With less ambient pressure (and less oxygen), there’s a decreased risk of detonation. Also, all vehicles up here have less power unless they’re turbocharged with a variable boost device.

1 - Today. We’re talking about the engines of tomorrow.

Turbos

Good riddance.

I briefly considered the last gen model when it looked like I might have a 45-mile commute (each way). If you want a nice interior and real hybrid mileage, it’s kind of the only game in town. Plus used, they’re a better value than a comparable Prius.

Saw a similar case of Kia asshattery the other day with a similar result.

4DSC dates to the 2nd generation Maxima.

When I was in college, I knew an elderly couple that had a Corniche Convertible. They’d let my friends and I use their Palm Springs house and drive their Rolls occasionally. Street parked that Roller all over the desert.

NSU TTS FOR THE WIN!*

There are a lot of ways to have a crap credit score that have practically nothing to do with your income or ability to pay.

As a Chevy guy, I’d rather have a Brazilian Chevrolet Bonanza.

Right? It was never unreliable, per se. It’s just that every time it went in for a service, some new part had quietly started to fail and it was either $1000 for the part and installation was $40 or it was $40 for the part, but the entire dashboard had to be removed to install it. Lunacy.

I had one of these back in the day. CP all the way.

Best “bonus” story: I was in middle management at a successful mid-sized fast food company. One day I arrive and see the CEO arriving in a brand new BMW Z8. Amongst emails in my inbox is a press release talking about the stock price, company profits, and executive team bonuses. Apparently said Z8 driving CEO has…

Damn. I was hoping for Czech retro.

I’d stay with Saab, although the dog would benefit from you getting a wagon.

People seem to have missed that Saab Parts didn’t go away or bankrupt. Only the carmaker themselves ceased to be.

That storyline is DAFfy.

Mid-80s, near Kassel.

It was the mid-80s, just outside of Kassel. It was a speed-trap with a radar gun on one end of the village and a paddy wagon on the other end.