Why the fuck indeed.  Charge him with vehicular manslaughter. 

Fellow Bostonian and when my S60 Subscription is up I’m going to consider looking at the 2.  Range anxiety is my biggest fear... Glad to hear you are enjoying the car.

I don’t mind a thick wheel... I do mind a hideous one and oh my god is that thing ugly.
It’s known fact that steering wheels should have 3 spokes.  Not 4, not 2, THREE. 

And I’ve always been struck by the shear number of Dodge Chargers here... all with V8's... cause nothing says fun like driving a 400hp machine through the ebb and flow of NYC traffic lol.

Doug is a chore to watch. I don’t get the excitment of quirks and/or features that are typically found on other cars past or present.

Right? What is up with that. I’m in Brooklyn a fair amount and it’s a regular site to see an Altima being driven like it was stolen.

Wait... wait a second... maybe that’s it?

Someone paid extra for that full gauge cluster.  The base had a speedo, gas, and temp gauge.  That’s it as I recall.

Said it above... but... I’ve gone between hatches and sends all my driving life. I really just want a wagon but... go luck finding something for less than 50k

I’ve alternated between hatches & sedans for most of my driving life.  I did have a Jeep Cherokee Sport back in the late 90's.  Christ do I miss that thing...

First time I ever drove a automobile was in a 1992 Truck.  Red.  4cyl, 4wd, 5spd.  I think the only optional extra on it was a tape deck.  Ahh memories. 

I like this car quite a bit.  Just wish it had something closer to 230-240hp... it makes it a tough buy when comparing against GTI... Maybe I’m just used to higher HP cars and the thought of going lower isn’t appealing.

As Kayldera stated it’s a lease with 15,000 miles per year with all maintenance and insurance rolled into one payment. When you add it up I’m paying 42.40 more per month than I was paying on my Focus ST and separate insurance (Boston has ridiculous insurance rates... as my former insurance agent stated “your paying…

Didn’t this thing have the worst side impact of any vehicle of a similar vintage? 

My volvo subscription is over in a year.  If things are still the same w/ the markets I’m simply going to buy it.  It’ll be worth around 10k more than the buyout.  Maybe more.  Crazy times we live in.

5 or 6 years ago (the time melds together)... trip from Boston to Vermont (aka home). Normally it’s a 3:45 trip - with holiday traffic it’s typically 4.5-5 hours.

This.  Exactly this. 

This has been one of the best seasons of racing in recent memory.  It’s become must watch. 

Is it exciting?  Not particularly.  They weren’t designed for the excitable.  They were designed to traverse great distance in comfort.  It will still do that and will continue to do so for years in the future.  NP all the way.

Because when I decided to treat myself to a new car I was pretty much sold on a G70 2.0 AWD Prestige. I found my local “Genesis” Dealer which was nothing more than a Hyundai showroom where they tried to use Hyundai show room tactics while trying to sell me a nearly 50k car.

After the second time the sales person went…

I like it. It’s a viable alternative to the GTI. I configured a SE GTI yesterday and with leather and the DSG it was 37,315 dollars. Autobahn with DSG is 40 grand... for a fucking GTI.

For another few thousand bucks I’ll take Honda reliability please and thank you.