Three generations of naturally aspirated BMW 325s returned low to mid twenties driving the wheels off on mountain roads and in traffic while also returning in the 30's on the highway. The engines weren't a source of any of their myriad issues, either.

5 is about as useful as looking to the tooth fairy to solve your family's financial problems. If you actually use the available performance of a small turbo engine, it will use at least as much fuel as any other engine of the same power output. It just won't do it for as long before dying.

That's the gheyest thing anyone has ever whined about.

My 1988 E30 325 came from the factory with a driver's side wiper wing.

You valve caps get more maintenance than most of my cars.

That column and "I'll Never Get Rid of Ole' Herpes" about the nightmare of Peugeot ownership are the two of Baxter's that really stuck with me. I'd love to read the rest of them again though.

Gordon Baxter was one of the best columnists ever. I believe the piece in question was called Relief at Eighty, or something similar. I loved the part about what would happen if anything went wrong while you were taking a leak on one of Texas' interminable straight stretches of freeway. They'd find your body in the…

There are people that still think the government can accomplish things. Maybe think isn't the word I'm looking for.

I wouldn't know what to do with this car. It seems that a reference restoration would be the only way to go, but these cars really were deeply flawed as released. While I love the exposed door hinges, sliding windows, and the huge door pockets and cut away door door panels that made more room for drivers and…

Me too! Looking back at this thread, my typos really tick me off. Have a good weekend.

When pragmatic meets stupid. The German police wanted cars they could sit in and see out of? Forget that! They make Buicks in our district!

The reason F1 cars have 13 inch wheels is because it is in the rules as a means of limiting brake dimensions. Chances are that the engineers would be happy to go to 15s in order to improve brake cooling and put move some suspension travel from the sidewalls of the tires to the suspension itself, where it can be…

1. The physical size of the contact patch, the area of the tire touching the road, is determined by the corner weight of the car divided by the air pressure of the tire. If you had a 50/50 weight distribution car that weighed 3,000 lbs and had 30 pounds per square inch of air pressure in each tire, then each tire's…

Define old. You've emailed me before, in response to my Bad Karma photos.

The ad lists the ski rack and coffee bar separately:

That's a relief! I was worried about you for a second.

A 1.6 liter turbo will be less problematic down the road in a 3,500 lb vehicle? I doubt it. Real world fuel economy won't be anything to write home about either when you have to use all the available power to keep up with traffic.

I agree with austinwilliamson1011. The leather is visible, and that looks just like a c2007 Civic Si shifter.

I kind of like the Ski Country Special. It reminds me of the Cougar that Diana Rigg drove in my favorite James Bond movie. A locking rear differential and snow tires were the hot setup in the days before Outback wagons, but can anyone tell me what a coffee bar is when it is a car feature?

It does seem like a glaring omission not to mention who decided the casting directives.