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My daughter just did a matte finish on her blue GR86. I think it looks pretty good. ;)

I don't follow the math. 1 in 50 is 2% (which only makes your point stronger).

+1 to buying MTs while you can, i feel the same way. Same reason I bought a 5BW and a GRC (great car, both practical and fun). Will get to enjoy a Dark Horse when my buddy (a Ford guy) gets his. And I will also buy the new Celica if/when it comes out, only if it's not a hybrid and only if it...

Weather is good, but are the roads still ass-salted?

I'll sometimes "remind" people about rollback in the right situation. Uphill stoplight, I'll pull forward a little too far then roll back a little, so they see it. Or maybe I just like reminding them that a car like this still comes with a manual transmission. :) No, I'm not so slow that...

Gotta cover that front grill, I guess. Just like all the school buses when I was a kid.

That's one of my main methods of teaching people to drive a manual transmission as well, one of the very early exercises (right after practicing "clutch and brake" without the car even running for muscle memory). With or without the "assist" of the car trying to add gas to avoid stalling...

I'm 1 for 2. Two daughters, one of whom drives a manual and one who doesn't. I taught both, but one daughter just doesn't like it. The daughter who does told me, before she knew how to drive MT (before she drove at all), that she was nervous about learning BUT she *knew* she would love it...

Definitely "and gals". One of those with a GR 86 with a manual is my daughter. Very nice shifter in the GR 86, perhaps not up the the level of a Honda or a Tremec, but very nice. The MT in my GR Corolla I would describe as "better than average" but not great, not quite as satisfying as the GR...

I don't think this is quite accurate. In addition to the Miata comment, I think it's better to replace "GM" with "Ford and GM vehicles (any others?) with a Tremec". Maybe "GM" is sufficient if the the only vehicles they sell with a manual have a Tremec (I don't know). But in Ford's case they...

This is what I do (or something similar, there are many such products). Would be better if GM allowed you to disable the chime like Ford does, though. Or if the aftermarket had an easy way to disable the chime, like on my Toyota. No, I don't drive with the seatbelt unbuckled, but it drives me...

Totally agree, except for the YouTube thing. You had help watching every video, you were not alone! In all seriousness, while a test drive is great, it's not always necessary. I was in the same boat, in late 2021, a test drive was not possible. But you don't always need to drive the exact...

I actually think the new screens make these cars (not just Cadillac, of course) *less* future-proof. People will look back and laugh and say, oh, that's when manufacturers didn't know to integrate screens into the design very well and just gave up. The screens will "date" cars of this...

3-12 months, from past experience. Hope this isn't still true. My car sat 5.5 months. :(

+1 on the BMW schools. I've gone (fun work event). I also paid for both of my daughters to go so they can see what cars are capable of. They had a blast spending the day together in the same car (you share a car and swap drivers). Even better, BMW also has motorcycle classes at the GSP...

Within a few dollars of each other? What am I missing? The links you sent show the 5BW you spec'ed at $109,620. And the M5 at $127,300. Apart from all the other reasons to get the 5BW mentioned in this thread (like people said, it's not a BMW forum, so what did you expect?), I see about...

I got this nice steering wheel cover the last time I was at the dealer. Might also be a bit shiny, though.

Great thread, but I don't understand one part of the question. Why a "second" car? Why not a fourth, or fifth? I love the perspectives on retirement, good to hear others are wrestling with the same issues. I could retire when I choose, but I like what I do. Oh, and one vote for the GR...

I'll guess Delirium. No worse than black, or any other dark color.