Yeah but LoJack and identification numbers all help once the car is stolen, which is fine and all but at that point damage is already done. As you said these are everyday cars and most crimes are ones of opportunity. If I’m a car thief and I’m looking at three basically identical cars, I’m not going to take the one…

So much this. Some shoppers are great and get everything, others can’t seem to find 90% of the items. I really think it boils down to some just don’t care. At least in our area a helpful tip is to put orders in for early in the day delivery - we’ve had much better success with ones in this time slot. I don’t know if…

Same (on the grays). I’ve been here for years. Seriously, whose car do I gotta wax to be entrusted with posting visible comments around here?

Counter point - if you attract someone because they think your car is expensive - run away from that relationship!

Yeah but you’re looking at 2-3 hours at a dealership with crap coffee getting berated by salesperson after salesperson to buy something additional you don’t need or want. Contrasted to living my life as I normally would for a few weeks not really giving it a second thought. I understand there are people who need the…

What a beautiful (and beautifully written story) so first of all thank you for sharing it here. I’ve always been a ‘car guy’ but as you talk about here it roots in significant events in my life. Maybe not as exciting as your story but memories of a childhood spent playing in cars or ‘driving’ while sitting on my…

Good point. However a used car that was owned and maintained/not maintained by someone who has probably never owned a car before while being street parked in an urban center isn’t exactly the deal I’m looking to pick up. 

Your valuation is right where my head is at too. This is a cool and rare car and I’m sure someone somewhere wants it enough to drop $15k. This is something that should be on BaT and I can 100% imagine the bidding going that high.

Cool, good stuff. Jeff Bezos probably doesn’t have a mortgage on his house. It doesn’t make mortgages bad and him as a data point is irrelevant. Some people are having to choose between liquidity and not having a payment. Not having a payment purely for the sake of it is not necessarily rational behavior. Sitting on a…

This. Many people on this site seem to fail to see the value in liquidity or the opportunity cost of having cash tied up in a depreciating asset. It’s like any loan with any interest is automatically bad, and that just doesn’t make any sense. My last used car purchase was 1.9% so your rate is not out of line. At 1.9%…

The SF90 isn’t a limited run so you don’t need a garage full of Ferrari’s to own one - just a bunch of cash. Ferrari builds a standard model like the 488 which anyone can buy then they build special editions like the Pista which you can only buy if you’re a collector. So even if you’re super rich you still need to buy…

So much this. I did an event where I got to do a handful of laps around a NASCAR short track. Even going 20-30 mph slower than the pros gave me a real appreciation for the demands of driving one of those cars. I couldn’t imagine completing a whole race even if I was the only one on the track. 

This is my life. I have 25 and 18 year old heat pumps and a myriad of other things slowly failing around the house. My wife drives a 17 year old car. And I’m in various states of repair on V8’s from 1985, 1989 (times 2), and 2012 (basically modern in comparison but it lives in a Jag). There’s also a 16 year old Nissan…

Agreed, these are some awful suggestions. I know saying buy two cars is an easy answer but I think it’s the answer here. There’s plenty in the budget, they specifically state they like sports cars, but also need a utilitarian boring box. Get a fun side car and then scoop up a Suburban. The Suburban seats 7 and will…

Aren’t the ads based on browsing history - genuine question, no judgement on what you do in your free time. All of the ads in this article were for Porsche or coffee for me. 

That’s fair. For $600 you’re basically at scrap value so I get someone not fixing it and not caring much about condition. And sounds like you went into it expecting to replace everything. Some might say that about a $10k car too, I’m just not one of them (nor do I think this cars target audience would be). At that…

I’m not saying I’m a huge C5 fan, but I agree, they’re definitely better looking than the C6. There’s just so many things I don’t like about the C6 visually and I don’t think they are ageing well - or holding up as a period piece either. For me I’d go either C4 or C7 but that does leave a pretty big gap of years when…

Agreed. I’ve actually been driving my fun car more this year than ever for various reasons and still will only put on about 3k. With COVID I might end up putting less than 1k on my ‘daily’ though. Unless I’m selling something inside a month or two of a repair then it was something I did to enjoy the car, not for…

Agree with everything you’ve said here on the 350/370. I’m not sure what is wrong with using an older, simpler platform and dropping in more power. Most modern cars just aren’t very exciting, they may be fast but they’re over complicated and too big. More true to the sports car ethos cars like BRZ and Miata are just…

For this application might have to go for a Torqeedo.