Solar panels, like EV’s are simply feel good purchases. Neither one is as good as the incumbent devices.

Do you normally make your car purchases based on rigid financial analysis or do you buy what you like that’s within your price range? :)

Your resale analysis omits two points:

Only in edge cases but it will get there.

That’s a regular transmission. Corvettes didn’t get transaxles until the C5.

I don’t think an iron block LT1 weighs 750lbs. It has aluminum heads and I’ve read between 50 and 100lbs heavier than an LS1, which weighs 460-500 depending on configuration.

That’s too bad. My brother in law had a Chinese client doing the export thing but I never heard (or he didn’t know) the details.

Valet to friend of friend at nice local restaurant. “Your sweet E92 M3 won’t start sir.”

So what is the story with these cars? I seem to recall that they often have coil pack problems and a propensity for front subframe rust (be very thorough checking out a 60k mile car on Long Island) but that’s all I’ve got.

Well said. I love the S. It’s amazing what Tesla has done. HOWEVER, they still continue to struggle with poor decisions from the top (falcon wing doors may be totes amaze-balls but even Elon seems to acknowledge they were a bad idea - I wonder how many people told him they were a bad idea yet he ignored them?) and…

Exactly right. Plenty of full size sedans can be had for low 20s. Accord, Camry, Malibu.

Budget issues?

This here. The farthest off-road I drive is the dirt road to the parking lot of my local park but I still enjoy the occasional Dirt Every Day. The Motor Trend guys really have the reality-show-with-people-having-fun thing down.

That’s basically it. The middle row seats don’t fold flat either so it’s easier to put a lot of things in a Model S! Bicycles for example.

My friend is right there with his ‘08(ish) S4 Avant. He had a ton of work done (brakes, shocks, powersteering pump, etc) when the timing chain started the death rattle. The engine had been replaced under warranty and should be a “good” one but he’s certain it’s going bad again.

I’ve had two friends independently tell me the same thing: in the North people will be mean to you directly; in the South, it’s behind your back.

Clutches are rarely covered under warranty. They’re wear items.

I have a buddy with one (4.2L v8 version, bought off another buddy, but no hard feelings :) ). Quite a metamorphosis from “I love this thing” to “let’s drive this POS off a cliff”. He pictured it as his daily beater but he’s mostly getting the “beater” without much “daily”.

Five of us had a guys-weekend down in DC to go to Udvar-Hazy about 10 years ago. All car nuts who love planes too. One worked on F4 Phantoms back in the day.

I was trying to think of a nice way to say exactly that. You’re version will do.