Unlike the K900 and the Equus which are good bargain luxury cars, the Phaeton (actually pictured above, not a Passat) was a great luxury car by any standard. It's essentially a Bentley Flying Spur with some Volkswagen body parts on it. Read more

Interest, I'll be getting much of that back in taxes. If I get a windfall or the wife starts working I can pay this thing off sooner than later. If I have to sell it to move I'll make 60K over and above my down payment and closing costs and I've only been here for a year. Read more

Don't forget about camping out in your car/rental car. Walmart has an open policy about travelers sleeping in their parking lots. Another option would be at a truck stop but I've heard the lot lizards can be quite disruptive. Read more

Exactly the reason why i bought my house last year. Read more

Makes wonderful sense to me. Read more

Vaporware. Until it goes into production always consider vehicles like these to be vaporware. Read more

Never. Never... Read more

Trust me, it will suck the life out of you. Read more

Safe to say it's been done:

I'm thinking (Hoping) the kid was setting the jackstands when the jack failed. With a lot of newer cars today you have the set the jackstands pretty far under the car to reach the subframe. Read more

Tesla owners, if any of you want to unload your Model S I'll gladly take it. Read more

To tell you the truth mine hasn't been bad during my 84 mile commutes this last year. Unfortunately, I lost 4th gear on it so I'm stuck driving the wife's 2001 Highlander. Read more

You could add in 2002-2003 in there as well with a caveat, they have been known to burn oil. They do require premium though. My 2002 SE pulls 26MPG if I can keep my foot out of it, 22-24 if I drive normal (Like an asshole) and as long as you keep the wheelspin down, she's damn quick off the line. I've seen a few "WTF… Read more

About 6 months ago I evaluated these on paper to replace some of our company vehicles but wanted to know some real-world answers: Read more

NAS, as a man that was in your shoes about 10 years ago all I can say is stop trying to be ideal. Yes dating is a pain in the ass, but if you meet a girl that likes you as you, both of you will be happy. Just ask my wife. Read more

The other argument is, "If you didn't lose my bag, we wouldn't be here arguing over this would we?" Read more

A tad bit more expensive but nice when you need that 14mm on a ring of 10-18mm wrenches A&P rings:

.50 Cal Ammo box with socket sliders rivetied to the top:

I for one would proudly drive a Cadillac Mayhem. Read more

Meh. Call me when a VR-4 Spyder resurfaces... Read more