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I stopped reading it a long time ago but not because they only review expensive gear but because I didn't get anything out of those reviews. I read Car and Driver from time to time, including about Porsches, Aston Martins etc. The true supercar is custom Swedish Koenigseg, only $2 millions. That said, if you really know how to drive, and few do, your modest tuned BMW or old Porsche will fly past those yuppies in those cars. Many people in the US, Asia and even Europe and Russia can afford very expensive stuff. To put it another way - this kind of money is not a problem for them at all.

No books, no music. Just refrigerator, TV and guns.

Regardless of priorities, $80k is a lot of money for most people, either Americans or Europeans. I would have to be making something like quarter of million dollars per year to may be able to justify such expense. I prefer older cars though, modern cars are very much computers on wheels. But that Swedish Koenigseg...

As someone said - the New World is a disaster but the Old one is no achievement-.
Personally, I don't think that any fathers let alone founding fathers like democracy, it threatens their authority and  ' God given right ' to implement the original orthodox ideas they believe they know as they see fit.
Schubert, no offence intended, but at times you do sound like a founding father. So do I.

The Koenigsegg sounds better than any hifi and evidently feels great too while being a real wild animal. This is the ultimate audiophile rig. I would move anywhere to be able to drive it, but first I would have to learn serious driving, it would be worth it. And the car brakes even better than it accelerates. Quite an achievement. It goes so fast that maybe you could cross the ocean in it, straight from the East coast to Sweden.

I really like the sound of Ferrari under acceleration. It's like an orchestra at La Scala. I've never driven one. If I do I'll want one and won't feel too good. But Koenigsegg appears to sound more primal and powerful, like a message from prehistoric times.