“Fobbiest”? I am SO stealing this. Bubble tea-house, here I come.

Nice. I hear similar reports from some leaf owners too though (another 2012 leaf sl owner, who convinced me to buy mine, claims 70mi RT @75mph is no problem for him).

25mi/day commute is perfect for a leaf. Unless you mean 25mi each way... in which case don’t bother. If it is 25mi of highway driving, round trip, don’t plan to run errands afterwards either.

I grew up on one of those. A ‘72 Z50A.

Even with battery issues, as a first car for a new driver I think this thing makes a lot of sense.

get a used VW eGolf. can hardly tell the difference from the gas version

Electric is a lot smoother to apply low levels of torque, though. It’s not like you instantly get all of the torque all of the time, you only get it when you mat the pedal.

Thanks, Mike! It’s nice to see a rational Kotaku adult with a family respond to this in a rational adult manner. I’m married. I have kids. I don’t want a neighbor renting the home next to me, having an endless stream of young kids coming in and out at all hours, being loud, being obnoxious, flying drones, and just…

When you own a house you will completely understand why.

I recently bumped into a brand new 2017 Mercedes SUV with my 2005 Element in an extremely tight parking lot. He was backing out and I didn’t pay close enough attention when I backed out.

Having fun every weekend in your 20s is way better than doing it in your 40s.

The number of jobs we are talking about is trivial in an economy when monthly job reports include 150-200,000 new jobs.

Honestly though, this is how I feel the more I think about it. I was the guy driving the Lamborghini in the video, so I was leading the tour. And I was the first person to talk to the couple after the accident. While he did do something stupid, he made a mistake. And the way he handled it afterwards was exactly what…

Glad to hear of your good experience!

I still think its *worth it* and I haven’t sold mine yet, so maybe I’ll be in your shoes!

Step one: acquire Mercedes SL65 AMG

I’m thinking of a 308. I’m an idiot, let’s move on.

ummm... these things did a sub-5 second 0-60 sprint and cut the quarter in the 12's. Get off the glue.

A friend of mine bought a 360 and convinced me to buy one too.

Here’s what the take aways is:

your right. You will never enjoy owning a supercar unless you are rich enough that the cost doesn’t make you notice. Thats pretty much true of any car. Even a corvette or a miata. If you can’t afford to maintain/repair it, you…

It was fast in its day, and it’s still more beautiful than every car you can buy for the same money today. It also sounds better than almost anything you can buy today for any price. I’d rather be in a F355 with a Capristo exhaust than something much faster that sounds just average-good.

The reason has nothing to do with fuel or my latent desire to pollute your driveways — it has to do with oil. When your car has been sitting out overnight, all the lubricating oil that's coating all of the crucial, moving bits of the car has settled down to the bottom of the oil pan. When the temperatures are really…