I can confirm this. My father rented a space since I was 11. He had the space for 38 years. Current market rate is over $600/month for the space. (He was paying $480) Without rent increases, he spent damn near $200,000.

The third generation Acura TL caught my eye largely because it aped Alfa’s 164 style and absolutely nothing else. Owned it for 12 years and in that time the car asked for nothing more than gas, tires, oil and brakes.

I love, Love, LOVE Corvettes. I learned to drive stick on one. (Thanks dad!) Restomod a C3 is on my bucket list.

That cars are a depreciating asset. I’ve come across more than a few people online and in person who either didn’t understand depreciation or believed they could set the price of their car when it comes time to sell it and someone would actually pay it. Dude, it’s 3rd gen Acura TL. I had one. It’s a fantastic car. You…

Some people don’t qualify for 0% financing.

0% is for qualified buyers. Apply an APR to it and it can quickly get expensive. The longer the terms, the more interest you’ll owe. I don’t have a problem with this as long as the car is reliable and outlives the duration of the loan, which many cars today can do with proper care and maintenance.

$1000/tank suggests gas will be low in supply. It won’t be as long as passenger air travel continues using turbofan jets. When you crack crude oil to make petroleum products, you get both kerosene (commercial jet fuel’s main ingredient) and gasoline (Jet fuel’s second biggest ingredient).

There will still be gasoline for one simple reason - when you “crack” crude oil, you get both kerosene (used in jet fuel) and gasoline. Cars may be going electric, but the only change you’ll find in large passenger aircraft is in material construction. They’ll still be using turbofan jets and those jets will need…

LOL. I know the exact phrase. My wife and I had this conversation a few days ago because we’re thinking of taking a road trip in an RV with our son. I’ve been editing my words because if I don’t, I’ll have a three year old running around yelling “fucking rent it” for God knows how long.

Years ago, my father owned a boat. RVs are pleasure craft like boats. And if there’s one lesson I gleaned from the years of boat ownership and the associated headaches, it’s this:

I’m going to echo the sentiments of FormerInstants here. Even if you were to drive perfectly according to the textbooks, you can’t control other drivers. I have, on occasion, been forced to swerve or brake hard from bonehead moves I’ve encountered. Tesla’s system would penalize you for this.

I’m sure that felt good to write, but we’re not in high school. Punishing everyone with an unpleasant flight doesn’t stop the bad eggs from misbehaving. A better solution is to handle these bad eggs the way private high school handle theirs: Expulsion.

LOL. I got a bullshit ticket in New Orleans when I was in college. Parked on the street for under 2 hours, left for lunch for an hour, parked on the same street on the other side and got a ticket for being on the street for longer than two hours. I contested, they insisted. I refused to pay. After a little back and…

I don’t expect that his court experience will go any better. My father got a parking ticket for parking in a no parking zone. The zone was not marked. There were no signs. The judge literally said the lack of signs is not relevant. My dad could afford the $400 fine and the lost time in court. For lots of other people,…

My brother had his car burglarized a couple times before he realized that he was keeping his keys too close to the car inside the house. They now have a faraday box for their car keys.

When it comes to subjective matter like this, what tips the scale is the value between buying someone else’s work and doing the work yourself with new or well inspected used components. You’ve already done the math for us by showing that $34K easily buys better, more reliable components and a new chassis for less…

Werner Herzog has entered the chat. 

No dice at $20k, but Miatas of this vintage that are this clean are increasingly rare. We may scoff now, but he can get over $10. That wasn't true a while back. He may get his ask if he waits another 10 years. 

I wouldn’t mistake that for a Strosek 928 (which was a cool car back in the day) but I would have some pretty dumb questions from plain ignorance. Hopefully I’d catch you in a good mood and willing to lift the bonnet and perhaps let me have a look inside. Thanks for the photos!

LOL. That’s a funny sense of entitlement. “Lowers our property value” is a bullhorn for “you’re too poor to be around these parts.” Your response was perfect pettiness. Love it.