Yes. Please. Now.

Not as true anymore, thank goodness.  That being said - the <20k hybrid got me intrigued, but the AWD turbo is what I’d probably ~get~.  Altitude and mountainside winter...  AWD and snow tires are required.  

There are definitely times (other than the seats) I miss my 350Z roadster. 

This is what keeps me almost buying one over and over again.  It’s just ...  they don’t fuck with you. 

In order: CPO BMW, so it not only has a warranty, it has one arguably better than the new one (and the extended ones are cheap too, oddly enough). As long as Mazda’s new car one, in fact, depending on how old the BMW is (I’m thinking ~2 years, which tends to give you 20k on the original warranty + 2 years and another…

The issue here is simple.  I can buy a Mazda3 premium new, or a CPO BMW.  Both are auto, both are turbo, both are AWD, but one has a hellaciously nicer dealership experience and ownership experience (maintenance costs occasionally aside), while the other is a small Japanese manufacturer without the usual lux…

I had an ex-girlfriend who’s grandpa had one of these, in purple.  It was a bad car then.  It’s a worse car now.  His had 60k on it.  Eww.  

If you don’t mind blue, I’m selling my 10th AE.  43k miles also. 

Hilarious fact: I’m listing my 10th AE NB on Cars and Bids next week. 43k miles, mint condition (minus one scratch on the driver side mirror from the prior owner), all original accessories (all unopened!), original window sticker, original purchase documentation, the clear bra documentation (from 2009!), and every…

Saying “screw it” at low altitude and putting it down is ALWAYS an acceptable choice, as far as any of my instructors have been concerned.  If you don’t think you have time to fiddle, you don’t have time to fiddle.  Land first, fix second. 

That’s only the base model.  No tiguan with a TT V6.  

Less water evaporation off of you, so you dehydrate somewhat slower (ish). 

TOTALLY fair on that one.  It’s a vert, use it when it makes sense. 

Because April to Mid-June is convertible weather, July/August are morning convertible weather (or late night), and September/October is convertible weather in the middle of the day before the “random chance of snow” arrives. July/August in the middle of the day is 105+ degrees, beating sun, and the A/C just just can’t…

Someone gets it.  “Slow” on something like a BRZ in Florida or LA is one thing.  “Slow” when you’re at 8500 ft and down 35% of that limited power sucks.  Now take something like the base crosstrek, add in that 1000 lbs, and whack 35-40% off the powerband...  and OUCH. 

Very true - it’s mostly the rest of the electronics that would make me want the extra warranty, and Porsche’s program is pretty solid.  But that’s a very good point.  Just can’t afford a NEW Taycan. 

I’ll admit: CPO Taycan or BMW I4 is likely my next workman do-everything car. It’s finally here, they’re finally ready, and you don’t have to deal with the Muskovites. I welcome our electron overlords. 

This is a big part of what got me to quit riding.  I had 2 years of barely on the bike (international travel for work), and when I came back, a Street Triple R was a terrifying terrifying machine - far more than it had been before, when it was just terrifying once over.  I quietly gave it up at that point.  Also,…

Alternate take: I don’t get why Jeep won’t let me pair the turbo-4 with the manual in the wrangler. Where I live, one makes power, the other is asthmatic and even slower than it should be. Different strokes, all that - I’m far more excited about the Bronco because it has the stick with a turbo motor ~period~. Sure,…

Me too.  Was seriously considering getting an SI in 2020...  before, well, you know.  I like this gen hatch, but the sedan is utterly boring to me.