“Happy _______” always reminds me of this:

Source for that? I’d love to read that article.

I did. Holy balls.

Nice pole you have there. Where’s the Bugatti?

The #2576@35 looks suspicious.

If you assume 2576rpm at 35mph, you can do some dirty math.

35mph is 2.218*10^6 inches. A 315/40R18 has a rough circumference of 87.7".

This means that the tires are rotating at 25290.76 inches per second.

If you divide by 2576, you get 9.817 (rotational speed of the driveshaft)

Divide that…

Years at MTU?

Hour later? 5 minutes later. And the only place where it *can* get slick is on concrete. People just fucking fail at driving here.

The roads aren’t nearly as bad as people claim IF you have good tires on your vehicle. That’s the caveat that no one seems to realize. Roundy and blackish are not good qualifications for tires.

Summer tires aren’t a problem out here, since it never EVER gets cold. Summer tires ONLY matter when it is consistently below 40*F.

The inability of Californians to keep speed on freeways in the dry is stunning, let alone the wet. There is no reason to merge onto the freeway at 30mph (fucking Prius this morning).

That,…

Even when it first starts raining it’s not that slick. Vegas_Sirk nailed the other problem with LA Drivers: They never inspect their cars. “It’s black and roundy, must be a tire” is how they see maintenance.

If you have tread, you’re fine.

My daily is a 2001 525i Touring on Ventus V12 Evo2s. My last daily here was…

That’s a bullshit answer from someone who has apparently never driven on ice.

(I live in LA, but went to school by Lake Superior at Michigan Technological University and grew up outside of Ann Arbor. The roads here don’t turn to “ice”, you’re just a shitty fucking driver)

It needs to be a bit bigger for us tall bastards.

Best Buy will match the price on the Hoover. I picked it up on Friday in-store as a result of one of our cats not liking the smell of clean clothes.

We haven’t cleaned our carpets in 2 years. Holy hell the water came out dirty.

I’ll be cleaning them again this coming weekend.

Remember: Everything on an Audi is a wear part that is not covered by warranty.

Shimmy from worn out fluid-filled bushings that are integral to the suspension arms and therefore not replaceable? Not covered.

Blower motor for HVAC? Wear part and not covered.

Cracked engine block? Wear part that has a service life of…

Q50 is the G37 sedan. Mildly face-lifted. So you’re buying a heavily revised car from 2003.

Plus, it has the VQ engine. Fuck the VQ and its atrocious dronetastic exhaust note.

Go for the Mazda. They are the last company that gives a shit about how their cars drive, whether it’s the Miata or the CX-9. They are all…

I cycle there. All the time. That’s one of my routes to get home. Impressive. And scary.

Hit the 100k mark before the warranty expires. I dare you. Bring it to LA and I will donate a tank of fuel and some seat time to the quest.

Jon: I’m in the San Fernando Valley and former Car and Driver intern. If you need help learning how to work 3 pedals, LMK.

Sound better, get better mileage, and quicker?

Thank you for pointing out the CVT.

I had one of these as a rental from Dearborn to Indianapolis and back in 1 day. Cemented it as the worst vehicle I have ever driven. Even worse than a 2g Prius.

Fuck the Caliber.