It is stupid. That means the owner made other similar stupid decisions on this car. This is a major indicator, trust me don’t buy a used luxury car from someone under 25 or living at home (without a substantial shop).

I suggest you read SAE J684 before you think you know what you’re talking about.

The hitch and ball rated capacity are nowhere near the actual failure loads.Hitches are designed to deal with substantial dynamic loads. You’re not going to break the hitch. You’re getting into engineering safety factor land so I’d not go…

I’m in Michigan so insurance is absurd even with a squeaky clean record. I checked about 2 years back, my quote was almost $500 a month!

Remember that capacity adds weight. Weight reduces efficiency, especially in city driving. I’m not even going to touch on handling dynamics. Right now the newest i3 has a 33.0-kWh now giving it 114 mile range. I think it’s reasonable to double that capacity to give you 200 miles of range. The current pack is roughly…

There’s a Jalopnik article in there if you want it.....

That’s at minimum a 4" strap. That puts you at 20,000 lbs break strength minimum, really it’s more like 30,000 lbs in practice. They’re absolutely fine.

Wait until you start stacking them end to end.

I really don’t think they have the capability to do 200+ in that platform. It’s an amazing car but BMW did not build in enough space to increase range to keep pace with the (newer) competition.

The i3 is an amazing car to drive. It’s not locked down like an M2 but it’s plenty for a daily hoon. If you’ve not driven one (range be damned) you owe it to yourself.

Now if they could get the insurance a bit more reasonable.... 

You’re missing the point. It’s 4 hours here, 4 hours there. It all adds. I get no joy in filling my car up I don’t know about you.

I had to get out on the long sweepers of the Cherohala Skyway to really pound it home. It had to force my eyeballs to not look away from the exit.

Not over the cliff, not at the car coming the other way. Straight through the exit. Eyes like laser beams.

Those skills have saved my skin dozens of times.

Ahhh, the Europe part changes it completely.

You are correct, plus the economics of owning a (gas or diesel) car in Europe are very very different. The tax structure, the fuel costs and the lower total mileage play a much larger role.

With the GDI cars moving to particulate traps like the diesels you’re going to see…

I owned a VW diesel shop, I worked on every passenger diesel on the market with a focus on VW and Mercedes models.

Every customer that did not haul massive trailers bought it because they liked the way they drove better than the other gas options. Remember turbo GDI engines that give diesel like performance are new to…

Glorifying driving like this is downright irresponsible.

You’re condoning reckless driving, you realize that right?

Whole LADA

50,000 miles a year!? Wow.

If you’re spending that much time in the car, and getting paid for it, did you look at a used S Class/7 Series?

I’m spoiled now but any drive over 3 hours and I’m hardpressed to not take my 750IL

Yeah, no.

People don’t realize how much time they spend at the pump.

The Average person drives around 15,000 miles a year in a car that gets 25 mpg (real world). Assuming that they fill up at 1/4 tank (17 gallons capacity) that’s 47 stops a year. At 5 min a stop (low estimate) you’re spending almost 4 hours a year at the pump.

Plu…

You’re bench racing. I’ve driven every Cayenne in the lineup including the Turbo and GTS versions (Most my time was in a GTS actually). The Diesel drives very different than the base v6. It’s a significant upgrade.

Why did you go for the v6? Have you not driven the V8/Turbo versions?