The best part of this is that on the rare occasion I actually pay with cash, the extra $0.02 get dropped on the counter or left with the cashier.

Makes complete sense. I had a very similar situation before. I came from a 2014 Wrangler Unlimited where everything kept breaking, and the dealer was starting to try to decline things that should be covered under warranty/extended FCA warranty.

If buying new, the WRX also definitely deserves your consideration.  Definitely at least test drive it.

The issue comes down to the portfolio of a specific manufacturer or when you cross different segments.

I’m still living in the past, when a base model 911 was about $70k and truly a performance bargain.  Not taking away from the newer cars at all, because they’re all fantastic, but in my mind a base 911 is about $70k, so $97k is a bit of a sticker shock.

It helps when you’re traveling to cheaper parts of the world, and the 5-star price is comparable to a Courtyard Marriott in the US. Domestic travel is usually Courtyard Marriott if you’re lucky, occasionally Best Western / some other similar ones.

I travel for business and frequently stay in what I would call classy classy hotels - there is no begging.  If I ask them to “send some waters up” when I check in, they send up a ton of freebies.  It’s a very common practice, and actually pretty cool because some of them have robots that deliver them!

It depends - the real classy ones nickel and dime but then “comp” things if you ask.

A great way to tell between classy-classy and trashy-classy hotels:

We had a similar experience - 2012 RR Sport bought new, traded around 5 years / 75k miles. During the entire ownership it was great - replaced the battery once, and one of the keys stopped working.  My Wrangler required more than that dollar-wise in the first 10k miles.

I’d much rather a replacement car than the FCA solution of “we’ll have someone weld it again”

and the second part of my sentence “and you see an extremely low failure rate in a test. Arguably the jury is still out on whether Tesla removed this too soon, but this is standard practice.” 

Anyone else on the bottom half of the Consumer Reports ranking applies:

1. This was just an example of oversight

Yup! This is another anti-Tesla piece.

“According to the filing, Cao created the .zip files in late 2018, was offered a job at XMotors by November 26, 2018, and quit his job at Tesla on January 3, 2019.”

I think that is a book, but it also kind of looks like an air filter.

I’m right there with you (for the most part) with my ‘16 WRX at 48k miles.

Exactly.  I was just saying, that would be a con of the Turbo 4 over a 6 or an 8.  When not in boost, it’s weed whacker.  That being said, a turbo 4 can be great (WRX case and point!)

There are pros and cons of both configurations.