I bought a completely rust-free car right here in Maine, 15 miles from my house. Originally from Texas, of course. They are out there, you just have to look hard if you want one. Starting to be worth some money too. I had mine for four years and made a small profit on it.

Sure there are female pilots, though not a ton of them. My last flight of last year (12/31) was on a US Airways A319 with two female pilots and an all male cabin crew! Not the first time either.

And the air suspension issues for those that have it. And the HVAC issues, and the dead instrument panel issues. And the rust issues. Oh yes, they rust. The LS is a nice car, but it's also an old car now too. And the parts are certainly no cheaper than Mercedes parts. Often more, as there are fewer places to get them,…

I've had a P38 for 1.5yrs. While it has not been bulletproof, it has been reasonably reliable and not terribly expensive to maintain. Big things with them are the fuse/relay panel under the hood ($300), leaks in the air suspension that kill the compressor (air bags are ~$100 each, O-ring kit is $50). Water leaks are…

By modern standards, as complicated as a hammer. Only real issue is rust, and mechanics who have not a clue what they are doing. My '86 GTV6 was perfectly reliable. Maintenance is key, it's not a Toyota.

BMWs have this issue too. The problem ultimately is lack of maintenance. Part of the routine maintenance is cleaning out those various drains. But for most people, even owners of high-end German cars (and especially the second and third + owners), maintenance is getting the oil changed, possibly at Iffy Lube.

Worse - you were actually PAYING to be yelled at! Assuming you did not have a full-ride.

Aux ins were not THAT unusual in the early '90s. I plugged a Sony Discman into several cars back in those days. CD players were still spendy, it was nice to have one that could move around.

Looks like a BMW, drives like a BMW (by all accounts), can't get excited about it one way or another. But if I needed a mini-minivan, I'd hit that.

Under the pretty body, it was just a Volvo 120/140. Nothing to get excited about really.

I dunno - it is not all that far removed from all the rest of the actual trucks that wear the 3-pointed star. It's just silly that they only sell it in super-faux-lux trim in the US (though I understand the profit motivation). In the rest of the world, you can get the interior that is actually suitable for the things…

But the M3 holds 100% as more people, and 200% more stuff, and the Corvette has a 5000% higher driven slowly by old white-haired dudes in Navy caps factor.

I was at the Air Force Museum last summer, and one of the biggest surprises to me was how much higher the payload capacity of the B1 is than the B52. It sure doesn't LOOK like it can carry 2X the bombload, but it can - and a whole lot faster.

The guy was unreal. Seriously, it was like something out of a movie. This guy worked for the private car service of a big money law firm that is a client of mine. So he is usually shuffling lawyers around, and I am SURE they take very good care of their employees who get them to the airport on time. I love going there…

This is why God invented one-way airplane tickets. Or in my case, Frequent Flier award round-trip tickets where you toss the return because the wankers won't let you book one-way. But I'm not bitter...

Anyone with a college degree is going to pull in $104K a year after just a few years? Yeah, I don't think so. Unless you have an engineering or law degree (law only if you were top of your class at a top school), or are an MD, not so much. Or your major was "pre Wall St". And even then, today in most cases your…

But, but, but, but - Lexus don't break??!! They are God's Own Perfect Car! Only German cars ever break, so sayeth the Internet!

Kind of like being a pilot- you are generally the first one at the scene of the crash...

Interesting, both '11 BMW wagon RWD with stick and '74 Triumph Spitfire both get 61-67%.

In many states, you don't even need an air brake endorsement to drive an air brake equipped RV. Or a full size bus converted to an RV, or built as one.