aboyandhislongtail
A Boy and His Longtail
aboyandhislongtail

I look forward to seeing the Ford Mustang Badlands and the Ford Escape Adrenaline.

They are probably renewing adrenalin

For three grand I could have rebuilt the motor, installed all new tires, and probably even had the Golden detailed!

But alas, I’m a sucker for the thrill of fixing up old crap-cans and seeing what they can do both on the open road and off of it.

This was my first thought... What if its just some dude who put a camouflage wrap on the front of his RX8 just to fuck with paps?

It’s still newer than the Nissan Z. Might as well just put it back on the market. 

I’d be so tempted to do that if I could get the Firebird over there.

As if the “ZOMG PONTIAC IS COMING BACK!” posts weren’t bad enough online.

Anyone going to the 'ring now needs to wrap thier car in camo to confuse photogs

I’m going to need you to put that in 1/4 mile terms. 

Why is the engine appearance package dumb? You do know it’s visible from outside the car, right?

VIN: DIESEL

Obvious answer is obvious:

FI3R0

Though this is going to wreck hell on people at car auctions 30 years from now arguing over VIN coding and whether certain options were factory.

BMW’s version of Apple Car Play automatically disables your turn signals, but unless you click through 78 layers of iDrive to opt out, it subscribes you to monthly blinker fluid deliveries. Made in Germany, of course. 

I was originally going to rage about the $80 fee…but the fact that there’s a $300 all-in option pretty much answers the problem: It’ll be negotiated in for any smart buyer.

You’d think he wood of cot the error.

If, for that money, they’re prepared to offer regular software and hardware updates to support ongoing connectivity, then I might be able to stomach it. Perhaps it’s bundled with a larger telemetry and communications package? I mean, as it is, I pay Nissan extra each month for the privilege of being able to track my

Yea, but the former is more likely to happen than the latter. 

Without really fingering it all the way;

Pedantic? Your a righter. Act like won.

Feels like high-end hotels charging for wifi when every crappy value hotel includes it free.