Heh, the vacuum door locks on my W123 never worked right.

Yeah, I said it in another post, but really I meant “Benzes.”

I’m old enough to remember those ‘70s German cars when they were relatively new. But I should have been more specific: It was really ‘70s Mercedes products that were better back in the old days. Porsche, to a lesser extent. Even back in the ‘80s, Bimmers, Audis and VWs did not have stellar reputations for being…

Yeah. I find it kinda amusing, actually.

Why some people get all offended at what other people choose to do with their own genitals is something I will never understand. I mean, it just seems so incredibly lame to even have an interest in it, let alone get upset about it.

Not only did Maser shit talk Tesla’s quality, they did it by saying Tesla was on-par with ‘70s German cars. You know, the German cars that actually WERE high-quality.

Well, I didn’t specify F1, and frankly I don’t know whether there’s a minimum weight requirement in F1 or not. But if there isn’t, it seems reasonable that a lighter driver leads to a lighter combination of the two. And even if there is, there would be some advantage to a smaller driver, since the cockpit could be…

If anything, women should have a slight advantage over men when it comes to racing, given that the average woman is smaller and lighter than the average man.

It is. His lawyers are trying to intimidate her, because often the threat of having to go through the time and expense of fighting something in court is enough to scare someone off even when they know the other side doesn’t have a valid case.

Ah. Yup, that counts.

I’m fine with this idea, but I want speed limits raised as part of the deal.

Who does these days? I thought the only Merc you could get with a manual was the SLK.

Fucking in cars is gross.

First-gen Ford Focus. It was a decent enough car when it was new. Well, it was noisy and kinda cramped, but a lot of cars were back then relative to today. But man did it fall apart rapidly. By the time it was 4 years old it was a complete pile of shit.

I do too., a good friend of mine. She was finally ready to get rid of her piece of shit Jeep Liberty, and asked me what she should get. I told her to check out new Accords. She said she wanted a Bimmer 3-Series. I told her to cross shop Lexus.

I don’t disagree with that statement in general.

I never meant to imply that a person is necessarily a douchebag for wanting something other that a “normal people car.” I don’t consider car enthusiasts normal people, but that’s not really meant in a negative light.

Eh, the average person isn’t going to notice the difference between RWD and FWD, and I’ve read countless accounts of owners of these cars using features like adaptive cruise control or massaging seats only once and deciding they’re not worth it. I really don’t think there is a meaningful difference in any luxury car’s…

It was a W123, a looong time ago. There were definitely things I liked about it, but also some pretty terrible engineering WTFs in it as well.

I’m sorry, but they’re all cars. A Honda or Toyota will get people where they need to go just fine. The only things they really don’t do that an S-Class does is cost an obscene amount of money and malfunction all the time.