I spend as much time looking at second hand cars in China as I do in the US, its pretty interesting the stuff that pops up on the Chinese sights. I was looking at “cheap” 2 door sport car categories while researching for my comment and there were 2 cars- a 2005 Hyundai Coupe and a 2011 Lamborghini. 

Yeah, I remember my friend gave me a ride in his new QQ years ago. I think it was falling apart the second it left the factory. I haven’t seen one driving under its own power for a long time now. 

That's the interesting point, in China cars over 15 years old are basically junk regardless of condition and American second hand cars are all basically junk or unaffordable. 

Where I live there is almost no way to buy a car privately and transfer of ownership without using a dealer is challenging because of the amount of laws and paperwork involved. Locally, cars tend to be extremely well cared for and maintained. We don’t get much rain, they don’t salt the roads in the winter and most…

Just curious if names were changed to protect the innocent in the above post? I was excited to see my story in the answers (its the 3rd time this year!) but it is mislabel with another’s username. 

I really enjoyed reading this article! I miss going to the races and the excitement that goes with it too, but it comes with caution in this time. It seems that some people just don’t care and there are a few, my family that lived in China during SARS 2003 and the author who are still trying to be careful and minimize…

I was thinking of how lucky I have been, between cars and motorcycles I’ve been on the road for more than 20 years and never had a breakdown in one of my own vehicles.

Reminds me of the last time I drove through Detroit, total ghost town. I’ve never dared to stop in Gary though and. Chicago side streets still scare me.

It’s interesting the ways cars are engineered. In the city my Camaro gets 12-16L/100km but yesterday I took a 150km road trip and was happy to see I was got an average of 10. My car is happy going fast but is highly inefficient when going slow.

Thanks for the positive reply. I try to keep an open mind when it comes to others styles and preferences too, and see things for all perspectives. Still, I will defend and provide evidence to my reasoning when I feel like I have something to share- which is why I love this site!

I’m going to have to disagree as well. I’ve had my soft top Z4 since 2009 and have taken in on a road trip across the lower 48 every summer until 2019. I usually have to top up but those moments driving through the giant redwoods, the forests of the UP or looking at up at the stars and sky in the desert night it is a…

Z4 is always the answer!

While that article was interesting in its own way I totally fell down the rabbit hole of the only original Model AA and how it came to be a kind of Mad Max styled farm car. I would love to learn even more about the original but only went digging for 10 minutes or so… if only there was a car website to do all that hard…

In some ways I can relate to not fitting in, but I would say embrace. What better than going to a fancy place than wearing an outfit from goodwill that still looks good?

I’ve been a fan of them since the late 00’s and my ska band even covered one of their least ska of songs- How Low. Our drummer sang lead when we played that one. The two of us saw Against Me! play in Grand Rapids Michigan a few years ago and the only thing that let us down is they didn’t perform How Low, we still sang…

I have to admit, I never once took and form of driver’s ed, so I have nothing to share...

I actually have an extra Z4 weatherstrip laying around, mine cracked too. However, before I got around to using it I replaced the whole windshield and it came with a new strip… anyway that car is perfect except for the loss of ABS, traction control, tire pressure monitor and airbags- but who needs those things? I…

I’ve never been good at naming things but my wife names everything. She calls our Z4 “Speed-o” because as soon as she get on the highway she has a habit of ignoring the speed limit. I think she is making up for the the suffering she induces getting it out of first gear… at least she can drive a manual and likes cars!…

Part of me does miss that car a tiny, tiny bit.

My first car was a new off the lot 2007 Hyundai Tiburon, 2L with a 4 speed auto. The looks and handling (after big brakes, wide sticky tires and a strut bar) were quite good but under the hood was a joke and every mod I did was money not well spent.