There are only a handful of vehicles that are sold in the US for police use. The police are not going to purchase something that isn't factory made for the job. As the old joke from the movie Blues Brothers goes - "cop motor, cop brakes, cop suspension, cop radiator, etc., etc., they are MUCH heavier duty vehicles…

Whole or via wood chipper?

The whole "don't want to be stuck with the maintenance" thing is such a tired red herring. People lease these because they can afford to buy a new car every few years, and leasing is the most efficient way to do it. The biggest cost of a car like this is depreciation. Repairs and maintenance are rounding error by…

If one of these cars has ever seen salt, it will be a rolling rust issue. Absolute world-champion rot-boxes to give Italian cars a run for their money. With the worst part being they tend to hide it pretty well.

A friend of mine rented a V6 Camaro and took it to one of the local autocrosses. Engine seized up after 5-6 runs, right on the course. Turns out, it was a couple quarts of oil low - he swears the oil light never lit, or he would have shut it down then (I think he was just not paying attention). After letting it cool…

Not really stall. Usually they get stuck on the tracks - the tracks are elevated for drainage purposes, so there is a sharp ramp up and over them in the road. A long low truck goes up and over and gets hung up. Or the idiot truck driver tries to beat the train through the crossing...

Seems simple enough. There should be my money, the other half's money, then the house money. Each is responsible for 1/2 the monthly common expenses, savings, and investment program, whatever is left over is that persons to do with as they please. Proportionate to relative income if needed. No different than…

This is why I don't get pickup trucks. For 99% of the stuff that I would want an open bed for, I would not want to ding up my fancy truck. So to me it makes WAY more sense to either own or rent a trailer for those times when you need a load of crushed rock or mulch or whatever nasty substance. You can even make your…

It's for aerodynamics and thus fuel economy.

My Grandparents had a succession of Suburbans through the 70's to mid-80's, used for towing campers mostly. Grandfather had the first one (a 3dr) as a company truck and bought it from the company as he liked it so much. The last couple were diesels, and I took my driver's license test in one of those beasts in '86. I…

It's called British character son, keeps the upper lip stiff.

Both. :-)

AWD and automatic only in the US for the 328i/328d wagons. Otherwise I would have bought one, as I very much like the f31. And yes, equipped the way I would want one, $55K.

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.