He'll probably be able to buy THIS ONE back in a few years for a fraction of the money. I too think the bubble in cars is due to pop again, just like 25 years ago.

$20 will solve that issue - USB CD player.

I have put a CD in the slot on each of the two cars I have bought new in the past 4 years exactly once, to make sure it actually worked. No great loss. I ripped all my CDs to MP3 years ago, and I am a middle-aged duffer. Thumbdrives are much more convenient.

There is never a need to justify having more than one car. More than one is always better than one. It's MORE. And you don't have to compromise as much.

Whatever. Apples to Oranges. The Volvo was not slower than other comparable cars of its day. It was faster than some.

When new, you could buy 2+ 245s for what MB asked for a 300TD. Now it is more like 3 decent 240s for what a decent 300TD costs. And the 300TD makes a 245 seem like a rocketship. Very nice cars though, I used to own this one:

They really are not that slow with the stick. They are light by modern standards, and the 2.1L has plenty of torque. My second car was a '76 242 with 4spd and O/D, and I can assure you it was plenty hoonable. These were the default hand-me-down car in my high school in the mid-80s.

The O/D only works in 4th gear. It is not a hi/lo across all the gears.

I bought a car from those guys via eBay. I am pretty sure they are the Russian mob. Pretty sketchy operation, and VERY unwilling to go remotely out of their way to facilitate a buyer from 350 miles away. The car was NOT as good as described, overpriced, and like an idiot I bought it anyway. Definitely a dumb move on…

Since it has the same engine as the Abarth, presumably if you took the muffler off it would sound the same. THAT would be all sorts of obnoxious fun.

You wouldn't even notice a 1500lb trailer behind one of these, even with the little engine. A Renegade is the weight of a Volvo 240, with 50%+ more power, yet a 240 could tow 3000lbs. Any lack of a tow rating is purely a marketing exercise to make you spend more money. Use common sense, and you will be just fine.

Maine is now pre-1995 for no title. Was the same as NH until a few years ago. But Maine accepts Canadian titles with no issues.

When I bought my '08 Saab 9-3SC the finance guy nearly killed the deal twice. First he dragged his feet all afternoon getting me the bottom line figure so that I could have my credit union cut a check before they closed. I had to threaten to not buy the car to get them to cough up the number. Then they kept me waiting…

I know a little - "buzzmeg" roughly translates as "holy shit" - it's sort of an all-purpose expletive. My best friend is Hungarian, if I see him tomorrow I'll ask him for a translation of what is really going on, if no one beats me to it.

And the Air Force Museum in Dayton OH puts Udvar-Hazy to shame. It is about 3X bigger, with construction just started on another gigantic building so they can move all the planes from the remote hanger on-base to the main site.

And ancient Triumph 4s do this as well, because they don't HAVE valve stem seals at all. Oil leaking into the cylinders and burning off is perfectly normal. No cranks seals either, park on a steep hill and you will get a puddle under the car. The joys of the finest 1930s technology.

Not very likely to get clouds of white smoke out of an air-cooled 911.

A car I always loved the looks of. Then I drove one. ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz. The Camry of big sporting coupes.

I'm willing to pay an extra $20K to get exactly what I want, and not someone else's sloppy seconds. Hell the biggest reason I am getting an M235i over a 228i is that I can get one with all the toys I want but without a sunroof. I'm effectively paying ~$4K to delete that darned hole in the roof! I bought my last BMW…

If you are going to buy a new car every three years, and many people do just that once they are established in life and career, leasing makes perfect sense. The dumb reason to lease is to get more car than you can otherwise afford. Stretching your budget for a car is dumb no matter how you pay for it.