Arai and Shoei both were equally comfortable for me, so I sided with the recommendation and celebrity endorsement. For leathers, I thought I wanted Alpinestars but Dainese were more comfortable for me.

Who cares? If this was such a big deal don’t you think he would have been asked about it in the press conference?

I can 100% relate to what you just said because I do ride! I have a Panigale and while it’s the least used of my motor vehicles, I would protect its presence in my garage first. Second would be my Honda 250. My only car is a sports car and I borrow my wife’s car if I need more space/comfort. I am simply speaking from…

I’m not sure if you intended to respond to me, maybe the kitchen guy who made the initial comment. My point was that the dollar amount is still irrelevant, whether we are talking a standard or special from an Italian or German marque. Even with a standard, and unless you are daily riding it, you spent the amount that…

Even if they did all of that, they would need to do it for years before people would legitimately cross shop them with the German marques.

I don’t care how I sound but I’m not spending $50,000 on a Cadillac. The C7 Corvette won many hearts and wallets but that’s a sports car, for a luxury sedan you need a good brand…

I appreciate their effort but $1500 is not much when you are talking a $15,000 brand new motorcycle.

Agree on the bike. I don’t care anymore that F1 cars and the new BMW M cars are turbocharged. It doesn’t matter when I have all the naturally aspirated sound and high redline I need from my motorcycle.

I do understand the time component. My Mercedes gave me a lot of trouble and I was tired of having to spend 1 hour and 20 minutes of driving back and forth. But from what I hear of Range Rovers and from what I know my Mercedes was like when it was working, my goal is to buy one new and minimize that time loss. In the…

Great story. Congrats!

How could I forget about the V-Rod!? Happy to hear you love your bike.

I think I can relate this to cars a little easier. Consider the Porsche 911. We all know the engine is in the wrong place and that the Boxster and Cayman are better dynamically. But if you tell someone on the street you just bought a Porsche sports car and it’s not a 911 they won’t care. The 911 is the end all be all.

I laughed so hard at this. Thank you.

Maybe when people say that they are jealous, so they must shit on someone else’s decision. It’s like when Doug Demuro was talking about how a Jeep Liberty driver called his 911 a gas guzzler.

The penis-enhancement holds true precisely because it costs as much as a Camry. The dollar amount is irrelevant.

I agree. As a luxury sedan it’s great. Judging by the responses to your post, it doesn’t make much sense, but if you look at sales it definitely makes sense to a lot of people.

The 996 and 997 generation cars had issues and I agree the 991 is much better. The C6 Corvette (almost entirely the Z06 model) had issues, and now the C7 in all models. You are not being fair in granting a 2 generation pardon to Porsche but not doing the same for the Corvette. The Corvette is currently in the cycle…

Both have their issues. Porsche had IMS issues spanning two generations, Chevy had LS7’s dropping valves and now heat management issues with their new Z06. I wouldn’t call either unreliable enough to avoid.

I’m totally with you on this. I’m just criticizing people like my uncle [who lie].

I understand your point but you must remember that inventory is the hotel’s not the employee’s. The extra time it takes the housekeeper to clean the larger room does not get deducted from that $20 or from the guest service agent’s paycheck.

The Audi’s sound cool for sure. I agree on the V10’s and V12’s having a distinct character.