I would infinitely rather ride in the back of a Camry than a manky old Crown Victoria.

A non-blinged up original HUMMERs never really had that aura about them. It's the Tahoe with delusions of grandure uber-poser versions that always did.

It looks a bit like a cross between a Mercedes and a Rolls-Royce Carmague . I definitely would not call it pretty, but I bet it has a lot of presence in the metal. It's also probably a LOT bigger than it looks in the pictures.

You can disagree all you want. The fuel economy and emissions benefits ensure that DI is the way of the future, just as port fuel injection took over from carbs. Any added expense down the road is not much of a concern relative to meeting CAFE and other mandates.

Is there no truer thing in the universe than TANSTAAFL?

Personally, an '82 Volvo 245T. I bought it in about '94, with 150K on it. It was an epic POS. Within months the alternator quit, the radiator turned out to be clogged, the A/C compressor grenade, the autobox started slipping on cold mornings, and the final straw, it caught fire on Rt128 outside Boston due to the…

Was she working at Zona Rosa?

But don't true Jalops only buy used anyway? Makes them even cheaper!

Owning a BMW (and an Abarth as well, actually), and being in the local BMWCCA chapter with a whole bunch of people with N20, N54, and N55 direct-injection cars, I am calling Bullshit on anything near annual cleanings. Some cars never need it at all. It's also perfectly DIY'able with a set of dental pics and some elbow…

And runs over anything too, which might come in handy.

I'm a happy P38 Range Rover driver, but I do love those Classics, and the Autobiography is the king of the hill. Though if I were to buy a Classic, I would want a vinyl trim manual transmission 3dr. Just because.

I think the advantages of DI are well-worth the added maintenance. Better power and better fuel economy in exchange for a cleaning every 4-5 years seems like a fair trade. TANSTAAFL. It is also something that is bound to get better as the tech improves.

ROFL! What about flying AND fucking? I have always wanted to join the Mile-High-Club. Can't afford one of those super suites on an A380 or a private jet though!

To be fair, Singer is starting with an expensive car that had pretty fabulous fit and finish to start with. These guys are starting with a cheap car that was literally hammered together by guys in Detroit. Only so much better you can make a car that had economy car tolerances to start with. You can bet they are put…

If actually you have the cash to blow on a car instead of financing it, you are highly unlikely to need it any time soon. Even in a pinch, you could cash just enough out to be able to pay the payments for a while. Take the free money loan, invest the cash.

That's a fantastic analogy!

You'll feel even better if you put the money into an index fund and take the stupid low rate financing on the car and come out a couple grand ahead of if you had paid cash.

Kind of a weird setup - Bill Dodge BMW and Bill Dodge Infiniti, my local BMW dealer in Westbrook, ME. Very small, and the only BMW dealership and the only Infiniti dealership in Maine. The two dealerships are in the same building, which is built in two halves with the service bays in the middle like a tunnel, with the…

And none of those cars are sold on this side of the Atlantic. We take what we can get here.

I find a smile and a hello go a LONG way with the FAs, as does a please and thank-you. Food? On airplanes? :-)