Bravo, sire. Yep, it's about the cost of entry. When it's low like this, it makes car lovers do their work, study the car, and put some cash aside for any problems. The opportunity cost related to acceleration, general fun, and image, far outweigh the summation of car cost and potential maintenance. And I think the 6…

The 928, 924, and 944 came from a time when Porsche itself realized that it was time to modernize its cars to a project that wasn't executed simply because manufacturing was cheap (such as putting an engine behind the rear axle. Ask any mechanical engineer, there's no reason for that besides cheap production).…

IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE, but if you love it, if you have a pretty good indie, and if you have $5k on call at anytime for any big failures, you'll be fine. Look, the fact of the matter is that as much as they can be potentially expensive to maintain, their not prone to catastrophic failure. The greatest worry is head…

I love the way they look. You know, with that Cold War, Soviet rustic aerospace ingenuity . One of my favorites. The type of plane I would draw when I was a kid

No serious maintenance problems. Especially if it's 2 Duratec V6s. The additional sensors and electronics might be expensive, but dont see any huge mechanical problems otherwise. Reminds me of the notoriousness of the BMW M72 (V12), people think it's a maintenance nightmare when in fact it is probably one of the most…

You have a point. As of late, BMWs became more numb (like Mercedes), while Mercedes became a bit sportier (like BMW). It's all very homogeneous and anesthesized these days, be it BM, MB, Audi, Jaguar, etc. For clear differences from one premium brand to the other, you can only go up to 2001. Anything after that time,…

The only brand I know, that HISTORICALLY and IN GENERAL, drives better than a BMW is....not a Jaguar. Actually, I rented a standard XF a while ago and drove almost 3,000 miles on it (through Germany and Italy). Dude, two words: 5 series. Especially above 200km/h.

Makes sense. But Audi has a real hard time correcting their perennial anesthesized, non-communicative steering. I drove a V10 the other day. Car is awesome. Steering is, well, if you close your eyes, you'll swear you're driving a Lexus (which in this case, is not the steering feel you want). My friend has an S8, Audi…

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Ahhh Range Rova. The objective has always been to be as solid and as reliable as an 80s Mercedes. Never succeeded. They are quite capable off road though.

That's cool and all, it's a pitty though that the M120 is one of the most if not the most maintenance intensive powerplants from Mercedes. A bit of a hurried effort to compete with Jaguar and BMW V12s. They are not cheap to run and you'll be tapping Ebay rather frequently, not only for engine parts but for ancillaries…