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This. People with winters on tend to be the ones driving quite reasonably, but with even larger safety margins. Lots of big SUVs and trucks going way too fast w/o winters, though.

I had multiple trips from Chicago to Detroit with a ‘15 4x4 2.7L. It got 21 mpg, and actually almost 22. You can’t drive these trucks at 75+ mph and expect good fuel economy. 70-72 mph cruise. 

Ford Coyote V8 FTW. 

Except you can get a very nicely-equipped, V8, manual, Brembo + torsen-packing GT for high $30s MSRP, and it’ll wax the above.

Bash away. It should be bashed.

I’d agree with you, but then we’d both be wrong.

> Half the cars there are gigantic pieces of crap because stance. 

Simply: your wife is wrong. A mid-sized sedan or CUV/SUV are perfect for a young driver. Relatively easy to park, good vehicle dynamics, and safe.

Idiots. Can you please tell them that to their face?

Agreed 100% as a 32 yr old with a car with a 7.4 lbs/HP ratio. I have received instruction and training for both performance and emergency situational driving, however.

It’s simpler than that: limit horsepower for everyone (not just young people) unless you get licensed for a higher tier.

I’ll be pleasantly surprised if it turns out different, but BMW’s issues aren’t typically because of being too high-strung. It’s design philosophy.

Yup, this is so close to the Mustang I’d say it’s flattery for the Dearborn boys:

I’ve owned both import and domestic. Your bias/hate is showing. 

Great like the “Great” in MAGA? ;)

Ford is doomed. Anyone who has friends in product development there knows this. No vision. Inconsistent direction. Contradictory product/product option decisions. Doomed.

If you look at it, it wasn’t the pumping speed that made it dangerous. It was the risks taken to shave 0.05 seconds off each stop (rightfully so). You could keep the pumping speed and introduce safety protocols to prevent them tearing hoses off (Singapore ‘08). Proximity interlocks for the cars (i.e. they can’t move…

Bring back refueling. There was so much more strategy available.

Well it’s a BMW, so...