Where the hell was your brother that a Zamboni and car would cross paths? Don’t just say “Canada.”

I got to take an R8 (along with an RS6 and RS3) out for some hot laps behind a champion GT4 driver (y? I still don’t know) and I will never forget that. I still get tingly thinking about it now.

What you say is totally true about the comfort, at least - it was just as easy to get behind the wheel of that as it was a…

Not personally familiar, but I was researching these before buying the Quickjack instead and this is what I found:

Not personally familiar, but I was researching these before buying the Quickjack instead and this is what I found:

Long ago, I drove an MR2 and it was swell. This year, I got a chance to do some hot laps in an R8 V10 and that was a life changing experience. I want a mid-engined something so badly now. This could only be an improvement on the Corvette.

I’m with ya, but even OEM on my Suzuki Equator (Nissan Frontier) were known to be bad - the steel fell out of spec quickly and mine, at 35,000 miles, were toast. The OEMs on my CR-V, however,  are fantastic. You generally get what you pay for in terms of steel quality and precision.

Sure do. They get sold to folks who know they’ll have to fix something like that and can do so for little enough that it doesn’t really factor into the value.

Wasn’t mine, though I do have a now ten year old Honda CR-V and our dealership (service department, anyway) has been super good to us.

LOL. True.

Regarding the Dodge trade in...

I’m working on a long term project car and these site wide eBay sales are the best. I wait until they pop up to buy the more expensive parts (clutch kits, etc). Thanks for posting this!

I’m working on a long term project car and these site wide eBay sales are the best. I wait until they pop up to buy…

Totally. Arguments against this will immediately confuse cost with price which is one of the reasons crypto currency is a mess to begin with.

Why do people hate these and bike shares so much? Sure, some users need to be schooled in etiquette and safety but things which get you around in the city cheaply, efficiently, and cleanly should be embraced. There are too many cars in downtown Chicago mixing with pedestrians as is and reducing them is a great goal.

Even bike shares are getting a bad rap in cities - I work in the West Loop of Chicago and most of my coworkers despise them.

Daily driving a 911 with kids sounds crazy until you actually think about it - mine are 2 and 4 and as soon as they’re able to fit in boosters, I’m getting rid of my truck and getting a car. Hell, even my 944 should be built soon and work out OK for shuttling the kids during the summer.

Younger than the current buyers, sure. Especially in the volume Corvettes need to move. I know enough people in their 30s and 40s who would shop for something in Corvette territory but would never buy a Corvette as it is now.

There are automatic savings plans out there which do this for you and allow you to keep your money too.

My mother-in-law does this same thing, which, I guess is like paying someone to make sure you save money? I don’t know, I’d rather make some meager interest on my own money.

It’s a poorly maintained 30 year old German car, alright. Reminds me of my $3500 944 Turbo - I bought it as a runner which was actually pretty good! So far, I’ve rebuilt... 

I’m male and play hockey in a co-ed rec (read ‘beer’) league and it’s bad. There are two women in the whole league despite women’s hockey being pretty popular around here.

Yup. A carbon tax should probably be considered along with any emissions regulation.