But in a Honda Accord? Truckers get seats with suspension designed for use for longer than legally allowed to drive in a day. The Honda Accord seat was definitely not designed in the same way.

I thought Toyota was already working with BMW on that?

Funny to thing that this thing was competing in a class that included the Toyota Corolla. There really was no U.S. market competition in this segment. 

I am also not aware of a jurisdiction that requires the lowest bidder be chosen, at this point. As far as I am aware, the few jurisdictions that previously had such a policy, have switched to lowest-best, which would take into account poor performance, quality, and reputation.

It looks like it is about to drive away from the building at any moment! —thought the person that designed it.

Seems you have that the right way around. The hard-core corvette guy that I know (by hard-core, I mean he has owned several, has had multiple generations of Z06, the previous generation ZR1, and currently has a 2018 Z06) has no interest in the 911. I have tried to get him to drive one, and he doesn’t see the point: he…

That is sad. I have only had one brand new vehicle, and it was just as reliable as the other used vehicles. I would wonder what kinds of used vehicles you have purchased. It really comes down to research and inspection.  Granted, the vehicles we have had with the most miles were not too thoroughly researched.

I’m late reading this, and am surprised it took so much scrolling to find that someone noticed the fake vent inside.

The fake vent right of the screens is unsettling. Is this the first instance of a fake vent on the inside?

So true. It also seems they started seeing the proverbial (or literal) light at the end of the tunnel, as the year-to-year testing shows the LED headlights getting better.

So you are a contributor to this idea that automatic headlights are not necessary. Please stop. Just use the automatic headlights. If the computer doesn’t turn them on as early as you like, then turn them on. But don’t be “that guy”, driving down the road, thinking your headlights are on, because you see the…

Most of the LED headlights failed the tests. The HIDs often did as expected or better, and some halogens bested all. I was quite surprised how many of the fanciest option LED headlights outright failed to nest the lowest-tier halogens, on the same vehicle. 

knappsterbot is likely referencing that with the Mercedes, you have to eliminate many of the advanced safety options to get the lighted star. So anyone rolling with the lighted emblem is advertising they bought a lower-spec model.

The problem is he was in Oklahoma City for a city skate park opening. Not many rental companies and if someone sees the tweet, I assume they will check the system for his name. I presume it was Hertz. 

I had a 1.9, and it was the most reliable BMW I have ever owned. This was a 1997 model though, so it was the old 1.9 that dates back forever. I assume the 1.8 you reference was some weird low power 4 cylinder sold in Europe or the UK. 

This saddens me about the Z3. I had 1997 1.9 in the early 2000s, and it was amazingly good. It was my first BMW and definitely set a precedent. Oddly, it and my Z4, are the only BMW cars that I have had not have tons of maintenance issues, but my mileage was much lower on them than the 5er.

Twilight Sentinel was the Cadillac name for auto-on/off headlights based on lighting conditions. I always thought it fun how they named their system. It was not a dark mode system. 

Considering practically every vehicle manufactured in the last 20+ years has an event data recorder, often called a black box, this issue has been resolved. Generally, stored in the vehicle, it belongs to the vehicle owner. Otherwise, still issues. OnStar tends to argue it owns the data it has from those systems.

My route would be from OKC, which can be driven in 4-5 hours, versus 10 hour train ride plus a little time in the car after. Every time I see the train boarding in OKC, I think I will have to try it at least once.

This is where Porsche excelled on the Cayenne (until recently) and Macan: the touchscreen seemed merely redundant, and practically everything could be operated with buttons. I am not sure if the newest generation continues this method, but I expect it will be missed.