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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIf Mercedes ever made this thing, there would be floods of drool...
https://www.thrillist.com/cars/nation/beautiful-cool-new-cars-best-looking-rides-2016
True Dough
(17,246 posts)but that's an awful lot of hood for birds to poop on!
Seriously, if I could afford that, I would rather get this:
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So much more practical in every way, and the performance really isn't lacking at all!
csziggy
(34,131 posts)Seriously, if I'm going to spend a lot of money on a vehicle, I'd buy a slightly larger hybrid than I have
True story - back in 1977 my sisters and I all were in a position to buy new cars. My oldest sister bought a Porche 911, my older sister bought a used Mercedes sedan, my little sister bought a Firebird. I bought a GMC Suburban 2500. OUt of all those vehicles, my truck lasted the longest - seventeen years (and over 350,000 miles) later the block cracked on the engine and I had to get a different truck. My sisters' cars lasted less than four years each.
Our current vehicles are a 1999 GMC Suburban 2500 and a 2006 Prius. While we'd not mind a newer version of the Prius, the Suburban is one of the last models with a 454 engine. I'd like to spend some money spiffing the interior and touching up the exterior, but it should last me at least another ten years. The Prius is just a little smaller than we'd like for trips so when it's time to replace it we will go with a Prius V or equivalent.
Yurovsky
(2,064 posts)is that by the time you can afford to buy one, you're too damn old and arthritic to get in & out of it...