Six -gears for me. 6th gear makes 80-mph highway cruising a non-taxing affair.

My 5 speed automatic Mazda 3 keeps the revs at 3200 rpm at 80pmh and gets a mileage of 21mpg,, all the while droning into the cabin.. you are wrong all cars need 6 gears, automatic or manual..

This right here, I was discussing with a salesman that I will not buy a new Audi S4 due to the lack of a manual transmission option. His reply was that “the automatic is faster”, to which my reply was, “how many of these things are running around racetracks trying to gain two seconds, give me a break!”

In the vernacular of our age: “Sad!”

It will be an “8 series Gran Coupe” if anything BMW did in terms of naming made any sense... but we already know the answer to that.

People who steal electric cars should be charged with battery.

Via @RobbieTassaro, here’s a side-by-side of the two clips.

One solution to the problem.

x2, a winter tire list without Nokian at the top is not a good list...

This. The Hakkapeliitta R2s are about the best you can get for studless winter tires. They do come at a premium, though, and are sometimes not stocked.

I have some WRG3s on my GTO. I wish I would have gone for the Hakkapeliitta R2s, though. Having a dedicated set of winter and summer tires means there is no reason to compromise with WRs. Might as well get the best winter tire, and that’s gonna be the Hakkas.

The only right answer is Nokian, they are made by people who live in the snow, for people who drive in the snow.

Ex B8 S4 owner here, I share your love for the car and it’s a shame the manual is gone, but theyve moved the S4 upmarket to make room for the S3 and RS3.

Been there done that, and yup that’s the way to go. I got one for almost half of the new ones and it had just received new tires and brakes due to the CPO inspection requiring them be replaced. But I drove mine from 40k to 85k and it was dead reliable. Just oil changes needed. It was an awesome car.

Happily owning a non CPO S4 just fine here. When you pay $25k for a car that has a sticker of $65k just three years prior and has a pretty damn reliable engine I can feel comfortable skipping the markup for the CPO.

I’m not sure why everyone hates the way this looks. Function over Form IMO. It looks aggressive, and all of that aggressive flare is real and functional, not fake like the Civic’s front and rear grills.

I hate seeing cars like this too. I’m fortunate to have a C63 Black Series because it was a high mileage example. I drive it every day I’m not riding my Panigale R, lol. I too, believe in enjoying a car, especially since I’m still young and able! Once I get another car to drive, then I’ll consider reducing the drive…

Is it me or does it low key look like a Miata from the front?

I think a better option would be to take the Type R and make it look like a ‘normal’ Civic (which is slightly less ugly).

That Twindoor thing seems kinda pointless. Hatch’s are always better, especially on a sedan like that. Why would you ever use the trunk?