Not to be a dick, but he has to have like the same 2 or 3 comments copied to his clipboard to post a moments notice.

‘69 Charger guy some how trying to shoehorn a ‘69 Charger into the conversation. Color me surprised.

Dirt cheap K5's don’t exist.  The cheapest K5's are overpriced parts cars, devoid of solid metal, and missing the key pieces (seats, roof...).

Blame the commercial/fleet market for that, not “America’s stigma against vans”. That ultimately was the van’s bread and butter. The private passenger version was always an afterthought and honestly unless you really really preferred it’s size there was little compelling reason to buy one over a traditional minivan. 

Did this really have many advantages over a typical minivan like a Pacifica, Sienna, or Odyssey? From an outsider, it seems it was just ever so slightly smaller, not close to as nice/refined, and not really that much cheaper. Looking at every other market segment, that doesn’t seem to be a winning combination.

I would go new every time on a performance car like this, especially one that’s only available with a manual trans. But I would not bother with a first-year model. Wait for demand to cool so dealers have less leverage, and by then better options and colors will appear.

I don’t know what you are smoking saying most gas cars have 200 miles range...

Judging by today’s QOTD it seems no one here has ever been in a modern pickup truck, so I’d suggest a few of you try that out before bashing it any more than you already do. 

I think cash value insurance plans are stupid. But do the math yourself. Compare the cost of comparable term insurance and the gains on investing the difference in cost in a Roth IRA. Unless you’re so heavily invested that you have no other way to invest more (what a wonderful problem to have!), I think you’ll also…

“That’s range anxiety, done and dusted.”

So, on our statistical sample of two (admitedly not the biggest one ever) your solution does not fit 50% of the world’s population.

But not if you do a spalsh and dash.

Great, now just to get the charging time down. Then that pesky infrastructure problem...

I’m convinced that everyone who laments the loss of single cab trucks has never owned one.

The “I could do it better and cheaper aftermarket” argument is tired. This is high end suspension and brake components from the manufacturer, which when spending nearly $100k on a vehicle is what most people would prefer. This is clearly not for the tiny percentage of people buying a RS5 to take to a race shop (and…

...on my death bed, I will think about all the cool cars I had, and you can think of all the money you saved...

The average household (with $70k income) doesn't have multiple cars with $700 car payments. 

refuse to buy outside of our means.

“A car loan is also borrowing money to buy a depreciating asset” Don’t let a Dave Ramsey talking point become a rule or a law.

Lew called Adelstein’s all-in on the turn, for a quarter of a million dollars, despite not even having a pair.