Never driven the diesel but I had a 2.2L gas, 5 speed wagon that I loved. Drove cross country and all over California until the clutch blew out. Super comfortable and practical. Reliable too. My Dad had GL and STI sedans. Both were great cars and I think the STI was finally sold with 200K on the odometer.

R129 had a 12 year production run, not 25

Interesting. I’ll have to take note next time I’m in the area. Up here in the Burlinglame area they love their Teslas, Rivians, Lucids and Eurolectrics

Oh, interesting. Do explain.

noted.

Fine, I’ll type out “model” once next time and copy/paste. Thanks for the tip.

noted! Been trolling too many Tesla forums and its rubbed off on me

Burlingame/Hillsborough area. I was referencing the school pick-up line which is representative of the more affluent side of the Bay. I do see more Kais and Hyundais running around these days, but it pales compared to the number of Teslas.

There are videos of guys in Passports doing some pretty serious off-roady/overlandy stuff that will surprise you. 

I live in SV and there are more M3 and MYs on the road than anywhere else in the country. MS and MX’s are slowly starting to fade away and looking at the cars in my kids school pick-up line, everyone that had an aging MS or MX replaced them with Rivian, Lucid, and ze Germans. No Asian brands but I suspect that will…

Clear Lake has Hoonigan still listed as WheelPro on their portfolio site https://clearlake.com/portfolio/

My observation of local Lucid drivers here in Silicon Valley, they tend to be ultra rich guys that get the latest shiny new toys, keep them for a year or so, and then move on. They either trade up to a newer version, or get something else that everyone is talking about at the time. $$ is not a factor.

BTW - This car has been on and off CL for months by this dealer. They are in the town next to me and plan to stop by to check out their tasty looking Integrales and a pre-merger AMG wagon - https://euroclassixcars.com/collections/for-sale

For the same price by the same seller, I’d rather have this: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/ctd/d/san-mateo-1969-fiat-124-sport-coupe/7772682380.html

A family member had a series 2 131 Abarth (not Abarth Rally). It was the stiffest riding car I’d ever experienced and everything rattled like crazy on the Dutch cobble stone roads. The car was only a few years old at the time and rust was already coming through the doors. But 12 year old me loved the design.

Grille aside, I think its still the best looking SUV design out there IMHO. Elegant, clean, well proportioned, unpretentious, almost timeless design. I also think it looks better than the new electric EX90. Test drove one when we were in the market for a 3 row SUV. Loved everything about it except for one glaring deal…

A buddy of mine runs a high end detail shop and I recently got to see a brand new Model 3 performance that came in for a paint correction and PPF. Body panels didn’t line up, little scratches, fish eyes and nibs in the paint everywhere. Tesla has been manufacturing for over 10 years now and they still can’t get the…

Wow - this is surprising. I met Thomas Ingenlath a couple of weeks ago at a Polestar event and he was super excited about the new factory going online in the US and the future product rollouts. He seemed at the top of his game and really happy with his position as CEO so I wonder if his resignation was a sudden…

If that Benz lived its entire life in the Greenwich area, its probably been babied and garaged. That is one of the richest towns in America.

Is the wing lifting system still operational? Any plans to switch to the electric ram upgrade from Rennkit?