Wait. Is that second to last paragraph legit? The guy now drives a Ferrari FF? Yet he took out a 6 year loan on the Panamera?

I’ll just say what everyone who reads these is obviously thinking:

I think the driver should quit the rally just so he can do a full investigation of the cause of fire in order to make the folks here happy.

I spent this past week in Bar Harbor. Saw this car parked around at least a few times (either that, or someone else also drove their Aston up to MDI!) Witnessed one “bro-dude” that I assumed was the rich prick who decided to drive his fancy car up to a commoner’s vacation spot - he was leaning up against the Aston…

That’s a Shelby I could be tempted with! I’m sure your link isn’t legit, but I had to look up if something like this even existed: http://www.allpar.com/omni/rampage/

I’ve always figured that somewhere out there is a collector who has every single interesting Chrysler/Dodge creation sitting in a glass showcase: a turbo Caravan, a Shelby Omni, and even a pristine talking Shelby Lancer. That person is probably on their way to pick-up this gem as I type.

Might have to re-read the small print, but I think you may still be entitled to some of the cash. Thought I saw something about having to split it 50/50 with the new owners.

Pretty much exactly what I just posted, lol!

Here’s where I currently stand - I have a 2012 TDI Wagon. Per the current info, it can be bought back at around $21k. After the last service, I’m struggling to get much more then 42-mpg highway (previously 50+). Although purely theoretical, I think the last software update did something to result in this mileage.

This was my brief affair with a Saab. Bought it for $600 from a robotics engineering student at Dartmouth (stereotypical Saab-phile, right?), and drove it for exactly a year before it died. Reverse never worked, it never passed safety or emissions (got 3 tickets while I owned it because I didn’t care), and the exhaust…

It’s a car-guy thing. You wouldn’t understand.

If you ever want to know the definition of a true car enthusiast, look no further then the person who owns more then one pre-GM Saab.

I think I saw it on the Oatmeal originally - but all cars need some sort of reverse horn that means “I’m sorry - that was my fault. I’m an idiot!”

To be fair, Saab was pretty much dead by the time the last 9-5 was released. That beauty was destined to fail.

Although playing “who’s the asshole” is great fun and all - let’s go into friendly armchair driving anal-ysis mode instead:

My mother-in-law had one of these. After it burned to the ground, she got a smoking deal on a C6 3.2. Now she drives a Lexus.

Let’s look at it from the direction of “I want a proper track car”. Sure, you can buy yourself a $1-2k Civic or Golf and drop another $2-4k into it for a proper cage and making everything run right. But what if you want AWD? Ok, you can find a clean & turbo-ed Subaru for $4-5k and put another $2-4 to get everything…

Fuck I’m getting old. The first car I bought out of college was a GTI. It was right around when the 337 came out and they were celebrating the 20th anniversary (25th in Europe). Now we’re at the 40th anniversary...

I hope someone buys this, saves this thread, and 30 years from now when it appreciates to that amount, troll the hell out of everyone who says its a bad investment.

To be fair, if you’re going to drive a foot off of someone’s bumper, you’d better have cat like reflexes.