Dealers and mechanics both come in all shapes, sizes, colors, levels of honesty, etc. Some are amazing and some are absolute shit. It’s definitely good to be on the lookout for anything foul, but generally avoiding them isn’t the right way to approach it.

Go to a shop for a pre-purchase inspection. If the seller won’t let you, move on to another car because they’re probably hiding something.

Tell that to my customer with a 300k mile W140, original owner. And the one with the pristine W116, original owner. And lots of original owners with 220's and 221's.

You could have gone with Mercedes road side service, not positive on the details but most road side service is free to most people. If you told them over the phone what your car needed they could have brought the part to you and fixed it right there. And towing is free to a dealer I believe. Every dealer stocks a…

Any tips for those of us who suffer from shin splints? Or how I can force the sprinter in me to slow down? Because all I want to do is run half a lap in 20 seconds...

That trail did actually look pretty technical. Good job on the filming, usually trails look about a quarter as tough in video as in real life. Would love to see you try this same trail in your range rover! I’ll just leave this here for you...

But hydrogen IS perfect. In a retro-futuristic sort of way. Like jetpacks, flying cars, and real hover boards.

Awesome. Thanks for sharing. Love the twin cities. FYI, the bike season there is pretty good IMO, with lots of beautiful and empty roads, especially along rivers. Then you get snow bikes (mobiles, sleds, whatever) for the other half of the year!

Northern Minnesota is much the same. It’s an awesome experience. Or flying down rivers/lakes.

Why does this have to be a bad thing? Why can’t it be akin to pouring out a beer for a fallen ally? Like “Hey, fallen WW1 heroes, you guys are awesome so we’re doing these mad drifts in your honor, bro".

The guy sounds like a moron for sure, but that price was probably for a full service not just an oil change. Depending on the dealer, mileage, age and everything could include cabin filters and brake fluid, etc.

The war clauses are perfectly reasonable. I’m sure just about every dictator, warlord, evil and dealer, drug kingpin, and villain has a car like this.

Sounds like a side effect of rising populations and declining intelligence (or awareness, if you don’t care to be so blunt).

“Blazed through town”

Depends on the quality of the blades, condition of the windshield, weather, and how often they’re used. I do mine once a year generally, but I wouldn’t go less often than that. Pretty much when they start leaving more than a small streak or two is when they ought to be done.

FYI that’s been around for years. You would also be surprised how many people never replace their blades. I’ve driven a disturbing amount of customer’s cars where their blades actually made visibility worse they were so old. I know it’s gimmicky, but I think every little bit helps. And really how is it any different…

I feel bad for any ladies that choose to be amazing racers.

New Fusion coupe looks pretty good!

Not surprising. I’ve been wondering more and more, while working on these cars, how robots could have possibly done certain parts of a car's assembly.

Looks fun and I would do it. But really not that dangerous. At least the ground under the snow is consistent, rather than littered with unseen car-sized boulders, trees, and crevices. Not to mention the lack of slope and they’re probably not getting anywhere close to the 40-70mph that can be achieved on a mountain…