I’d feel like a real dope if I were waiting on delivery of my $50k Model 3 right now. 

Looking at the bid history this took off between just two guys. I’m betting both millennial tech/finance bros in Silicon Valley or New York. The third highest individual bidder bowed out at $103k (which is still nutz).

I really cringed seeing that tie-wearing manager hold her arms. 

What’s sad is that they make this great looking 21" wheel that takes the car’s shoutiness down a few levels, and no one’s gonna buy them. It even comes in boring-ass silver! 

To address the “even in Louisiana” portion of your comment: While it is the Deep South, Louisiana is about 1/3 black. Its three largest cities have black mayors. As a dipshit white guy here, I feel that the large black representation within police forces & prosecutors’ offices helps *minimize* the awful, racist…

This Phantom VII launched in 2003. There is no reason Rolls should still be tied to this 16 year old design. Also, the freakin’ clock is all the way on the passenger side of the dash. 

Geely Ray Wert sure is a dick.

It’s also a super crowded market, and would make for a tough choice. The Cayenne Turbo would blend in better (and save $50k), the inside of a G63 AMG is - allegedly - a decent place to be finally, and you’ve got the V8 Bentley Bentayga if you like wearing Barbour jackets and pretending to be old money. 

A few months ago I read the saddest BaT listing - a widow selling her late husband’s 993TT. The heartbreak came when I read that he only put 1,000 miles on the car in more than a decade of ownership. We don’t always get tomorrow. 

My guess is that McCowns’ payroll check was issued by Huntington Bank. They probably looked through their last batch of payroll checks to that employer and didn’t see his name.

Maybe it’s because I have kids or maybe it’s because I’m a psychotic control freak, but Joe’s general thesis of “we are rich, let’s do what we can to make sure the family stays sane (and RICH) in future generations” makes some sense. I also have a crazy Fox News-watching 76 year-old father, so my expectations of the…

That the G Wagen is so close behind the Lamborghini is mind blowing. The Urus has 64 more HP and isn’t shaped like a barn. I wish a 2019 Cayenne Turbo or W12 Bentayga had been included.

When we were 8 my friend’s dad -a dirt track driver himself - built an exact copy of this for his son. The one exception was that instead of a well-bolstered patted seat, he used a plastic office chair bolted to the frame. We broke so many of those chairs. But at least he also bought Bell racing helmets to use.

I want to know the difference between the Urus 4.0L TT V8, the Bentayga 4.0L TT V8, and the Cayenne Turbo 4.0L TT V8. Same corporate family, all different outputs. Is it all in the tune/turbo calibrations or are they different engines?

Chalk, in America. Crayon, for the Europeans.  

I’m glad I read this blog, Bert, and the ensuing comments. Yesterday I read the original essay and had half a mind to head to the nearest Whole Foods in search of this magical milk. 

So... how much are the trustees paid? I’ll bet somewhere between “too much” and “a shitload.” No wonder they want to keep it going in perpetuity. 

It’s amazing how little of even the design language of these pretty cars has made it to production. 

Exactly. Kids will want something where they have memories. The only memories they’ll have of the Boxter/Cayman is that Dad said we couldn’t go on his nightly “grocery run” because it’s only a two-seater. The LC will be a road trip machine. Surely they still publish those paper books with public off-road trails? My…

“Dave, next time just let them shit on the porch, it’s much easier to hose off.”