So, GM lies and hides facts for over 10 years, builds millions of cars knowing there is a potentially fatal defect, kills 125 people and wounds 275, and they get a 900 million dollar settlement that will cover up to 1,385 total victims, meaning it’s worth about $650,000 to kill or maim someone if you’re GM.

The question I have in all this is: how is this company allowed to continue to operate?! Really?!

I mistook rod knock for a broken clutch hub spring. Oops. The clutch blew out a hub spring a few days earlier, I found the pieces under the truck, so, I assumed the noise I was hearing was the clutch I was wrong.

It looks like a stretched out C class, or an S class left in the dryer too long... Take your pick.

I don’t think it’s an assembly error myself. I think it’s the bearing clearances, combined with oil viscosity, and oil lubricity.

I believe BMW did change the bearing compound at LCI. There seems to be some documentation to back it up.

Actually they limit both. 100kg/hr flow rate and a max of 100kg of fuel.

Somethings not right with that Internet special. It’s too cheap. There, as others have eluded to below, is some scam or bait and switch going on.

The problem is the exhaust. The stock pipes are too quiet. Get one with loud pipes and the DCT box and you’ll have a ball.

They don’t bore it. They stroke it. It does lower the peak RPM if I remember right from 8400 to 8000. They leave the bores completely alone.

That’s precisely why I bought a higher miles one. Mine was used basI ally as a commuter car for a businessman who owned several businesses. He put 65,000 miles on it in 2 years! Had full BMW dealer history too. I didn't want a 2008 with 15,000 on it. That's a track princess.

That's not true. There are 4.7 striker kits out there that run just fine.

Nevermind too that the V8 is basically the same weight as the older straight six, revs higher, and has a lower center of gravity too.

Depends on how crazy you want to get. 500 flywheel horsepower can be had for about $4,000.00:

I’ve put 22,000 miles on my E92, it has 88,000 on it now, and so far all its needed is a new set of timing chain tensioners to deal with a rattle on startup. Was $950. Not too bad.

That point has been argued for a long time now but the reality is is that a very tiny if any amount of F1 tech makes it to road cars anymore. There is no connection now as it is between the tiny 2 point whatever V6s and road cars. When’s the last time Mercedes released a turbo hybrid V6 in a road car that makes 750 hp…

I drove:

Why? I’m asking a serious question, we’ve had it now for 2 years and I don’t see any benefit to it, but I might be missing something. All I see is handicapped engines that can’t make it to peak RPMs specified by the rules because they can't get enough fuel to make the power, or they will run so lean they pop.

I know. That's why I said change it. The last time F1 was genuinely interesting was the early to mid 90s.

Why? What We have currently is technophile misery now. How many engines have bit the dust in the past two seasons from all this hybrid crap? How many engines have bit the dust from running lean due to fuel flow restrictions?