You need to practice N+1 when it comes to cars you both depend on and need to maintain yourself to save money. If you NEED two cars, then you have to own three. That said, there was a time when despite owning four cars for one person, I had to ride my bike to work because none of them were usable that morning for…

Exactly correct, and you really should have this as the preface to your comparison articles. There is a shocking to me lack of mechanical ability all over these days. Cars are not rocket science, not even German ones, but to 95% of the populace they might as well be. Research, both before buying, and when you have an…

Brilliant, and I agree with you completely. Luckily I can afford new awesome to some extent. Daily driving new awesome leaves me the ability to also have some old awesome in the garage.

Thing is Doug, you got roughly a $50K discount off what that truck would have cost new. So having to spend an (inflated) $8K on it over two years seems like a pretty good deal to me. And had you bought a new Camry, you would have lost that much in depreciation, and you would still have a Camry. You have a point about…

Problem is, every time I get a G37s as a rental upgrade it is immediately apparent why they are so much cheaper than my BMW. It is not enough cheaper to run to make up for how crappy it is. You get what you pay for.

There is no vent there, they don't open.

LOL - then nature should be allowed to take its course. At least they would be gone before breeding.

Have to agree with you on this one. The F10 looks great, the E60 still looks fat and lumpy. The e39 was better looking than either of them.

I'm thinking even the slowest children are smart enough not to run out in front of a loud airplane.

IIRC, they were something like $500 for the set. That was real money in 1969. And they have been repaired a number of times over the years. And of course, they have just been doing an old couples laundry all this time, not a family, so they have not really had much use.

And practical as well. Wagon for the win. I might even say this is better than a Phaeton.

So NOT a luxury car in any way. So much an escapee from a rental lot.

This very frequent flier loves Embraers, even the little ones. They are awesome compared to the utter nastiness that is the Flying Skidoo, AKA Bombardier CRJs. You can actually see out the windows of an ERJ-145. And with any amount of FF status, you can usually get a seat on the single side. There are NO good seats on…

I tow with mine all the time. 1/2 the reason I bought it. Maine winters and hating snowblowing being the other 1/2. Never a problem, and tows the 6500lb boat and trailer just fine. Though mine is the last of the manly live-axled Rovers, not a girly thing like yours! I kid, I kid...

Unless you are in a state that checks to make sure those lights go on and off when you start the car, like Maine... Inop warning lights are a big FAIL at inspection times. And many modern cars now use LEDs for the warning lights.

As do 740s and 940s. 240 interiors are a LONG way from being indestructible as well, though the fact that they are screwed together rather than clipped makes them a bit less rattly. I've owned a dozen of these cars, from nearly new to one with 400K. A 740 is a 240 with most of the stupid refined out of it, and the 940…

Same thing applies, you will have more problems with a Lexus SUV than you will with a base Civic. And Lexus does not make anything comparable in features (and things to break) to a Range Rover. The top-spec one is just a fancier Land Cruiser - it doesn't even have air suspension. It's nicely built, but it is little…

Mostly because southern Maine has only one gas terminal that serves all the stations bar the one, and that is all they bother to carry. It's not any sort of requirement, it is just a business decision that someone made. Go far enough from Portland and there is 93 available if the stations get their gas from elsewhere.…

Great engine, very durable, but 115hp out of 2.3l? Embarrassing, even in the late '80s.

Doug, have you read the book "One Year with a Ferrari"? I just finished it, loved it. You seem to have made out MUCH better with your choice of a 360 than that guy did with a 355... Cost him $50K to do a few thousand miles and three track days. Yikes!