, I can’t get one either!