You’ll be waiting a long time. Some dealers are estimating 4-6 months before parts are even available and potentially longer to get your actual car fixed. I hope you didn’t have any plans of trading your car into a BMW dealership either as they can’t resell trade-ins (or their current inventory) until it is fixed.

I thought the 4Runner was only recalled for a separate issue with the airbag control module, not Takata inflators.

That’s...unfortunate. Thanks for the background info!

Wait, you aren’t allowed to add a parking space to your own property? At all, or just a weird one in the middle of your front yard?

Here’s one allegedly being hung in Melbourne, though I don’t know why the edges are pulling away from the frame like that.

Not really. He bought a car that is still using the Ford based EUCD platform. Volvo would not start switching out parts just because. Once the S60/V60/CC switch over to the new SPA platform that underpins the new S90 and XC90 things will change.

BMW fanboys do. There was a recent thread on e90post with someone who traded in their 10 year old 3 Series for a 2016 IS350 and people were calling it a downgrade and asking how he would handle the hit to his image since the only competitors to BMW are Mercedes and Porsche.

Yep. BMW is a fan of the single unlock button as well.

Random side note but Icelandic horses are awesome. They’re smaller, almost pony sized, have a unique gait, and since they have no natural predators on the island they’re really friendly and curious. If you pull over on the side of the road next to a group they will often walk over to the fence to greet you and let you…

Do you, or anyone else, know what is hanging down near the inside of the front passenger wheel around 5:10? There’s something swinging next to the wheel and I can’t tell if it’s debris or part of the car.

Maybe I’m insane, but I actually am starting to really, really like the new design language on their SUVs (and I love the new interiors, especially the RC). NX, RX, GX, LX, I think they all absorb the grille much better than the sedans.

Liability doesn’t change based on the value of the person or entity committing the tort. Damages should be the same, if all other factors other than the entity are consistent. The difference is that there will be a higher chance of actually collecting judgments since ordinary people can’t usually pay large judgments…

That’s unfortunate. First year teachers in my district start at $41K, though the trade-off is having to work in an urban district with a very challenging student population.

This isn’t exactly new though. Many cars that let you interact with them from a distance do so with a cellular connection. BMW has had internal SIM cards for awhile now and they let you do things like unlock/lock the car and set climate temps with an app. Lexus has it as well. Volvo is just taking another step with…

I’m guessing that’s manufacturer vs. dealer because I’ve absolutely purchased a CPO vehicle before (a Volvo) and found out it had an open recall when I took it to a different local dealership...to fix various things that should have been caught in the “inspection” process for making it CPO.

It may be priced similarly to its rivals, but since it isn’t a hot seller some people have been getting excellent lease deals on them. You can potentially get a nearly loaded RC 350 F-Sport with AWD for less than a base 428i lease (and with a smaller cash outlay) or for less than financing a used 335i coupe.

Uh...one of those, the “7 series” isn’t even real. It’s a rendering.

The A8 is aesthetically similar to the A4 and has much higher material quality, just like the 7 Series.

Someone in my neighborhood does exactly that. Right out their front window, across the sidewalk, and into their Focus. Hopefully no one ever trips and injures themselves late at night.

With your intention to drive the car so much, how does that factor into your resale plan? My first thought was that a year from now you could sell it for nearly the same price, but if you put 20-30K miles on it in a year are you concerned about driving (hah!) the value down too much?