I’ve spent quite a bit of time in the RenCen over the past decade. It always felt like the set from an old science fiction movie: how people in the 1970's thought we’d be living by the 1990's.

I have driven the current ForTwo gas version that Car2Go uses. A vast improvement over the previous gen. If you don’t want anything more than a great little city runabout put it on your list, but don’t expect it to set your hair (or anything else) on fire with excitement.

Speaking of forgettable full-size sedans, I passed a very clean one of these on the highway today and actually said out loud to myself, “Oh yeah, I remember the New Yorker!” I had to marvel at the owner who has obviously taken enough pride that allowed it to survive more than 20 Canadian winters, but thenI had to…

I had a Cobalt SS turbo that I feel owed quite a lot to the 9-3 Viggen:

Turbocharged 2.0L making 260 hp/ 260 torques
Same transmission, right down to the shift knob
Limited slip front diff, so less torque steer

I loved to drive that Cobalt, but I’d taken a Viggen every day.

Did that Sukhoi just do the equivalent of “you lookin’ at my girl, bruh?” then flash its biceps?

It’s one car I’ve been keeping my eye on too. But the cheapest one on AutoTrader Canada is $44,000, which when you factor in exchange rate is $32,000. Until I get paid in US dollars the search continues...

Trading up to a home with a garage and not subjecting myself to a doubled or tripled commute time would cost me an easy half mil. Toronto real estate prices are no joke!

Just needs some Truk Nutz to complete the package.

The front page of Reddit anthropomorphized into a five-year old girl.

I’ve always aimed for a 997 C2S, but (in Canada at least) a decent 997 will still require at least fifty thousand of your hard-earned dollars. If I could get in on the ground floor for twenty and the IMS work has been done, I could learn to love that interior.

W Body Impala, not Malibu. It would take some kind of force to create that level of carnage!

Scenario: Dealer says they made a mistake on a signed contract and they want you to now sign a new contract whereby you owe them more money.

Response:

•_•)
Seems like this wayward daughter....( •_•)>⌐■-■
...carried on. (⌐■_■)

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…

The entire movie summed up in one quote from the same movie:

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…