Oh I don’t plan on even paying MSRP, which might make it a good long waiting game. At least I have Ford A plan pricing on an Explorer if we get super desperate (right now that’s about $2k of MSRP, but it fluctuates heavily).

I think something like a Raptor or a Tacoma TRD could be quite fun as a manual when your running through the sand dunes or the desert. Otherwise, totally agree about the trucks. 

My wife wants a Telluride but we look at prices on Autotrader just makes us sad... Thankfully we won’t need one for at least a year or 2 (future babies are still only in planning stage currently), so hopefully the chaos will have calmed down by then.

For me, a luxury cruiser. Whenever I visit home, I become the chauffer for my mom in her 2011 BMW 5 series. I has a regular automatic, but it’s totally fine since I’m just cruising around, not trying to have fun.

To be honest, you kinda just forget about it after a while....

That reminds me of the time I passed a Jeep Wrangler on an off road trail in Moab. The person was babying his Jeep and I just sped past him in a base model manual Mazda6 with 3 friends in the car. It was quite satisfying as we all watched dumbfounded how a commuter car could offroad harder than a proper offroader.

I’d love to... whenever I can save enough to own a $30,000 car... Now that I have a new baby and a new mortgage, it’s not going to happen anytime soon sadly...

It’s funny because that’s my post. I just said it was a great $5000 car when I bought it... in 2004. Also, mine was only an Si, not the VTEC or SH, so it was a bit more basic (less to go wrong).

Inflation is always important to include. So I bought my car in 2004. Checking 2 different inflation calculators, I got on average $7200. So the car I saw on Autotrader has nearly stayed with inflation for 17 years!

Thanks. It really was. It was actually about the same price as a 1 year newer civic, so my Dad was totally ok with the decision (plus he likes good cars himself). The only issues I ever had were 2 popped tires: 1 from a screw driver on the freeway (yes a philips head) and another from a crazy deep pothole on an unlit…

They’re definitely part of the golden era of Honda. Drive them forever and as long as you do the basics, it’ll be just fine. 

I was actually thinking that but I didn’t have time to check Autotrader to confirm... Just looked, and I only see one in decent shape available. It’s 188k miles for $6800. So yup, they’re now more despite it being 14 years since I sold mine.

Back in 2004, my dad bought me my first car for just over $5000. A 1995 Honda Prelude. I drove it throughout highschool and wasn’t the nicest I could have been on it. I loved that thing. When I was going to college, we actually sold it (in part to buy back his old Z3 that I begged him not to sell) for just under…

Take this with a grain of salt since I work for Ford (though I do call Ford out when crap I don’t like happens. RIP Focus ST), but I kinda like the interior of the Mach E. I haven’t driven in it yet. I was only able to get seat time down in our design benchmark center and prototype plants. But I liked what I saw. I’m…

So I didn’t see the original question post, so I’ll post my comment here.

I’ve been trying since I finished the FCG program a while ago. I feel like I’d really like Veh Dyn, but I have no racing and very little track experience, so I’d be a tough choice vs others who’d want the same role (too many other hobbies). 

Fair, but I was just trying to use what might have already been out. From what I know from my friends who’ve driven both (I work at Ford), the carbon wheels make a big difference in steering speed and turn in.

The Shelby GT350 and GT350R is probably your best litmus test. The only things changed were back seats, some sound insulation, the carbon fiber wheels and suspension spring rates to accommodate the wheels. So basically 100 lbs and different wheels. 

Ok... You have the perfect job ;)

So I work in the car industry already. I’m an interior integration engineer (coordinate between design and release engineers and program team) on the next gen Mustang (no, I won’t give any leaks). When I was a new hire, I got to be part of the Vehicle Integration team for a few months. Best 4-5 months of my 6 years at…