I thought that mag-ride was supposed to be the best of both worlds. I’m confused as to why a base-spec would get it, but a performance spec wouldn’t. It gives the appearance that mag-ride is somehow still a compromise. Is it still considered to be more of a jack-of-all-trades suspension, and not a master at any of…

1. This is awesome and I’m excited to see how this progresses.

Because you usually have to either mount the screen very low, or raise the belt-line of the entire dash to make it integrated. Here you can have the screen at proper eye level, but without bringing the whole dash curvature up which would block more of the front view.

You can, but it also has an auto mode you can just leave on. Then they’ll wipe based on how quickly/hard it’s raining. If you want a manual intermittent speed you do have to set that in the screen, but 99% of the time auto works, and you can trigger a manual wipe with the stalk. 

What purist vehicle seat cushions your asshole down the quarter?

To generate hype without also backing themselves into a corner on regards to a rushed release date.

Was an early backer when the price was thought to be 60-80k. At 125k I’m unfortunately a big NOPE. This would have filled a lot of desires for me, as an electric enthusiast but also someone who has own like 5 Jeeps. 

Not sure what the H1 weighs. GVWR isn’t the actual weight of the vehicle, it’s the weight + the amount of payload it can carry on its frame/body. I believe the B1/B2 weigh around 5,000 lbs, so they can carry another 5,001 lbs as payload. So they essentially took the final weight of the vehicle, and then ensured that…

Different class ratings have different safety requirements. They designed the B1 and B2 to have a GVWR of 10,001 lbs, which shifts them up in class of vehicle to one with different standards, which don’t require airbags. 

It has a GVWR of 10,001 lbs (which I think makes it a Class III vehicle), which puts it into a different class of vehicle. One that is street legal, but does not have to meet the same safety standards as standard passenger cars, including airbags.

In fairness he said it’s ONE of the cheapest ways, not THE cheapest way :). 

She thanks you for your patronage. The money will go to a set of rims. 

Sounds like someone is in need of a good wheel job. 

Because wheels represent both rotational mass AND unsprung weight. Reducing rotational mass and unsprung weight is a higher priority than sprung weight.

I very much doubt he's supplementing experience for measuring tolerances. No good builder would do that. Rather, he's probably surmising based on his experience with similar BMW cranks of similar design and material that it can handle their power goals.

I had a friend do something similar when he was selling his heavily modded 335i. Needed new tires, so he went on Amazon and bought the cheapest tires he could find in the right size. I guess it worked, as the new buyer only cared that it had new tires, not that it had $40 tires all around.

Gen I was all manuals, Gen 2 was auto and manual, Gen 3 is auto only. 

Partially true. Don’t forget though they despite slow sales dealers are still buying the vehicles from the manufacturer. GM isn’t giving them away, they’re selling them to dealer inventory. And there is a time cost to get the train going again. They can’t call off the strike and have new inventory at dealers on day 1.…

I can tell the difference too, but that’s primarily because DBC cars are older and have different characteristics in general. Turbo lag, as most people are familiar with it, doesn’t really exist in a proper setup. If one is looking to stomp it from a low RPM and then say “look, turbo lag,” okay, then perhaps in that…

I’ve owned a good number of both, including a GT350, and on the other side of the coin a Dinan Stage 3 550xi. The throttle response of the GT350 may have had a slight edge, but you’re also having to build those RPMs a bit to get into power. Sure, you can downshift more, but you can also do the same on a turbo car to…