Budget baller prior ownership + VAG mechanicals. What can possibly go wrong?

This maybe a dumb question, but a V12 with an electric motor is not considered naturally aspirated? That’s what I would call it as long as there’s no turbo or supercharger.

Some sort of “Look what we can do! Aren’t we neat?” thing.

The M113 family is one of Mercedes-Benz best ever, so I’m not surprised your E 430 is a peach.

W210 E55 is the way...

I have an 05 W211 with the CDi. The car has been dead reliable and has 239k. Best thing is that it’s not a Bluetec so there’s no DEF or EGR nonsense. The car is a literal tank, it can just cruise for days at 40+ mpg on the highway.

Or the Bugeye!! Which, to me, was always the quintessential British sports car. Slow, quirky, and more fun than it has any right to be.  

Austin Healey please. And then complete the garage with a Brough, Bonneville, and Norton.

OUTRAGEOUS

Former and would be owner of a TR4A IRS and a chrome bumper MG Midget. Half of these cars are utterly unsurvivable on American roads today.

That sounds right, it must have been set to miles when checked out and km on check-in. Just another example of why you need to take pictures when you rent a vehicle, the cause would have been obvious.

Maybe a big bill like that will convince her to slow down.

On a somewhat related basis, if you want to know how bad the used car inventory situation is getting, I saw a 1975 Vega on a dealership lot last weekend. I mean it looked in nice shape and all but, holy shit.

And have you now or ever previously transported large amounts of illegal drugs and/or firearms across state lines?

It’s the device police track when Hertz reports rental vehicles stolen. 

The first semi autonomous accident I remember was the Tempe incident.  Not a man.

Mmmmmmmmmmm I dunno about that, bud. “Optics” are one thing, the actions in question and the fair application of rules is another. Swerving in her lane, not having a proper license, pretty sure these would get any number of the US population pulled out of their car, breathalyzed, or cited, discretion be damned.

Over the years, regulations have been changing to remove officer discretion, but they do still have some. If the officers involved got a laugh and didn’t think that she posed a danger, they were under no obligation to cite her.

If the engine rebuilder builds it ‘by the book’ as Toyota claims, would the mechanic use the same ridiculous amount of RTV sealant on the oil pan gasket like they do on the assembly line, which caused this whole debacle in the first place?

It’s about damn time. If I were Ford, I’d be pissed off too. They do all the heavy lifting to develop the vehicles and especially on EVs, sell them at super slim margins. Then instead of getting some volume behind these important launches, dealers instead try to get rich quick by gouging the customers which just…