It’s about $30K more, it’s called the “M5" package. 

So was the goal make an ugly car more ugly, because they certainly succeeded.

That is definitely true. In many cases its not just the mileage, its the age. Just got rid of my wifes 2003 Liberty. Car was in great shape, and only had 140k on the clock. I can say though from doing most of my own maintenance on it that most of the plastic interconnects under the hood had become brittle and removing…

When I was a college student, I bought a surplus army M-151 MUTT from a surplus yard, towed it home and spent months getting it together. The most exciting memory is the day we got the engine running for the first time. Based on maintenance records still in the engine compartment, it had not been operated in at least…

Joking aside, after owning multiple BMWs, nothing makes me jump in fear more than the error chime. Worse thing is that BMWs have a “Outside temp below 37F” warning that triggers the same sound and gives me a heart attack every winter morning.

There’s a very good reason why the Rolls didn’t have the door indicator - your man opened and closed the door for you. Closing your own door? What are you, a peasant?

A BMW is never completely fixed. Once you finish fixing all you problems, new ones will pop up. Sometimes the first thing you fixed will re-break. I’m looking at you leaky PS lines. 

can we please get rid of G meters. its the most useless tech out there.

Or...she’s a part of my life, we are both stuck at home 24/7 because of the pandemic and her reaction and concern were memorable and I wanted to paint a full picture.

Ugh, it’s insane. Like when my Dad says “Why don’t you buy a house?! Our first home in Toledo was $45,000!”

He should have just complied.

That is correct, weirdly! He had the dealership papers of work done to prove it, too. Of course, since I was new to the whole turbo thing at the time it never occurred to me that the dealership basically screwed him big time and had planned on screwing him some more. I can see why he sold it to me for just $600.

All about their engines? No. They are all about their image. Ferrari is the Louis Vuitton handbag of supercars.

I mean... vanilla or horseshit is a pretty easy decision for most rational people.

I’m a big fan of the old Chrysler turbos... but make mine a Daytona or a LeBaron coupe. Or a Shelby Charger. Or an Omni GLH. Or anything but a minivan.

I’m not sure binning the Mazda and using a 24 year-old Honda is going to cut it for the first guy. I’d say bin the Mazda and the Honda and buy a second hand car that somewhere between the two, something you might want to drive but is still going to be reasonable useful at doing practical stuff.

Why does it need to look mean? The whole “every vehicle needs to look pissed” thing is WAAAAY overdone. It looks like a Honda, and looks perfectly fine to me. Ultimately, it IS a Pilot with an open bed, so why shouldn’t it look like that?

Is that a good car to invest in

Yeah, there’s a lot that can cause cooling/freezing issues, but unless you get a good tech they’ll just shrug and replace everything.

Hell, Studebakers had hill holders!