I just wanna know if it STILL has the infotainment system as my 2009 M35X.

They were so hoping Affleck’s scene would be the new Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross. It certainly wasn’t but it was one of the most memorable parts.

LOL it’s rare to see James May hate.  Any particular reason or just his general demeanor? 

As a Minnesotan I know this all too well.

Precisely.  Also why use your own money when you can use someone else’s?  The fact that more billionaires aren’t doing this is actually surprising.

Do plug-ins mix with a creek to ford? (this is a legitimate question).

Also fording a creek to go home every time sounds kind of awesome...

This is why Larry Ellison has a $10 billion line of credit. These huge net worth figures are not a measure of liquidity. It’s wealth on paper basically (not saying this means it’s not true wealth).

I’d like to think you are right.  Especially just after the whole We-Work cluster, VCs will be doing better oversight but it remains to be seen.  VCs seem to have just as short of a memory as the rest of society.

I do everything I can to avoid full speed for the wipers. It’s so goddamn loud and annoying.
I am not anti-wiper but I like them to be moving the least amount/slowest speed possible. My auto setting actually works incredibly well at matching my preference of least/slow.

This is what I was thinking the whole time. “The guy that founded the Sierra Club wrote the definitive VW repair manual?”

My wife and I just completed this trip for our Covid honeymoon last week. We stuck to the interstates because of Covid and a time crunch.

That went through my grandparent’s town in Western Iowa. They lived across the street from a park and my Dad and his brothers met so many people from across the country who’d stop at the park to picnic.

20 across Iowa is awesome.  The West side is basically brand new concrete.  That route cut at least an hour off the trip to my grandparents compared to 30.

I-76 through Eastern Colorado is so bizarre. I’ve done it in both Winter and Summer and neither makes it better. It feels more like Texas than Colorado.

I just did Denver to St. George on I-70 to I-15 and it was the most beautiful and fun drive I’ve ever done. I can only imagine how awesome those roads are as an alternative once you reach Utah. (we hiked Zion so I did get to see that part of 9). Utah’s speed limits on the Interstate are very enjoyable.

I saw a Senna…

I was always under the impression that a DINAN tune/upgrade brought a whole lot more to the table than 30hp....

Andrew what was your hotel brand of choice for your trip?  I’ve been trying to figure out who’s best at COVID and haven’t found a consensus.  Road tripping about 2000 miles later this month.

Would it even be legal in the US for a sedan to be made without a B pillar? Because sedans without B pillars look awesome.

Andrew how has that route been? I am doing essentially the reverse route in about 12 days (MSP -> Omaha -> Vail -> St. George -> Palm Springs). Have you stuck to the interstates? Any worthwhile detours? Fires in Colorado noticeable? Which hotel brand did you go with?