Always wanted a German cruiser, is it safe to buy a 740 for under 5?

Speaking from experience, nonsense.

except youre wrong. i was the service manager for a shop that specialized in BMWs and Mercedes. the ONLY decent w220 was our owner's 2006, and that doesnt mean he didnt spend thousands and thousands keeping it on the road. they are utter pieces of shit, and even when things break that are normal to break at that…

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That you need to go anywhere. Just say home. Did you really need milk and bread so damn much that it was worth wrapping your SUV around a lightpole? Couldn't you have just logged in remotely to work? Or did you just need to prove to yourself that you made the right choice in buying an SUV "just in case it ever…

"FWD is better in the snow"

Nitrogen in tires. Oh it's not really a winter myth. But its still a myth, and its the one I hate the most.

Lots of good ones here, but the best most importan one of all is...I need to run out and check if everything is ok and see the snows. If you have no NEED to go out, fucking don't. If you have no SKILLS in snow, fucking don't. For some reason we get about 85% of the people on the road who have absolutely no where to…

That seriously depends on how cold it is, how high strung your engine is, and what you consider "driving". Oil gets thicker when cold (yes even modern oil), and thick oil is hard to pump. So if you engine needs oil sprayed on the bottom side of the pistons, it's probably not going to get that if the oil is below…

If you know how to drive you can get by in any area outside of the mountains or the lake-effect snowbelt area with all-season tires.

I may disagree with you. I plug our cars in when the temp dips below -20C. The block heaters are on timers. They come on at 5:30 am and auto shut off at 9:00 am. Both the car and the truck start way easier, with way less stress on the starter, belts, etc... when they're plugged in. The block heater keeps the oil a…

That if you drive on snow in all-season tires you will crash and burn into a tree. Complete bullshit. No one is denying that winter tires perform better in the snow, but it's not the end of the world if you use all-seasons. Yes you will lose like 10ft stopping distance but I'm sure none(okay not none, this is Jalopnik…

Conversation between me and a coworker about someone who hit a stop sign in the snow:
Coworker: "He tried to stop, but just started sliding."
Me: "Yeah, he was going too fast for the conditions."
Coworker: "No, he wasn't speeding or anything, he has an AWD Explorer, he couldn't stop."
Me: "Yeah, he was going too fast for…

I won't skid on the ice, I have Anti-Lock Brakes. Guess what, yes, yes you will.

Snow tires turn you into an invincible driving god.

People from the north know how to drive in the snow.

Maybe not a myth, but I'm always annoyed by people who get in their cold car, start it, and crank the heat (fan) to the max. Unless your car has an auxiliary electric cabin heater, all you're getting is high-velocity cold air until your coolant heats up.

That rear wheel drive vehicles are bad in the snow. I would gladly take a rwd vehicles predictable handling traits over fwd or awd. When your slipping in rwd it's easily noticeable and fairly easy to modulate. When your slipping in fwd or awd it comes out of nowhere and you're usually screwed.

Arizona here. I think "Winter" itself is the myth we need to dispel.

I live in Texas. What is this "winter" you speak of?