But unless you are one in a million lucky, even if it appreciates to “six figures” someday, you would still be FAR better off just putting $80K in an index fund. And in the meantime, unlike stocks, it costs real cash money to keep a car as an investment. You still need at least comprehensive insurance coverage in case…

The adults at SpaceX seem to be far better at keeping his fingers away from the buttons than those at Tesla.

As I have said about fast cars for a long time - if you want your organs re-arranged by g-forces, a season ticket to Six-Flags or equivalent is a lot cheaper and safer. And far less likely to let you experience the back seat of a cop car.

The more modes, the more opportunities to be in the wrong one. Fun!

If you want to buy a low-miles “investment”, this seems like a HELL of a lot safer bet. It probably still won’t keep pace with the stock market, but at least it’s more fun to look at in your climate-controlled expensive storage unit than a stack of stock certificates. You can’t drive it, of course, that would hurt the…

Is *1* mile even legit? I find it hard to believe that only a single mile got put on getting this from factory to truck to dealership to wherever it’s been hiding for 16 years.

But why do you need more than the blown V6? It’s a bloody fast car.

They really aren’t. Those cars were actually fun, and decently high quality. There is no fun to be had in a Mirage, and they are built like cheap Chinese toys, even if they are reliable enough.

The automatic is new(er), but these all had 4-cyl Detroits originally. GM owned Detroit Diesel, and Allison transmission too for that matter. with a 4spd stick as built, later upgraded to six-cylinder gas engines so they would go more than 40mph. The 4-71 probably makes rather more power than the original, and way…

How many T-Rocs can you buy for the price of a 911 convertible? Three? IIRC, these things are relatively cheap. And 5500 sales in a typically 13Mish market is nothing to get very excited about. We live in VERY boring automotive times on both sides of the pond.

Also - in what universe were ‘80s and 90's econoboxes with sticks RARE? It was hard to find one with an automatic!

Can’t say I have ever had much challenge finding any car I wanted. You just need to be willing to travel.

Two 5-liter jugs of M1 Euro car formula from Wallyworld is ~$54 (and often on sale for a bit less) here in God’s Waiting Room, FL - my Mercedes takes 8 liters, so I know the feeling. BMW takes 6L of the same, so I usually buy three jugs and have exactly enough to do both cars. No idea how much Porsche filters are, but…

eTorx and triple square are very different things. VAG LOVES the triple square fasteners, BWM and Mercedes love eTorx, so I have full sets of both in all sorts of configurations.

Great to have that available. And considering I am spending roughly $425K to have a garage with enough space and height for a proper lift, $99 is a bargain.

I like him even more now. And after that speech yesterday, I would not have thought that possible.

Various porn stars and former Eastern block underwear models?

That is really saying something too.

Probably the only company that was better off in bed with Chrysler.(!)

Inflation is a thing. $20K today is worth ~$15K in 2014.