“All they do is ruin the ride,” is such a tired, ignorant statement, identically baseless to the “that’s such an awful car because popular internet opinion says so, not because I actually drove it and know so.” BIG brakes need BIG wheels. LESS sidewall is not ALWAYS bad. Not ALL cars have a RUINED ride from wheels…

Tav, if I could star this post a BILLION times... it still wouldn’t be enough. We need more people of influence (take that compliment as you will) to champion individuality in the car scene.

This. THIS.

Yes, bwana.

A cool little innovation that I hope makes it onto all tires, no doubt! But again, I was more going after Máté’s sentence structure. The trend he was “so over” was enormous wheels. And the reason he dislikes enormous wheels is because... they don’t provide protection for the rims... ???

Again, similar to my other responses, I definitely agree with your logic (not the VW looking stupid part though, we’re a house divided there. Sorry!). It’s possible to overdo it on just about any car. (I’m looking at you Donks of the world!!!) But I’d argue that a large wheel diameter on a small “enthusiast” vehicle…

You know, I definitely think that there’s a possible chance that I could have maybe already known that! ...but either way, I respect your 1+2=3 approach to this conundrum, Ry-bones.

Well, yes. In the physical realm, I agree with the logic you’re laying down. But I’m poking the proverbial bear from the grammatical perspective. I wanted Máté to commit and give me some sentence structure. Thats all.

Enormous wheels... provide no protection for the rims? Come now, Máté. Is the trend you dislike low-profile tires or big wheels? And no, you can’t say both...

MAN, I love it when someone with "Marketing" in their job title displays such an incomprehensible disregard for professional tact. It makes honest, hard-working "Associates" in their field look like frigging saints by comparison. So thanks, Maxwell!!!

Sit down on the seat with your legs outside and knock your cold, block-like feet together. Then you just swivel in. It means your footwells won't be quite so grimy and icy.

THIS. All kinds of this. I've always been enamored by the number of cars on the road with dealer branding of some kind since, from a very young age, I was taught this was all kinds of wrong (both legally and morally).

See, I kind of get what your saying if we're talking anything pre-2010. But really any LR product built after the L405 RR hit the streets has begun to turn that stigma around.

Three (hyphenated) words: all-wheel-drive.

Starts at $35,925. Don't fool yourself, it's a Fusion. Which starts at $21,900...

This is just the beginning? My jealousy-o-meter is maxed out right now. Talk about THE most amazing European gearhead road trip you could dream up... damn you, Bill. Damn you.

A. Freaking. Men. Brother.

Really, Raph? Gee, that's a great question. Why didn't you just ask "Hey internets, what sub-culture of the automotive world do you have absolutely zero tolerance for? Because we all know, if they don't treat their car like you treat your car, then they're definitely assholes!" Nice job, dude. In one senseless post…