While I agree that usually marketers will suck the joy out of almost anything in life, I have never heard or seen any automotive marketing specifically advocating automatic transmissions for the transport of infants.

Do you have any examples?

And of course, any M3 sedan with stick-shift is the ultimate “Dad who doesn’t…

How nice of you to insult me. Is that how you are going to raise your toddler?
I went through two toddlers in my life. One was relatively easy, the other a bit more “active”. They survived ok but they had a pretty amazing ability to find danger where you wouldn’t expect. And it happened in a blink of an eye. I had to…

It always easy to fault the parents of a child. Especially by those who don’t have the experience of being a parent of an active toddler. Even the best parents make mistakes.

Absolutely correct on there being two assholes in this video. Looks like the person started filming because the Z was just camping in the left lane purposely blocking the truck. And the truck was getting more and more agitated.
In the end the truck driver is guilty of assault, for sure. But it was not out of the blue…

I am a lucky bastard and I own a 2011 GT3 RS. About 450hp. Just right. Driven right on a race track it is plenty scary. Any more than that and you would be driving way below the ability of the car unless you are a pro. So the right amount is for 3000-3100 lbs of curb weight to have 400-500 hp. Sure, more power can be…

Looks like they normally run it clockwise for these kind of events. Google maps satellite view shows a car going clockwise at this exact spot. To me that is almost criminal negligence on the side of the organizers. The barrier is set up for NASCAR counter-clockwise direction of driving. In that case a hard hit is…

Did you see any tires catch fire?

I do write checks for these cars. I am on my third M3. 2003, 2006, 2009.
I live in Montreal Canada. We have plenty of snow. Nothing is as much fun as an M3 on good winter tires in the snow. My dad had an S4 and while it was obviously supremely capable in the snow it required no skill whatsoever and sliding it in the…

X5?!
I am about to trade my wife's X5 35D for an Acura MDX. My E90 M3 is more comfortable than the X5. Maybe if you have very smooth roads the X5 is fine. Here in Montreal Canada it shakes my kidneys loose. BMW likes to market their SUVs as if they are sports cars. At 5000 lbs and with a high center of gravity they are…