One of your finest pieces, Travis. You're right and it was delivered delightfully.

Low hanging fruit, man.

I've seen a couple of votes for a Wrangler, which is actually a good idea.

An i3 for most of the time and an M3 or an X5 for the rest of the time? You could do a lot worse than that.

I love mine. Good power, quite nimble, RWDorifto abilities, and the interior is well-appointed but simple and also quiet. The only real complaint I have is the goddamned run-flats, which will be out the door when it's time to replace the tires.

Louvers are cool, you can all get over it if you disagree.

You're confusing Colin Chapman's principle with the German principle of "Complicate and add profit".

Cue the "THAT DESIGN IS SO DERIVATIVE" troglodytes.

I'm a believer in respecting the language/country of departure, unless it's a word that's an established part of the using country's lexicon, even if pronounced incorrectly. I'm pedantic, but even I'm not going to run around correcting people about mispronouncing forte (I believe the correct pronunciation is fort, not…

Well, I think you've hit on it with that last statement. It was always going to be a region-specific list of unfamiliar words...

Cadillac? What's difficult about Cadillac?

BUT TESLAS DON'T CATCH ON FIRE

Well, maybe you don't "aggregate it," but you definitely have it, and easily could aggregate it.

Understood! It's a fascinating dichotomy.

I don't know how you can really fight back against the quality complaints about MKIV Golfs/GTIs/Jettas. I owned a MKIV GTI and I loved it, but it was the most giant pain in the ass I've ever had to deal with, and I know so many more folks who had as many problems.

holy dear baby Jesus I need this in my life!

Not sure if serious or trolling.

The number pad is indeed insane, but I stand behind my statement for the rest of it.

Ugh. Mercedes still insists on using their Speedshift MCT transmission, and it's slower than a frozen snail in manual mode. If you don't pull the paddle right when the central display tells you to, you'll be bouncing off the rev limiter. Response is the opposite of immediate, making this one of the most lackadaisical…

Other than that techno wonder, everything is premium, exactly as you'd expect. I do have two quibbles though. The center stack is loaded with buttons, which feels kind of archaic. The gauges also look really old, which is strange for a company that builds the tech obsessed S-Class.