Eight hours by Toyota. 14 hours by Land Rover.

My wife’s friend assured me she was “really good” at driving stick, to the extent that I let her drive my 911. She literally had no idea. Luckily there was no crunching of gears or burning of the clutch, so I guess she sort of knew a bit. but she would just roll up to each stop sign, forget to change down and then…

In another life, I also worked in advertising (as an account manager, aka a “suit”). My observation is that art directors seemed to become more important than writers, and this led to more self-indulgent advertising. Visual impact and creativity for its own sake was prioritized over everything else. It seemed to me…

I think BMW’s math when there was something published earlier this year said that they could get a 2-3% range boost from aero wheels.

Actually I might be wrong about the ones in the picture here, but I did notice on the UK site that virtually all of the model choices had steel wheels with the aero covers.

I saw that on the UK configurator (I was helping my dad configure one). They are actually steel wheels with an aero cover.

Maybe the Lamborghini Countach, and most of that era of supercar. They are all pretty universally exhausting and horrible to drive in virtually all road conditions and all kinds of roads, but lack the elegance and beauty of the classics of the 1950s and ‘60s.

Just waiting for the Teslaphiles to jump in and say that the Semi’s imaginary 600-mile range crushes the Volvo’s real 150 miles.

Yes, the turning point for Saab was when the NG 900 was introduced. I remember going to look at it with my dad, who is a Saab fanatic and has had a 95, 96, 99, 900, 9000, 9000 CDE, 9000 CSE and now has a well-past-its-prime turbo diesel 9-3. He was so excited about the new model, and so disappointed to see and drive…

The irony of categorizing a massively diverse group as being narrow minded...

But presumably you are in favour of workers’ rights when “young” people are the beneficiaries? Personally I think the rights of the individual trump the rights of the corporation. People shouldn’t be forced to leave work if they are still able to perform the job to the required standard, no matter their age, gender,…

Or, people should be able to do what they want in a free society.

Yes, I’m not disputing that GT3s and 4s are great track cars, and many buyers do use them for their intended purpose. But the relatively recent trend of speculation on Porsche GT car buyers has resulted in a lot of people who buy them to flip or to show off. When these cars come up for resale, they’re proudly…

3,000 miles, 2900 driven at speeds under 30 mph in stop-start traffic on the way to whichever douchebro hotel bar their other supercar friends attend solely to compete in the valet parking olympics.

BMW seem incredibly stubborn about doing simple things that would keep customers.

I got an Outback XT Outdoor (not sure if this trim exists in the US — it’s the base turbo here, but has some additional snow / mud driving modes, waterproof interior fabric, front camera, more plastic exterior cladding) in September. The experience was great. The vehicle was pretty hard to find since the 2020s were…

I think this is at the heart of why they always want you to come in and deal in person. Many people just hate conflict and confrontation, so will agree to these last minute tactics just to make it stop.

The BMW dealers in Toronto have what they call a “Ride Green” fee, or at least they did last time I bought a car from one of them. They call it this to make it sound like some kind of mandatory government program, but it is, wait for it, nitrogen tire inflation, for, wait for it, $399. I’ll just take the almost 80% of…

There is a special exemption from Canadian politeness in Toronto.

My best experiences have been at Porsche. Worst at BMW, although the cult-like attitude at the Tesla store in Toronto was pretty unbearable.