Bernie’s waiting for some despot to make the payment for him, ensuring a race is moved to some shitty country in the not too distant future?

I must respectfully disagree. I live off an interstate near a large fed ex distribution center. These guys drive like maniacs.

Big Rig = 0

Fed Ex driver may soon be an Ex Fed Ex driver.

And there we have a troubled bridge over water.

Forget the sedan. They’re a ridiculous body style for small cars. Even in larger cars they should all be liftbacks (e.g. Skoda Superb).

Good point, but it makes me pessimistic about the relative merits of a fwd 1-series :(

First of all, what America really deserves is a 2.0L turbocharged front-wheel-drive German compact sedan that isn’t a Volkswagen.

Also in China badge means everything. Hardly do they care how it drives, or whatever other aspect.

No, we don’t need this because BMW already sells a FWD, small four-door car in the US: the Mini Hardtop Four Door.

$10 it gets the 1.5l 3-pot from MINI.

28 years old? Catching Pokemon while driving your brother’s car and smacking trees is no way to go through life son.

It is a very calm response... but I read this part:

Seems like Zachary is taking this reasonably well. He talks of his close bond with the car, and everyone on this site knows that cars are essentially family members. I’m positive that i would take this much, much worse.

The Kids in the Hall did a sketch years ago about four guys up for a Best Actor Oscar.. Dave, Mark, and Kevin played actors in bad Lifetime-Inspiration-Porn style movies playing dudes with various physical disabilities (One was deaf, one was paraplegic, and one had a railroad spike in his head). Meanwhile Scott played…

So you’re saying you like to burn your wad of cash up front instead of later on?

There are a lot of people that can’t imagine changing cars every year or two, and those loans make a lot of sense for them.