But more funds are sunk into something I plan on abusing the living daylights out of instead of keeping nice enough to sell again.  

I’m honestly considering a slightly used 2018/2019 Pro-4x for exactly the reasons you mentioned. Especially since lightly used, they go for WAY less than the same-year/mileage Taco would.

Had one.  Good car, not amazing, not bad, but good car.  Decently fun, easy to drive, engine drone at high RPM was a bit annoying (the 37HR isn’t a great motor at high RPM), but good car. 

They’re not amazing, but they’re good, I’d say - I had a 350Z roadster and a G37 AWD-S.  Both were ...  good.  Both were also amazing values bought lightly used.  Which made them very competitive. 

Paid spotify with an unlimited connection.  :D 

Oh agreed; just being pedantic, I guess.  And utterly agreed on the XM/pandora/etc - those aren’t amazing.  Spotify can do full quality though if you have the bandwidth :) 

CDs are pretty compressed compared to high quality audio online/etc.  Now, getting that to the headunit can be fun, but there are ways. 

Yes

$5 it’s “old” for the medical issue.

Higher value yes - thus equity.  Never changes the residual though. 

I’d have returned it through the doors of Kia USA.  Good on you for being a bigger man. 

Two thoughts:

ROFL - we never got a night trap sequel because it actually wasn’t that ~good~ - tried playing it recently? Does. Not. Hold. Up.

I’ll respond the same way I did to Goofnik:  You misunderstand the market.  TCO on a lease for me is zero - I’m not the one paying it.  

You don’t understand the financial model most people who lease are working on. I’m not paying the lease; someone else is. I also need to have the ability to chuck it at the dealer and grab a loaner if it breaks (because again, I’m not the one paying the lease, and the reason it’s being paid is so I can be where I’m…

Same buy-in as the BMW though, and on lease schedules (what most people do), warranty is the same on both.  

The issue there is that commuting is ~not~ the only use case, so now you either have to have 2 cars, or wait for recharge time more often.  That’s a negative in many folks eyes.  

I’m still trying to figure out how we’re going to manage the huge group of people that won’t take any answer other than an immediate return to “life-before”.  With cases spiking 200%+ in North Dakota, and double-digit numbers in other rural states, we’re not even to the point of having this vaguely under control, and…

To add:  Liking Bernie and disliking many of his supporters is surprisingly common as well.  There are ways he could have built a coalition, and not been surrounded by the next cult of personality, but he intentionally decided NOT to.  

Not all of us picked having kids in our 30's - thanks, but I like my toys, vacation, weekends, and overall sanity.  Quite happy without kids.