Cool opinion. Thanks for sharing. I see that you’ve got those cool out-of-the-norm viewpoints. Let me know what you think is funny, so that I can go shit all over it too.

Just for a real example. Let’s say you want $120k Porsche and have the cash to buy it but instead you take out a 2% loan and invest that cash. If you average 7.5%/yr on your investments you would end up with $172,275 at the end of the 5th year then subtract the $7443 you paid in your auto loan interest and you are now…

This car seriously had all the makings of a Nissan 370Z, Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro, Infiniti G37, etc competitor. If you only look at the spec sheet, this car had everything it needed... but...

Planned retooling, lazy summer European scheduling...etc.

Road Race Motorsports makes a 250 hp Abarth 500, but I don’t know what they’ve done with the gears. Torque matters more with transmissions than horsepower. What’s funny is the Abarth makes about 30 more lb.-ft. of torque stock than the literature on it’s transmission says it is rated for. I’m guessing FIAT put…

My younger sister just purchased a Prius C, because gas prices have sent their value tumbling. It’s a cheap little car, and every bit of plastic coddles you in poverty. I love to hate it.

If you can get 60 or 72 months with 0% interest on a new car it could be called “investing”. In that you should invest the excess cashflow you would have spent on a 48 month 2.5% loan into a broad index fund that returns 8.5% on average. Free money is Free money after all.

Ummm...maybe she'll check her mirrors next time?

Combine that with the evidence (not proof) that he has participated in street races, and it’ll be a sad news day for a lot of people when he dies in a crash.

or they can do it like you do Doug

the story should have ended with “And that’s why I’ll carry an extra can of gas and gallon of water for the rest of the trip...”

Doesn’t this make you a badge snob?

I was going to post a reply that snotty-snot BMW drivers would whine if they found out about this. BMW has been making cars in the US for over 20 years now, and many of those are shipped right back to Germany. Besides, all cars today are stuck together with robots and machines. Its not like a car made by Ze German…

It’s ironic that you call people who don’t care where their luxury car was assembled snobs, yet you yourself would never consider owning one made in that country.

You don’t see the irony of you refusing to buy a car based on where it’s made and your use of the term “badge snobs”?

Why does the photo album in the end seem to have epilepsy?

This. I’m the only idiot allowed to work on my car.

Because RPM has little to do with fuel usage compared to other factors. It factors into the BSFC chart, but load is far far more important. I can rev my engine to redline in neutral and use much less fuel than full throttle, lugging my engine at idle.

Folded over white bread sandwich filled with BBQ brisket, pickles, onions, and extra BBQ sauce. All y’all northerners can go fuck yourselves.

The purple lends itself to TCU really.