Ha! Apparently I fail at exuding sarcasm.

Under 30k for a competent sport tourer? Yes please. Can I strap the baby seat onto the hatch?

Good gawd... This is what companies are putting forward to compete with Tesla? THIS? Where are the pluses to owning a car like this? You seem to give up so much in exchange for what? Certainly not cost savings.

My vote goes to Nissan with the GT-R transmissions that would spill their internals if the factory fitted launch control function was used. Who sells a car with a built-in function that voids your warranty if used? Just eliminate the function. It's like BMW putting in a menu to overboost their turbo engines,…

Was it not Spain where the other deadly crash was a few weeks back? What's the scoop here? Between all the rail/ plane issues lately I'm about ready to lock myself in my house.

As impressive as this is, and it is... I can't help but to feel there are platforms out there who's rise to speed saw much less fanfare and took much more work.

A non-M E60 should be a pretty reliable car. My 550 was ridiculously reliable. That was a solid car. The 535 has gone in for a few issues that are common to that engine but they're also things that I wouldn't have even bothered addressing were it not for my warranty.

A couple points in response to this:

Ha! I feel reluctant to tell you that I own one of the largest aftermarket companies for the 3800 cars and the Grand Prix. Yeah, the M5 body kit has always kind of reminded me of the old Pontiacs with respect to boy racer looks but common, there's not 100lbs of plastic body cladding on the doors!

This might not be for you but perhaps the 535 is. With examples of the E60 variation going for as little as $19,000 (with mid level mileage) they are truly the common man's BMW and arguably one of the best bang for the buck rear wheel drive sedans on the road right now. My personal example is a 2010 M-Sport but you…

I don't disagree... Versus the Acura and the Lexus I think I'd go with the Lincoln too.

Hey Dean. No indicators on the rear map lights at all on the car I had. Perhaps that function wasn't working. Either way, it looks cheap and I don't want people's grubby fingers touching a part of the car that's difficult to clean.

I would like to award you one internetz. Bravo.

Oh man I thought it was just me. I went there based on the "vault is open" stories I saw here and I was so excited. The vault wasn't open when I went so I just did the regular museum and I was in and out in 30 minutes.

I was really surprised to like this car as much as I did. I was going to re-iterate all the great things about it but instead I'll just copy and paste a review I did on our local car forum. Enjoy! (or don't):

You know, I understand where you're coming from... If my adult child isn't mentally stable I wouldn't go out and buy him a gun. So by that reasoning I can understand why it wouldn't be prudent to buy your kid a fast car if he has a history of being an ass.

Ok but again, what is wrong with buying your son a 333hp vehicle if he's a legal driver and you can afford it? And then where do you draw the line? Are cars under 300 hp acceptable to buy your kids? And at what age do you consider them an adult? What if he was 30 and they bought it for him? Are they still able to…

Even if they did buy him the car though, they bought a legal car for a legal driver. There was nothing done that was against the law here other than the poor decision the driver made. There is nothing worthy of a lawsuit here.

He's 23... His parents have absolutely NO say in whether or not he's allowed to drive a high power car. Likewise, you can't just start stripping younger people of things that could potentially kill others. The list would be staggering.

Actually the fuel pump issues are all but gone. You just don't hear about them any more and BMW extended the warranty on them to 125,000 miles regardless of year.