Man, no shit: when I did the launch drive for this car back in 2014, they had all this British stuff everywhere. Union Jack flags, The Who and the Stones playing all over the place. But all the engineers there were German guys! “You like the new Mini, ja? Das ist ein kleiner Rennwagen, ja?”

But it’s German passing off as British just the the monarchy. So I guess it’s British then.

The check engine light never sets on the British empire.

At least blur the background out. I agree that someone is going to lose their job if they haven’t already. As a nurse, the equivalent action in my industry is to snoop/leak protect health information on high profile patients, which is invariably discovered. The result is loss of employment, steep fines, and possible…

They’re only “miserable” in the sense that you can see all the crap you’re tracking into your car, and I wouldn’t want it any other way. Any colour that hides all the winter crap is evil because it leads you to let your interior surfaces marinate in brine and whatever other assorted moisture and filth you drag in with…

Lots of NY State Troopers operating in NYC, especially bridges and tunnels. They are here to piss off NYPD and DiBlasio, for many reasons.

The first day I drove in NYC I turned right on red and was pulled over.

I prefer the AussieMan version:

This just makes me miss Ashley.

I wonder how many people will haughtily insist that someone needs to install better signs instead of expecting people to observe basic driving knowledge and acknowledge those already around them.

Where are these mythical “good” dealerships? I’ve certainly never found them.

I once bought a first year Mazda Tribute V6 with Ford’s “Duratec” 3.0 V6 under the hood. I took it to a quick lube place just for an oil change at some point. The oil cap said use 0W-20 oil. When I asked the attendant why he was using 5W-30 instead of the 0W-20 like the oil cap says, the attendant said it was because…

Put enough weight in the back of the bed that the front wheels barely touch the ground. Solves any issue with the feel of the suspension.

They’re a completely unnecessary prospect in this day and age, however. Why can’t we just configure a car, pay online, and have it shipped to our house in a month or so just like, oh, I don’t know, literally everything else ever.

Reason number 678,987,456,892,369,923 why I can’t wait for the death of car dealerships.

And Death Metal band rehearsal every day, from 8am-4pm.

I’ll stick my head out here...

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yep, buying a new vehicle sounds cheaper than buying some tires

I have a set of the IGs on my wife’s Highlander and it is a winter beast. I think it’s safe to say that any real snow tire is world’s better than even the best all-season at snow/ice driving. If you are driving in conditions that separate an average snow tire from an excellent one, you probably shouldn’t be on the…