Lexus: the car of the pretty wealthy.

[sir pball]

111. The trip can be the means for me.

I know you aren't knocking drivers and I'm not trying to argue, but I genuinely love to drive and if I ever hit Powerball the future Mrs. and I both agree, a couple of nice residences would be great but we would seriously drop millions on cars. An F12, a Continental, a Mercedes-McLaren, cars are one of those things the sky would be the limit for me if it were possible.

Which is not to say you gotta be rich to do it well. In my younger days I had about $15k budgeted for a new car, I was single so I didn't need anything spacious or practical. I ended up buying a low-mileage 1995 Nissan 240SX with a questionable title but no physical issues (had it closely inspected by an incredibly skilled mechanic friend - the best answer he had for the salvage was a theft) for six grand and spending the other nine thousand on parts. Intake, exhaust, header, camshafts, ECU, all manner of suspension bits, racing clutch, limited-slip diff, wide tires, the works - and outside of a motorcycle nothing rubbed me the right way as much as that car. Like a Cycle World writer said about his custom-rebuilt street legal 2-stroke GP bike: "When the power hits, it feeds my addiction like nothing else on Earth."

Funny thing...I had no AC or radio for almost fifty thousand miles, close to two years, and I never missed them. Then again I also love my manual-focus, manual-wind, aperture-priority only, spot-meter only Nikkormat more than my D5100 even though I use the latter more.