I think a 997.1 turbo (not regular 997.1) is an investment vehicle because it’s:

I don’t understand your logic but you are free to invest the way you wish. I put the money into a separate account and will keep it roughly 70% equity/etfs and 30% money market funds. I expect to be able to generate a 6-7% annual return over that time while paying 3.35% interest on the loan. I’m buying during an…

Yes, and? I’m “bragging” about picking up an investment vehicle at a super low interest rate and keeping those funds invested in a market I anticipate will increase by 30-50% over 5 years instead of sinking those funds into a car that will likely not appreciate/stay flat during the same timeframe.

I bought a 997.1 turbo - 2008 model - financed for 60 months at 3.34% interest. 12 years old Porsche. And I financed 100% including taxes and fees.

I’m sorry is there some golden rule of launches I’m not familiar with that dictates the day when it’s NOT coordinated with a major auto show?

I don’t know why they picked July 9th but I’m sure they’ve been delaying the launch. Lets assume for a second they had an important reason for picking July 9th. Perhaps they weighed this fact, “27 years old OJ’s friend drove OJ on a police chase in a Bronco” - it’s not the anniversary of that police chase. It’s OJ’s…

I came in here prepared to disagree with you Ralph and find myself considering your arguments. Let me agree on a few things absolutely:

In my car journey I’ve found that at a certain point miles are irrelevant to further depreciation and it’s all about condition. What I’m going to say it’s worth this if it had 180k miles on it but more problem signs? No.

Stuff likes this reminds me of what the human race is capable of doing.

Random points:

Former brand new 2006 Civic SI owner here for whatever that is worth...

My brother picked up an old crown vic police car at some auction and lent it to me when i was in college. I didn’t realize how absorbent the suspension was until I hit a signficant road ledge I had hit in many other cars. In other cars, chassis disruption and significant suspension rebound ensued. In the crown vic I…

No, just no. Front: No. Side: No.

I realize the protests/rioters/looters themselves no longer have a single quantifiable goal, but I am extremely glad the issue of qualified immunity is coming back up in a big way. If the Supreme Court validates it , this country deserves what is happening.

I’ve had a dream where you can “design your own” car using a choice of chassis, bolt on body panels, paint, suspension setups for the chassis, steering setups, etc, etc.

This is probably the best driving BMW 5-series since the e39....and I owned an e39 m5 and e61 535 wagon. I give BMW credit for making a seriously good driving executive sedan.

No complaints from me - I bought a brand new m3, drove it nearly 6 years, and paid $28k in depreciation (I paid $60k even for it brand new). That’s about $5k a year in depreciation. And it was extremely low maintenance to own, so I feel like I had a pretty good ownership experience for such a car.

As the owner of a 2019 Wrangler I received a notification in the mail about this issue. It advised the following,

My point on the CF Driveshaft is it’s actually a pretty desirable trait if you can get it. And on making no real difference....well, that would have been a pretty expensive investment for BMW to engineer and produce for no net difference. Isn’t it interesting that once they went into cost cutting mode on the model…

Never understood looking for the LCI m3s - mine has the magnesium oil pan and CF driveshaft, both of which were phased out with cost cutting.