53 actually. In either case 53 or 56 - NOT considered old and senile.
Possible, but highly unlikely.
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Yeah we’ve had this discussion ad nauseum before. I just remember Bruce Williams suing Chrysler over his wife’s new car that they could not fix the rapid acceleration with. Finally ended up crushing the new car so no one else could buy it. I think it was the 5000 bmw that a salesman I knew got a sweet deal on because of the computer problems. They finally pulled the model from the market. So I just remain open to the idea.
I think it may have been Audi back then.
A lot of things have changed since then. The engines are also designed and used in Audi and VW. The fact that we haven’t heard of any sudden acceleration problems with these vehicles seems suspicious that it could happen to this particular vehicle.
I’ve never heard about any problems with Bentleys.
I suspect not many people know much about $300,000 cars or care that much about them. Now exploding Chevy trucks might br of interest that you might hear something about.
Speaking of luxury cars being driven aggressively, yesterday, on very busy US Route 1, I saw a Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph–a relatively rare model that was made from the late '90s to 2002. This was the last “true” RR, before the whole operation was sold to BMW. Even though this model was developed and built by the old RR management, it is powered by a BMW V12, so it apparently has a goodly amount of power.
When I see a RR on the road, it is usually being driven very sedately, but… not this one! Whoever the driver was, he/she was driving too fast for the rainy conditions and–overall–displayed some aggressive driving behavior.
True. But it got me thinking what would motivate someone to pay that much for a car. After all it won’t go anywhere a Honda Civic can go. Someone with plenty of resources might pay $300 K for a car if it provided reliable, safe, & comfy transport and the owner was isolated from most of the normal car problems. For example if it wouldn’t start, all the owner has to do is phone the dealership, they’d deliver a loaner within an hour, and tow the original to their shop, fix it, then tow it back to the owner’s home and retrieve the loaner. I can see someone paying $300 k for that sort of no-hassle service arrangement.
Why do people buy 20,000 sq/ft mansions when there’s only two people living there?
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Don’t assign your economic value system to anyone else. Someone with a net worth of $30 million can pay 1% of their net worth for a car and it won’t break the bank. That’s a little like someone with a $1 million net worth paying $10,000 for a car.
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Great, given your examples, my next vehicle should only cost me a little over $10.00… 
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Exactly my point @davesmopar
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