They’re not that expensive if you’re not picky.

Now that’s a catback!

When I heard about it I assumed he was once of the many, many white Southern dudes who are named after Robert E. Lee

“Mutual”

Part of me refuses to believe my feet could ever move that fast.

Seeing as trucks and crossovers are all that sells now, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Subaru releases a variant on the Ascent (or whatever it ends up being called) with a bed instead of a 3rd row.

Cheer up: we know how this story ends.

Agreed. With both Kroger and Food City as alternatives, I never go to Publix.

my bacon eating, beer drinking father is a Muslim who married my infidel Catholic mother and raised his children Southern Baptists

Nope. I have been resisting replying to every comment explaining the “original” meaning of the phrase, but it’s one of my pet peeves, so since you asked: this interpretation comes from a 1994 book. Even then, that book is referring to the blood of the covenant, not the blood bond shared by chosen allies. It gives no…

They’re both “new MC” platform, but Toyota is weird about platforms so I’m not sure what that means.

I didn’t know you used to run the Moth! Never made it to a show, but I’ve been listening to the podcast since back before it got picked up by NPR!

CAN WE JUST ENJOY SOME SPACE ACTION, Y’ALL

The Macan is a luxury crossover, which is a huge and growing segment. If Porsche built a 2-door in the $40k range, they’d be entering a market which isn’t seeing a lot of growth and which is dominated by a few players. Their brand recognition would likely let them steal sales from the likes of the Mustang GT, but I…

I wonder how much it would really eat into 911 sales? The Panamera has a softer ride and a nicer interior than a 911. No reason to think they’d change that with a 2-door. That makes it more of a high-end grand tourer than a 911 competitor. I suspect most people buying a 911 are getting them for the image they present.…

No one said anything about lowering price. It would just be a different body style option, like the 4 & 6 series BMWs which are offered in both 2 and 4 door versions.

If I did my math right, ROI will be 0.57% if it sells for $40k. Inflation means that’s a loss.

No reason to insure it if it wasn’t on the road, but it’s a loss anyway: MSRP was the equivalent of around $46k today. The real loss is, as you say, the lost earning potential — he’d have almost $96k if he’d put it in a passive S&P index fund.