Bullshit. I, and a large portion of the engineers I’ve ever worked with, do tons of wrenching in our spare time. We’re very aware of what servicing something is going to be like when we design it. That’s our job. Sometimes, when we see something is going to be a pain to work on, we design it that way anyway. That’s…

As a design engineer, this stuff scares the heck out of me sometimes.
I’ve designed engines. I’ve designed body and suspension. I’ve configured complete vehicles. And I can tell you this about every single one of them: They might break one day.
We NEVER have all the information we’d like when making a decision. And even…

Okay, I did it myself. Used the numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation chart at https://www.bls.gov/data/ . First the list price provided in the video in dollars (I used January of that year each time for simplicity) and then the adjusted price in September 2017 dollars.

Quite a fine car. Obviously I fell in love with the room of the G8, and with the CTS-V I found that I missed the interior room of the G8, and I was also able to get a deal on the SS (20% off), so I jumped at it.

Having owned a G8 GT, a CTS-V Wagon, and now a Chevy SS I can dispel some of your myths thusly:

“...maybe $5k over what a similarly clean and driven base G8 stock G8 GXP...”

This guy did a pretty clean job, but you never get back what you put in, CP.

I would really love to do this with my van just to see how it compares:

Pardon me, but this entire digression borders on insane. Here’s a handy guide for anyone who is debating whether they should coast downhill or leave their car in gear

I prefer engine-acceleration when going downhill.

We have over 10 million readers a month, many of them can afford to buy a new or used exotic car. Those folks just don’t often show up in the comments. Furthermore, it’s not like every single piece of car buying advice on this site has to do with exotic cars.

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I bought my first one (grey 04 automatic) in 2013, had it almost 2 years but hated the transmission so much. Replaced it with this manual one, so I’ve had it about 2.5 years. Had to replace the engine, the Ford 3.0 goes to hell when it consumes the precat material around 130k. Luckily a used engine out of a Fusion…

Nope, about 10% of the US production was 6spd. When we would get them on the lot they were already sold. Hard to find vehicle.

It’s no CTS-V, but I’m pretty fond of the color on my (almost) equally rare stick wagon.

Ford Flex Ecoboost. The anti-CUV. Designed with a ruler and not remotely lozenge shaped. 365hp stock. Three useful rows. I think they’re hilarious and have seriously considered one just for the “Did that blue refrigerator just smoke me off the light?” reaction.

De-badge or re-badge.

Enough with the auto journalist, internet commenter garbage that a Viper is going to kill you and it’s so scary. It’s not that crazy. It’s pretty boring. It’s fine in the rain if you don’t floor it everywhere. It handles well. It’s grippy. You’re only going to have a bad time if you’re a 16 year old with an…

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