That’s baller. 

Joke is that americans only tow trailers with enormous trucks, while in europe, it’s basically the opposite. 

Those locks are great for lockpicking practice! Easy to decode and open, good for beginners. 

Those locks are great for lockpicking practice! Easy to decode and open, good for beginners. 

Runflats can already defeat them...

Once again I’m hooning around town in my bright blue Audi S4. Up to my usual tricks, drifts in dusty parking lots and seeing how many looks can I get from pedestrians.

A V12 6L diesel that Audi made would suit it quite nicely.

The electronics aren’t that complex, most makers document it well... the real killer will be the little whiskers that form on pcb’s now that only lead-free solder is used, creating shortcircuits.

Except all of it is documented, if you have the tools, you can do it, meaning, if you have the Bentley diagnostic tools. It will have the complete wiring diagram, along with instructions how to solve most problems.

Feeling the steering wheel go loose as the front wheels hydroplane is the scariest bloody thing.

Nice tires make such a difference, I cringe every time some gloat that they got a “sick deal” on a set of no-name tires...

It’s an electric drivetrain, where the electric motor acts as a generator. Basically regenerative braking, but all the energy is discarded.

Looks nice, too bad it’s a skoda.

What about the 1L ecoboost? Or will the turbo pull down the mpg?

I wouldn’t do 20mph on snow with summer tires... Death is imminent.

Ram a tree, chop it up, burn it, live forever.

Well Europeans are too introverted to speak in public, especially in english to their smartwatch. We’d much rather do some swipes on an iPhone which also helps us to avoid making eye contact with strangers.

40 more likely, current v70’s start at 35k afaik.

If I had fuckyou money, I’d pay a high price for a true awd V90 with stupid amounts of power, be it hybrid or fully electric.

And the brakes are a wear item, you might as well say that the tires are bald or Clarkson used up all the windshield wiper fluid.

I had the pleasure of driving an 80’s audi with the only assist being the power brakes... Going from a new volvo filled to the brim with stability tech to an ‘analog’ car in the winter is... quite an experience. Black ice and no abs is fun.