Okay, I haven’t done it, YET, but I have a 3500 limit with Paypal Credit, 6 months no interest.  I’ve hit up eBay motors to see how much interesting crap box I can get for <3500.

Where I live, the prepared food tax is like 11%, so this method works. 

I think, given that this color is part of the trim package, it will actually be more desirable down the road.  Similar to Imola Red on an e46 BMW. 

No, you should buy it.  Just once we would like to see you buy a normal shitbox, instead of a swiss cheese deathtrap. 

I have two, potentially. The first is my ZHP.

It’s an annoyingly common thing in the south too.  Walmarts, Costco’s, etc.

I really want to know if they ended it there or tried to reconcile after that.  Hoping it was the latter, I would subscribe to that series.

The Citroen Cactus would sell like mad here.  You can’t change my mind.

New parent here, this is actually about what I expected, maybe a little better.  My 3 month old is capable of 6 hour sleep stretches intermittently, and 4 hour stretches regularly, and my wife and I split overnight duties so at least one of us can get 7-8 hours of only semi interrupted sleep every other night.  It…

This was the single greatest piece of writing I have read in a long time.  Thank you. 

David, there’s “liking a challenge” and there’s “I need pain for gratification.” I think we can crowd fund a donor frame for you. You can’t even call that swiss cheese. It’s more akin to whatever that Kraft parmesan in the plastic cylinder is.

I know right?  I can’t stand it!  When I was shopping for the ZHP I had to have Imola Red II.  Granted, Black Sapphire Metallic is a lovely shade, but I need color.  It’s even more depressing since such a large majority of the new car market is grayscale.  I own two cars, one is red, the other is Kinja Publish Button…

I surrender. I would like an X3 M in a color other than black, white, or silver. With an equally interesting interior color, if possible.

I just realized this song came out in 2004 and I am shook.

While that’s a fair point, I can’t help but think that a FWD BMW will cannibalize Mini sales, at least a bit. But perhaps I’m off base and they are really only catering to people who need/want that basic layout of vehicle and would also like a BMW badge.  Alternate question: I guess a FWD BMW can compete with entry…

Trying to understand the point of a transition to FWD when the Mini brand exists.  Seems like this car occupies the same market space as well optioned 4 door MIni products.  Is a BMW badge going to sell better?

I’ve driven both, nearly back to back, and they are night and day difference where it counts.  But you are correct in that, for daily commuting, you won’t notice a difference.

That’s a wild story! I do recall how the early new Mini’s were near-exotic level of head turning, at least where we lived.  I guess I was about 14 at the time so all the attention was neat, but the novelty wore off quickly.  Seriously, you would have thought we drove around in a Diablo VT with the amount of attention…

Oh cool!  Where did he get his?  My dad ordered his from a dealer in central NC.  He actually got a T shirt with his allotment number on it, it kind of looks like an odometer. 

If you’ve ever seen that WD episode, Ant takes off a large portion of the front clip to service several items.  It’s easy to “while I’m in there” away several hours and hundreds in parts because, hey, while you’re in there...