If all these things show up as issues, it does not strike me as “terrifically reliable”. Maybe age and years of being around later model MBs and BMWs has jaded me.

You bought a high mileage M3 and you aren’t good at wrenching?????
Are you a masochist?

CP
It looked fat when it was new and still does today. 

THANK YOU! It was driving my OCD addled brain into overdrive.

I can’t unsee that there is one whitewall and one blackwall tire on each side, and each pair is not on the same axle. 

CP.

It works really well for the perfectly toasted look on a grilled cheese sandwich. 

It’s 12 years old, German, and an AUDI. There is no such thing as cheap, German, and used. 

Whatever they do, Hyundai has to kill the Theta-II engine. They refuse to define what causes the conn-rod bearing failures. Well they did say debris from a deburring process, but they also said that was fixed around 2011. If it was fixed, why are they extending engine warranties on 2015 models?

I can’t tell you how many projects I’ve been on where McKinsey and those like them have the solution in mind before they even know the issues.

Another car with a CVT and touch screen A/C controls. I think I may hold on to my current car until this disease passes.

It all fits my stereotype of a McKinsey consultant. While I have no real feelings on Pete at this point. I definitely have feelings for McKinsey consultants. They are not good feelings.

Car dealers make lawyers and politicians look good.

For a moment I was wondering why it had 3 pedals. One assumes the left one is a foot rest. 

The first one of these I ever saw was being driven at high revs when suddenly it turned into the parking lot where I was standing. The lady driving got out and quickly raised the engine cover. As near as I could tell, it was pissing coolant on the ground from a freeze plug in the block that had become unsealed. As I…

Lets assume $400 per week based on your minimum wage of $10 per hour...BTW Federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, not $10. Spending 34.5% of your gross income, based on a ((365.25 days per year/7 days per week)/12 months per year))*(40 hours per week)*($10 per hour)=$1739.28 per month is not “getting by just fine”.…

That is not purple, it is burgundy.

I don’t understand a lot of the criticisms here. We are a year and a half from the election. Basically no one has any details of their views. Bernie has “Medicare for All”. OK, what does it cover? Crickets...Biden has a history. Warren is a former Republican, and so on. I am going to sit back and listen. As for Pete,…

I don’t know, but in the UK, you can stand in line to check in at the airline counter because the machine won’t give you a boarding pass and when you get to an agent be told you did not confirm your departure in time and get sent to another line for a boarding pass because the first agent cannot issue one and then you…

You missed that you live in a civilized part of the world.