I feel that same about my Porsche 944. Not to the same magnitude, but I do know that if anything serious happens to the engine, etc, I will not repair it, I will just get rid of it. It too is pretty well built, so I haven't had any serious problems yet, and don't expect to for as long as I have the car.
King, Queen or other forms of dictator and drug dealers will buy a used one.
Good company. I've been volunteering this week at a golf tournament where Alfa Romeo is a sponsor. Today two couples walked by and said their new car is cute and SO cheap ($39,950) and the 14yr. kid I was with laughed. I've worked with a bunch of local high school kids this week and they have been amazingly polite and intelligent but none of them has had any interest in cars, is this a new trend?
The difference is that the auto upgrades are real, tangible, and measurable.
Stock ZR1- where the tire meets the road.
-Richard
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just push it over a cliff.
Along with the Patek Philippe watch?
I've worked with a bunch of local high school kids this week and they have been amazingly polite and intelligent but none of them has had any interest in cars, is this a new trend?
probably not interested in audio either. Nor much of anything else not related to making money.
Any kid that is at a golf tourney does not have the car gene or got lost.
-RM
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Along with the Patek Philippe watch?
its a Breitling in the dash. Not Patek. Unless, you meant that I stay in the car.
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probably not interested in audio either. Nor much of anything else not related to making money.
-RM
And people call me nasty, that comment is both hilarious and sad coming from you. Value judgements of people you don't know, repeat offender.
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Bently's get more torque/carbon-footprintElectric motors have torque from the start. Your bentlies are obsolete.
Electric motors have torque from the start. Your bentlies are obsolete.
Dick might be right about the car gene, we had a 51 Chevy when I was young and it had a very early automatic transmission. My father was an early adopter and believed in the new technology and that a manual transmission was a thing of the past.
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They didn't get it perfect ours over heated in Death Valley. Funny also they worry about fuel economy at 0.1$ a gallon.
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Any kid that is at a golf tourney does not have the car gene or got lost.
At least they won't waste time with NASCAR.
I might have to do that. Not really. The price drops like a rock for used ones. First off... no respectable King, Queen or other forms of dictator and drug dealers will buy a used one. They buy only new. And, no normal person wants even a used one because the cost of repair and service is too expensive if you cant do it yourself.... not to mention insurance. So, you can get one cheap. Well, maybe not cheap cheap but significantly lower than new. And, most have low miles on them.
If you get one (W12 TT) used and just drive it and drive it (thing is built to last forever) and when something does go bad with it, just push it over a cliff.
-Richard
Don't forget the savings on maintenance and fuel!
Any kid that is at a golf tourney does not have the car gene or got lost.
Please remember they are not old enough for the a$$hole gene to express itself.
Please remember they are not old enough for the a$$hole gene to express itself.
if already at a golf tourney... it's too late....they have That gene already.
-RM
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Electric motors have torque from the start. Your bentlies are obsolete.
Yes, it is. I am waiting for the electric car which comes with a solar roof.
-RM
And people call me nasty, that comment is both hilarious and sad coming from you. Value judgements of people you don't know, repeat offender.
Thank you. learned from the Master... Whats the difference between a cactus and a Bentley?
On the cactus, the prick is on the outside.
[Thought I'd tell that before someone else did.]
-RM
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Yes, it is. I am waiting for the electric car which comes with a solar roof.
Can't charge overnight. No sun.

I think that electric cars are fascinating! Impractical for me, as I don't even have a garage outlet to recharge one, but they ARE quiet, and some are very fast. As engineers, most of us follow the development of new batteries. In 10 years, some say that the gas powered car might be effectively obsolete, but that depends on battery improvements. It's all engineering and even DIY with both audio and autos for many of us, at least in the past with autos. 'Little GTO' or 'Little Deuce Coupe' got our 'motor' running 50 or more years ago. Sports cars too! When I was a young engineer at AMPEX in the 1960's, most young engineers commuted to work in sports cars.
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