Buy something you can afford?

For a Camry, sure. For an 800 hp, 2100 lb car on sticky tires, not really.

At the end of the day, you're still driving a ford Econobox. Most of the problems you list for the Porsche can be fixed with money. What would it take to solve the suspension issues? A set of adjustable dampers? Tweak the spring rates some? With the Porsche you're starting at a much higher baseline.

I think that just about any car is faster than a Mondial as they're all broken down.

I think you'll find that body and frame damage is expensive on many cars. Generally that's something that you break, not something that breaks on you.

mine has for 80k miles. It's a simple car.

I own both. The 2006 and later Elises are much more comfortable than a Miata. I don't like the 2005 seats.

How about just shut the fuck up and don't comment on his purchase?

#ThanksObama

As Tavarish said, enthusiast forums & websites are your friends! Nearly anything you're looking to do has already been done on every vehicle you can imagine & others who have already done it will have step by step instructions on exactly how to do it (videos can really help at times too), with special tools and diy…

Older Mercedes are designed to be fairly easily maintained with basic tools, and parts are reasonably available (even used from junkers). I have 2 84 SDs (same chassis as your car) and they are easy to maintain — the maintenance manuals are available on CDs. You have to keep after them though, which takes some time…

The way I did it was I bought a 10 year old GM product (no hate, Buick 3800 Series II - fabulous machine) and a Haynes manual. Turned out the car needed a lot of suspension work. Suspension stuff is great because all you're doing is unscrewing, prying, and re-screwing. Then the engine had a misfire and I tried…

Deprecation is awesome. I've seen condoms retain more value after one owner than some luxury vehicles.

My sister was a trainer as part of a nationwide program that trains service dogs to address the needs of someone like Mr. Hurtado.

Agreed. Or some sort of seat cover or something. A polite request from the dealership mixed with a thankful attitude towards him would be a win-win situation for both. As an active duty veteran this is a tough one because there are several of "us" that can act entitled and it gets old for the civilians who sign our…

I think the blanket is a perfectly reasonable compromise.

Because anyone else without the service animal would have gotten a Mercedes. They failed to offer fair treatment and the discrimination was because of the service animal/disability. How is this not sinking in?

Exgirlfriend sat on the louvers.

You all can have your newer, more complex (and problem-prone) Mercedes. I love me some W126 coupe.