Lexus IS350? Next year...

I think it depends on the car. If you’re talking about Toyota Camries, I agree that buying new can be justified this way. CPO cars aren’t too much cheaper than new ones. The game changes entirely when buying luxury cars, which are chock-full of expensive options which lose value almost immediately. They also…

But it has a black roof! Isn’t that creative?

I’d love one-it w0uld be decent fun. But unfortunately I don’t fit in it. Am I right in saying the steering wheel doesn’t telescope?

There’s a wheel...with a tire...IN THE TRAILER!

Better economy, handling, NVH, etc... more car-like. The Ridgeline is unibody, and it’s nicer for it. Crew-cab Tacoma owners might love one.

I get the sense the IS doesn’t have stiff shocks, as much as sloppily soft, really cheap ones. It actually had a great ride when new, but a used one is going to crash over bumps.

Or do it now with an E36 M3.

Find another reliable $5500 SUV with shocks that change firmness and are height-adjustable via computer and I will buy it.

In a second! That’s an absurdly good deal for one of these.

If you’re one of the few who can afford a car like this, yet don’t lease it or replace it before it hits 100K miles (like my dad), a Lexus can make sense. But so does a Lincoln MKX 3.7-a car that costs less, is bigger inside, handles better, has a better design, and probably has cheaper parts.

Oh yeah.

Those haven’t been out for long-why don’t you have it anymore?

I love all the tweaks they made to reduce weight...But couldn’t they have removed the power seats, as well? That would reduce more weight than all the other tweaks combined.

I understand that. With 100K miles,German cars can have lots of problems. If you have a BMW N54, or a 2007-2010 Mini Cooper S, you’ll have them much sooner.

Just remember that the Giulia was developed in 2.5 years. The only other car I know of which was developed in that time was the 2010 Taurus. The Taurus needed a new body and interior over an existing frame and engine; the Giulia was allegedly designed from the bottom up. They didn’t even have time to make a…

Jalopnik talked about problems with the Giulia because they experienced these problems. They don’t talk about problems with their (new) Audi and BMW loaners because they don’t happen.

I’m sure Alfas, as a whole, have gotten better.

I looked at higher-mileage V70Rs a while back, and the sense I got was that everything added on top of the standard V70-the adjustable suspension, the all wheel drive system’s angle gear, and the turbochargers-was costly to fix and required more frequent repairs.

It looks good on mobile!