I haven’t looked at the numbers, but I know that depreciation is a major concern of McLaren owners in comparison to if they had purchased a comparable Ferrari.

McLarens aren’t investment grade cars except for the P1. One of their biggest problems with getting sales is that they don’t retain value like a Ferrari does. Anybody that buys one is going to drive it because it will depreciate either way.

Porsche is better than most when it comes to availability for old parts. They treat classic parts as a profitable side business instead of an obligation to not piss off customers like most automakers.

I would say that a black or white Crown Victoria works in basically any neighborhood, though I do agree that a cargo van is a solid pick.

If nuclear power has a 2nd renaissance, then hydrogen becomes pretty viable. If electricity is cheap, you need a portable storage medium for it, and battery innovation is not keeping up.

This doesn’t mean the standards aren’t helping. The engines still have to be cleaner to meet the requirements, you just can’t expect to hit the number being tested against in the real world. I bet real world numbers are way better now than they used to be.

I agree for performance cars, but for everyday driving I think 0-60 is more important.

Just go back to Gawker and leave us alone. You’re way too worked up.

You need to work on your reading comprehension. He was saying that every congressman except Hennessey is an idiot for not calling out the use of top speed as the metric.

Ugh, this again. McDonalds was serving their coffee literally boiling hot, so that they could offer free refills in the restaurant but it would take so long to drink that nobody took them up on it. Coffee is not generally served anywhere near boiling.

I can handle the side and rear, but that front end is terrible. Anyone interested in this should be looking at a normally aspirated Porsche 944, very similar power and weight.

I would say $1500 is about the minimum reasonable amount for any older car. As you get into more expensive cars, 5-10% of value is a more realistic number, since the value of the car can make more expensive repairs worthwhile. If my 944 required a yearly $6k engine-out timing belt replacement, that would be a deal…

My first car was an 87 Cougar. It was a hand me down from my sister after it was her first car, after she bought it from the high school principal. All the weight was in the front, so even with the base V6 you could easily light up the rear tires. There was a sharp left turn on the exit drive of my high school, so one…

Have you been to OC? The cops there pull over everything all summer long.

A lot of these cars were doing burnouts or other shenanigans on public streets. Don’t assume they were all pulled over just for their looks.

Lots of cities have noise ordinances that stock cars can exceed if they get on the throttle. This isn’t unusual.

Uh, probably only a 986 Boxster or a 944 would be less than a Jetta.

The original Boxster definitely had a reputation like the Miata.

Just buy one with the clutch already replaced. I don’t think I’ve heard of anyone having to replace a non-OEM clutch on a street 944. 944 is relatively easy to wrench on, the clutch is literally the hardest job on the car.

Agree and disagree. Very slow in a straight line, but can do 60MPH on an exit ramp loop all day long.