I leased a 1st gen Volt. Serial 777 IIRC. It was fantastic but too small inside for me. It was a gateway drug though - I leased an e-golf later. I was going to buy it but someone hit my wife days before lease-end, so I just got it fixed and gave it back.

I have that issue.  5.6s 0-60!  WOoooooo.  

Hahahah. I’m still doing that from a paper loss 20 years ago! I was given a bunch of private stock that went to zero. IIRC, I (they) paid taxes on the ‘income’ that I never saw. (<- exact details may vary.  my accountant keeps track of it)

I was under the same impression as FAGolf. That makes a lot more sense.

Score! That must have been special ordered and not picked up. It’s hard to believe a dealer would buy that for stock.

They are very good at looking pretty!  I had a black/tan ‘01 for a while.  It was not as nice as yours but still looked beautiful.

I put 10k miles in the first year of owning a ‘95 Lotus Esprit S4s, so it was mostly-a-daily. My 2nd car was a Subaru Justy at the time so I was in the Esprit any time the roads were clear of snow/salt.

Ouch, at that point, I’d just forget it. By fall, the market will be flooded with bikes, the frenzy will be over, and the discounts will start IMHO.

Hah.  I used to roadrace back in the day (hardware in my elbow still) but I would have no business being on anything like that.  

Out of the blue, I found myself researching KTM RC390s a couple days ago. This started a natural mental progression that landed me at the Trek store at lunch today getting info about custom ordering a MTB that cost 2X as much as the KTM.

Beyond those slimy tactics, I can’t imagine they attract the best talent. The Path of Mechanicdom seems to be line mechanic for an OEM dealer, get the factory training, work there until sick of it, open a specialist shop. That view may be colored by my ownership of lots of Euro cars tho. :)

There’s some advantages in that you can actually tune the throttle itself, since most throttle by wire setups do not actually open WOT or utilize the full map.

They had a 2 stroke 250cc street bike at the time too, the NSR250R.  A water cooled v-twin that (apparently) could produce 60ish hp with moderate tinkering.  https://advrider.com/1992-honda-nsr250-mc21-rothmans-sp-not-a-learner-friendly-250/

Fox Mustangs have solid rear axles but not leaf springs. The rear suspension is still pretty awful but it created a huge aftermarket of well engineered solutions that could make them go pretty fast.

The paint had a bunch of swirl marks in it, suggesting it was occasionally (poorly) washed and/or waxed. My guess is the guy took care of it for a while - possibly decades - but gradually lost interest/motivation/ability as he got older. It was dirty but not really ignored-for-34-years dirty.

I remember that claim back in the day.  I wonder how it played out IRL.

Introduce new motorcyclists to a 640lb bike?  Maybe the goal was to sell lots of easily damaged bodywork.  :)

Yep, we had a great one for years. Random, interesting stuff. Someone’s latest $4000 Fiat ‘vert parked next to an F40 next to a Model T speedster w/period-correct performance parts. I brought my e-golf when it was new (everyone had seen my other cars eleventy-million times) and laughed when I realized the group…

I hear you but I bet the novelty would wear off very quickly. You don’t just hear those sounds, you *feel* them in a way that speakers aren’t going to replicate. Also, unless someone puts a lot of effort into simulating the feel of shifts and torque curves matched with the sounds, they won’t track what you’re…

My wife’s ‘91 BMW 318is spare tire (full size, 14" alloy) has never touched the ground as far as I can tell.