Yup, it’s a runner and a fun one at that. Plus, it’s an NA, so if you DO need to make any minor fixes to keep it going, they’re not a huge time suck to do.

The only way this is even remotely a good thing is if they come with any mechanism to help fix Amazon’s terrible safety record with deliveries. But it won’t, because much like the safety of the people along Amazon’s delivery routes, that will be second to speed and cost. Amazon’s culture and expansion is literally…

Amazing, right? After our second kid was born, my wife and I discussed her leaving work and staying at home. She worked at the year-round daycare/preschool where our kids would have been attending and received a HEFTY 50% discount off enrollment. Factoring in our combined tax rate (I make a healthy salary myself), and…

“I think Duke would have not been happy if you had not been there.”

I would call it pragmatic: 110 miles a day covers most commutes ‘round here (Chicago metro). I'd imagine that applies to most places this car is designed for.

Dragonslayer is awesome.

Turbo, when placed in a brochure or on a badge on the outside of a car, has never been an automotive term - it’s a marketing term.

First off - this thing looks great and is pretty much what I expected from Porsche as their first EV.

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I was between those and the quick jacks and went with the quick jacks since I didn’t want to do the concrete reinforcement work necessary to properly install a two post. Either way, I agree - game changer.

I have a 5000 as well and use it for a 944 Turbo, Honda CR-V, and Honda Odyssey regularly. That paired with a cordless impact are game changers.

I’m currently scouring FB marketplace for a Polski Fiat 126p to daily to the train station and am absolutely convinced it’s the right idea. You’re idea looks like the theory of special relativity compared to mine.

I would hope the same thing and buying from a US warehouse certainly has the benefit of faster shipping, usually. I’m simply pointing out that “Ships from USA” with a bunch of US flags all over the graphics also could seem to pander to the “buy American” crowd much like a “Made for America” sticker on a tire might.

While I didn’t know about the “Express customs” portion of Chinese imports, I remember learning that the reason shipments from China to an address in the US are so cheap is because of our many decades long participation in the Universal Postal Union which set forth that the domestic postal service will bear cost for…

This is a common theme on eBay as well - a lot of sellers will advertise things which are imported but have red, white, and blue graphics all over the images which read “SHIP FROM USA,” or something to that effect.

I shall join you in this fight. We just got one and it’s great. I actually like driving it better than the mid-size pickup we traded for it.

YOU FOOL! Take me with you!

Exactly. I think the details that this was a low mileage survivor Turbo S model which is rare, especially in white, are important here. A run of the mill red turbo in ok shape still sold for under $10k just the day before.

That photo sums things up pretty well. “Home of the Cruze” banner hanging over a street flush with trucks, a few crossovers and just two or three compact sedans.