I wanted to go to Milan in August, but Boopsie, here insisted on Monaco, so... Monaco it is! Anything but the Hamptons... I think I’d swim out to sea if I had to spend another August in the Hamptons! Isn’t that right, bunny?

Miata is always the answer... until you start making about $20 mil a year.

Back in 2016 I had an S550 Cabriolet for a week to review. Like most cars in the MB press fleet it was optioned to the hilt, including the $1800 Swarovski crystals surrounding the headlights. Without that option this SL680 is a poser car. Sure, you can have the Maybach logo embossed in the leather and print it all…

Looks like a car that would be driven by a person who would be insufferable to talk to.

Is this becoming the Robb Report?

Money can’t buy taste.

So many posts about cars I, and most of us, will never attain.

My wife and I travel a lot. In our 50s we still backpack and hostel.

I’m sure the shopkeepers, restaurant owners, hotel managers, and uber drivers are likewise pissed at having so many people with so much disposable income walking around looking to spend it all.

At the risk of being “that guy,” I’ll just say that I’ve never felt more comfortable than when I’m driving a car that’s paid off. 

EXACTLY! Unlike 2020 Demand is low and supply is high so the law of capitalism means we are going back to pre-2020 prices!

Discounts are getting back to “normal”. Stuff that is sitting around is discounted, stuff that is hot is not. Same as it ever was. You can get a deal on a Gladiator, you are NOT getting one on a Sienna.

According to capitalism and the law of supply and demand, this must mean we have lots of ultra cheap cars now just to offload these cars and recoup any costs at all, right? Right? Oh, that only applies in the other direction.

The 70s luxobarges are tough to beat, but I think the W123 Mercedes gives them a run for the cushy money.

Ever made?

I spotted this beauty last week near my cardiologist’s office.

Very much Citroen, yes, although the SM’s interior looks a touch more welcoming than the DS’s flat sorta-bench seats.

Toyota Century. The very last word in Japanese Luxury, with that classic discretion so nobody knows just how rich you are.

I agree that luxobarges from the 70s were the most cushy. They were huge, weighed a lot, had large bias-ply tires on small steel wheels, and super-soft seats. They also handled like crap.

For its time, the Citroën DS, no contest. For all time, either the latest Rolls-Royce Phantom or the Mercedes 600 Grosser (which licensed parts of the Citroën technology).