All comments: “Hey look a luxury brand with amenities that only parents would understand, fuck that.”

BMW addresses this in the press release with a really confusing paragraph:

I’d watch the shit out if this, if only to have my wife (huge Bachelor/Bachelorette fan) walk into the room so I could enjoy the many emotions crossing her face as she absorbs/hates/accepts/enjoys the show.

Looks nice. Better than I expected after trying to imagine it through the camouflage. Other than maybe tires this looks like the real thing. Not a 007 special like the aftermarket-laden Sports from the last one. I hope the winch is a real option. I’m ready to see better pictures of whatever trim is on the hood and the…

Bingo... yeah you gotta stay on top of the maintenance or the little things will add up and before you know it you’re looking at a few thousand in repairs. If you can find a used one that has had the two big things done, that’s the ticket. Then when the normal stuff rolls around, it doesn’t hurt so much. Hindsight is…

This article really bent over backwards to not say the word racist. Call it out. Put an allegedly in front of it to save yourself from his family’s PR staff and lawyers. But say it, the guy is a racist prick because his dad is a racist prick, and isn’t apologetic because he moved into the ever-growing fold/tumor of…

Here are the rod bearings and first pair of vanos solenoids. I forgot I did this pair of solenoids at purchase (40k mi), so I had a $5200 bill right out of the gate. It was early, according to my mechanic, most rod bearings last till about 60k. I had to replace control arm bushings too. Makes me wonder if it had been…

No, you’re right. I’ve had mine from about 40k-65k, so right in the window of when this stuff breaks. Rod bearings are just expected, watch the oil or send it to blackstone labs if you need to to sleep at night. In one of the few smart moves of my life, I worked a clause into the deal when I bought it that if nothing…

I was unaware of these Clarkson drivetribe vids and they sound awesome, thanks. I guess I thought drivetrive fizzled out, totally forgot about it.

What problems that can total the car? Rod bearings and vanos are the only atypical things that I can think of, and if you go into an e60 m5 knowing what to watch for then it’s not that scary. I wouldn’t wait for the check engine light, though. A little glimmer in the oil anytime after 60k is enough to tip you off that…

“Because if so, *self-choke*"

This seems like a good spot to say that if you drive around with your roll bar manually deployed, you look as stupid as people who drive around with their rear wing manually deployed. Just stop. It’s like extending your pinky when drinking tea, you’re just posing and we're all laughing at you.

In my e90 m3, the rear headrests fire upwards on rollover to mimic a rollbar. I’ve always been unconvinced about this approach. I’ve read that there’s no US federally mandated rollover protection rules, but have never gotten around to researching that because I kinda maybe don't want to know the answer.

Also, funny story, we had our first kid and the M5 was supposed to replace her M3. My wife subsequently had a change of heart and refused to sell her M3, so for a long time we were 2 Ms and a baby. And then 2Ms and 2 babys. We tried to live that Jalop life, but eventually spilled over into a Range Rover, but both of…

Insane? 500+hp, 4 doors, LATCH, huge trunk, phenomenal sound in a tunnel and 200+mph for less than 20k? Show me a superior competitor, sir, and I’ll buy it.

Nope, the 3rd is a range rover with 75k and a tune in it. [My middle name is dangerous dot gif]. One of these days I’ll get around to posting the ownership experience summary on these three like I’ve promised several times. No regrets though. Knock on wood.

You're right about the design hanging in there. I have an e90 m3 and e60 m5 and have had several people ask me if they're brand new. The e90 I get, but the e60... has aged ok but huh?

I’ll throw mine in the discussion for the inevitable verbal thrashing and questioning of my sanity. You could buy 7 of these for the price of the Aston. No better 10+ year old dad car for the money, IMHO. But yeah, obviously I’d take the Aston if money was no object.

That’s not at all an apples-to-apples comparison. For starters, all pre-2014 E63s in your ads are 2wd, which is fun but not good enough if you’re shuttling kids year-round through all kinds of gnarly weather, and if you really want to replace a Range Rover. HP is not the end all be all. For a lot of us, we’re just not…

I did that too, but with motorcycles. I remember actually falling asleep momentarily on long night rides to go visit my gf (now wife). And finding the top speed of a CBR100RR. Happy to be here now, but would still like to go fast sometimes given the right equipment and track. Limiter is fundage, kids are expensive.