In Maine I wish I could only pay $200/yr. My 14yo Range Rover is $400/yr. My new M235i is going to be ~$1400 the first year.

I spent 3 years of law school in DeKalb, why am I not surprised at this? If only cell phone cameras had existed back then - so much stupidity went unrecorded.

For the .0001% of us weirdos who don't drink coffee at all - could you explain WHY iced cappuccino is not a thing?

Rust being worse in Maine is something you can absolutely count on. Scary thing is that the Ford was by no means the fastest ruster we ever had. That honor goes to the 1980 Subaru hatchback. Failed inspection and needed comprehensive amounts of welding by age 3, scrapped at age 6 due to terminal tinworm. Those things…

My Grandparents had a Ford Galaxie, it was the first new car they ever bought, and it was the car I rode in first, having come home from being born in it. It is also famous in family folklore because one morning when it was about 2yrs old, my Grandfather went to drive to work one morning and found the rear bumper…

It's waaay too old to need or get a title in Maine. All you would need is a handwritten bill of sale and an insurance card to register it. But why would you want to? These things were utterly terrible!

They look cool, but they do just drive like an old Volvo. Not a sporting bone in their body.

I've driven it. Quite a bit, as one of my best friends owns one. The giant touchscreen sucks as a car user interface. It's a HUGE distraction, literally and figuratively, and you cannot use it without looking at it. It's better than the tiny touchscreens in many cars, but that is like being the prettiest girl in the…

That's just a used car that happens to still be under CPO warranty - and almost at the end of it timewise, as the CPO warranty is six years from in-service date/100K miles. That car must have had an '09 in-service date to still be covered, and that seems really odd, as the '09s would have been sold in starting in…

The worst case scenario is the car burning to the ground with no insurance coverage. Anything mechanical is fixable.

Still down to the risk/cost ratio. A CPO M5 is not a little more money than a car like this one, it is a TON more money than a car like this one - 3-4X+. You could nearly rebuild the entire car for the difference. I think the risk of a catastrophic failure on one of these cars assuming it is maintained CORRECTLY is…

Cost down the road is irrelevant to the manufacturer. DI is a way to meet ever tightening emissions and fuel economy requirements - with added power as a benefit. Within 5-10 years I predict it will be nearly impossible to buy a car without it.

The service up front is much better if you can afford it. I decided many years ago that I am too old, too spoiled, and too fat to fly coach over the ocean. A big seat in a semi-private pod that turns into a bed, GREAT food, a big screen and tons of entertainment and having my ass kissed by the FA's is entirely…

Base price was $83,900 in '08, though I am sure you could option one into the stratosphere, just like now. You never get your money back on the options. It's almost a brand new Corolla a year averaged over the seven years. And probably a new 3-series the first year or two on a loaded one. That level of depreciation is…

That is why new cars have warranties in the first place. No manufacturer has ever in the history of making anything, managed to make every single widget 100% perfect every single time. There is always some number that will fail. My Mom had a brand-new 1986 Saab 9000T that lunched its gearbox at 1500 miles. It happens.…

I don't foresee any major cost increases for several reasons:

You have to look at it the right way. It's roughly $60K less than what it cost new. That pays for a LOT of repairs. You cannot compare this car to a $19,500 Camry.

Is there any possibility of insuring the Scout as a limited-use antique vehicle? Costs me $120/yr to insure my Triumph Spitfire that way.

This is very much self-regulating though. A new car may be easy to get parts for, but it is worth a lot, and thus their risk of loss is much higher. And old car is worth much less, so their risk is much less. It really makes no sense at all that it costs more to insure my $8000 Range Rover than my $30K BMW. In fact,…

Always astounds me how expensive insurance must be for some people in some places to get these sorts of prices as an *average*. I pay ~$1100/yr to insure FOUR cars with full coverage, low deductibles, and much higher than state minimum liability in Maine. And nothing boring either, '74 Spitfire, '01 Range Rover, '11…