I’ve had myQ for over a decade now (and to be fair, they haven’t been without their share of problems) and I recommend it. Here are some places where I find it handy:

I rented a Lynk & Co 01 while I was on vacation in France last December. It was an “upgrade” because they were out of the smaller class cars.

It had about 200km on the clock when I picked up at CDG and still very much smelled like a brand new car.

I was initially impressed with all the tech they had in the car...and…

That’s my point. They could have put the turbo 4pot + 6MT in the Stinger.  The hardware and firewall holes existed.  Best of both worlds.

Or...and hear me out...the 6MT with the TT 3.3L :chef’s kiss:

This.  The G70 came with 3 pedals (yes, I know, with the 4 pot) so it could have been done.

Not sure if they’re still a thing, most of them have probably become Park Ridge Karens®, but whooo boy...for a while there...

ah, good eyes.  Thank you for the correction

I was born in 1978.  With the exception of the Trans Am, they were all equally the worst.

I had several female acquaintances who were (Chicago) Lincoln Park Trixies with this exact car (one of them even in this color!). Most of them were automatic, but one drove a manual. Her and I still remain friends to this day.

This car wasn’t worth $6700 back in the aughts. Even without the usual city induced bumper…

The third pedal is missing

I’m right there with you.  But there are days when you’re taking your life in your hands as you merge on to I-294 NB off of I-88 and try to merge all the way over to the left lane.  It’s like playing 3D Frogger.

I-294 (aka The Tri-State Tollway) between Ogden Ave. and O’Hare Airport in the Chicago metro area.

It’s 5-6 lanes wide, but has seemingly been under construction for the last 30 years. Despite always being under construction it has potholes that will swallow a Mini Cooper. Several major roads and other interstates all…

I’ll just go back to pre-ordering a taxi from one of the local major taxi companies...exactly what I did before Uber and Lyft were a thing.

My better half and I are debating about getting a car for the kids (would certainly ease scheduling woes now we’re back to pre-COVID activity levels)

If this was a manual I’d buy it right now at this price, alas we already have 1 E90 slushbox in the garage (my DD) and wouldn’t want a second.

NP (even considering the…

I can see them porting the ride directly from Japan, in which case there would be size limitations as you point out.

But I don’t buy the argument about the ride being designed for kids. As a concrete example, my son, an 11 year old in the 2nd percentile for height and weight (he’s the size of an 8 year old), me…

This right here. Design guidelines (not that they’re always followed) for modern vehicles (cars, planes, boats, etc) is to design for the 5th to 95th percentiles...so that 90% of people can operate the vehicle safely.

I’m not a mechanical engineer but I wonder if the reason this ride was *not* designed with the 5th to…

ran when parked

That’s a good catch.  I don’t sign final paperwork until I have confirmed that they dealership has removed all their stickers without damaging the paint.

$115k starting, and I still can’t spec the light gray interior with a red or blue exterior. Looks like you can only get the light gray interior with the black exterior. Nor is there any sort of brown or tan interior option.

A Carrera S starts a bit more at $122k but I can get it in Guards Red with a tan interior for no…

I’m curious as to why he punched out.

+1 for the zero-zero ejection seat but he was on the ground...could he not pull the throttle to idle or even yank the fire suppression lever which I would assume would instantly cut fuel flow?

I suspect very few boomers out there are willing or able to run ubuntu on their home computer.