Would there be a rebate associated with defensive use of a manufacturer’s firearms? A universal, unitary tax seems to disincentivize specific efforts to operate responsibly within that industry. Though lethal and detrimental to common health, guns exist nonetheless and it is probably counteractive to mutualize the…

People who kill behind the wheel were expressly given permission by state governments to drive on public roads—and, consequently, by the Federal Government to travel on them nationally—yet the solution to their indiscretions is to also limit what the general population is allowed to see as marketing materials? Wha…

I think this Danny Harris guy might be a pompous moron. But just in case he isn’t, I am going to clutch my pearls about how a pickup truck is marketed as being able to withstand picking up stuff.

Maryland. Anyone old enough to speak from the driving hell that is Northern VA can tell you: across the Potomac. And this, coming from an area which, overall, can’t drive for shit in the first place.

Nothing evokes the name “GTX” like... that...

If she saves a little and buys an Infiniti, she’s playing Nice Price AND Crack Pipe.

What a cool plan to follow through on, great collection. I think a lot of people fail to execute, myself included. I bought a ‘84 Z51/4sp Corvette for a grand, fixed it in the work parking lot, and saw it towed away before I could sell. Storage is a big thing for (hoarder) broke city dwellers. It’s neat to think you…

The 1er left more than a few upmarket-accustomed BMW buyers in the U.S. confused regarding the humble looks when it arrived. The E82 was authentically BMW-looking, while this 2 looks like a slabby, busy attempt to turn the quattro into a coupe.

It’s funny to watch Hemi ‘Cuda play out again, only with a different generation. I remember cross-shopping 86s, E30s, and S13s as dirt-cheap first cars not all that long ago, and not thinking of investment potential enough to jump at something with a smaller-# specs sheet. Those were cheaper than 10-footer,…

I think oiling improvements helped a lot with longevity, in the form of additional injector locations. Fuel economy and intensive operation still seem to be hurdles for the mainstream market.

M4 with double wishbones and a bespoke chassis sounds like a plan. Although a rotary spinning to 9k and pushing off with electric torque seems like too perfect a match to never happen! The two technologies only needed to be closer by a few more years...

They have a new line of engines, including a compression-ignition straight six, presumably concluding development soon for their new line of RWD vehicles. Seems like they are interested in engineering-forward offerings at a lower prices than badge farm cars, which would be really cool.

Beta: The resources don’t exist to make it happen on this scale with this technology at this price.

I mean possible “real” depreciation insofar as inflation is as hot as it is; the nominal depreciation is outweighed by other factors, but there is still a discounting component in some sense (which I was calling negligible). I’m in the same boat with alternative transportation as the…

Incredible to sell so conveniently with so little depreciation. It definitely doesn’t hurt that there aren’t many more 6-cylinder Caymans now than when you bought it!

Vaguely related, but it’s kind of nice to finally have the higher output numbers here in the ‘States. Sadly, those aren’t the only higher numbers associated with new cars nowadays.

There is no missing roundel, unless you are addressing the BMW design team ca. 1986.

To be fair, this M3 would have been handily outperformed by a cheaper-stickered C4, up to ten years its senior, when new. However, it would have been more comfortable and seat twice as many people. Given that either car is dubious solo transportation at this point, 19,500 is an amusing number in this context.

This is a really goofy fad, albeit one that looks pretty spunky in this instance. The seller probably figured out that he would rather drive outside of our corruptly-deteriorating city, rather than try to build his weekend car to take the punishment of driving around in it. The first-gen Z4 is largely a sport-ified cru…