Very sexy in person and quite compact, it really looks like the gt3rs and the gt4 had a baby Love the color too which is a great match for the black and carbon accents: ...
Was my birthday prezzie last year, manual, with "club sports" pack. Car is fun in old school way, but absolutely slower then most rides out there. Even a PDK 992 C2S will be faster at the get go, but if a certain analogue feeling is what u crave, this is ...
Porsche has gone crazy with their pricing structure. Here in Silicon Valley, people think of Porsches as a great value. But the Porsche dealers here fleece owners with insane servicing costs. Mainly because owners here have no idea what to expect and are ...
In America, the rule is that they're supposed to charge you for parts and for the regular number of labor-hours that job usually entails. A "Master Book" lists all of the typical services and the number of hours those services are supposed to be billed fo...
I haven't paid for a service at a dealership in years, I remember it being bad but this sounds like it's really gotten out of control. That said, I have gotten some freebies from the dealers I've had car trouble away from home a couple times, once in Mont...
We have a number of Nissan dealerships in USA. Maybe they'll bring Alpine franchises to Nissan dealerships. But most Nissan dealerships will think twice. The cost to train a service staff to know how to work on the vehicle is costly. And if there's not en...
We don't really have French cars in the USA. No Renault. No Peugot. Only French brand that has dealerships in USA is Bugatti which is from Franco-German Alsace region (and Bugatti himself was mostly Italian).
I just want them to open a Pierre Herme here. That's all I ask! And some nice baguettes and flaky croissants. The Eric Kayser here in USA doesn't taste the same as in Paris. When I fly to Greece, I bring back my favorite olive oil. Thankfully now, I can g...
Some people have expensive habits. Gambling, drinking, drugs, planes, and watches. Always be afraid if you're doing business with them! I'm saying that mostly as a joke. It's always a fine balance at a Porsche dealership. It's human nature to try to be he...
Here, the annual service on a Mercedes can vary. They have odd number years and even number years. Odd number years; 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 are generally not too bad. It's mainly an oil change and a quick inspection. The dealers charge around $300 US Dolla...
Porsche WAS a decent value just like Rolex was at MSRP, they both occupied this nice niche that was a premium to everything else in their class and also a great deal less then the next step up. Instead of keeping price increases relatively small like Role...
The Lamborghini Huracan genuinely drives like a special machine (even though it is admittedly 20% an Audi R8). There's so much more emotion than the Porsche. And the Porsche is a technically brilliant car. Just brilliant. But the Lamborghini for only a $5...
the rest is paid in any kind of finance/leasing arrangements - very different to other brands. So being a Porsche owner in its true sense applies to only a small minority of drivers over here. I turned my back to the brand in 2010 after nearly 20 years of...
USA built the whole concept of mass credit adoption. So it's only natural. Americans buy everything on credit. And have some of the highest credit card debts in the world. The average car loan is now around 69 months!!! 69! that's nearly 6 years!!! People...
If you've been watching the news on the car market, it's a lot like the Rolex market, just a little behind since cars aren't so liquid and there's more finance and repo adding to the time lag. The car bubble is about to pop too, hoping for a good deal on ...
$49,000! That used to be a Mercedes E Class (low options and a small discount) money in USA! Special insight: Dodge and Chrysler vehicle owners are often of a demographic with more varied credit ratings. Which suggests that your chance of getting a good d...