Nobody will ever steal my 1992 525it... it has a manual, a salvage title, 220k miles, and has almost no paint, along with a beautiful assortment of large dents and scratches in almost every single body panel, including both quarter panels. The interior colors are mismatched, it has a blown head gasket (but still runs…

I drive a BMW from 1992 about 20,000 miles a year. I wonder where that puts me in terms of carbon emissions— on one hand, I’m technically keeping a car out of a landfill and continuing to use it, but on the other hand, it gets 20mpg at best. It does have new catalytic converters though.

I miss honest old RWD vans that you could have with a manual...

y’all remember this?

I personally prefer the first-gen R8 more... the design on it has held up better over time, and the fact that you could have it with a V10 and a gated manual puts it ahead of the new R8 in my book. Because 0-60 numbers don’t matter to me as much as having a proper manual (hence why I daily drive a car with a 10+…

The DBX is likely the first Aston Martin that can seat more than two people comfortably and humanely

For what it’s worth, the yellow lights are fairly generous here in Arizona. I usually have more than enough time to speed up and zoom through when I see a light turn yellow.

Why is there this stupid arms race of automakers trying to out-stupid each other’s door handle design? This kind of stupidity is just further convincing me that I should never buy any car made in the 21st century... I’ll stick to my 27 year old BMW wagon, thanks.

The 355 had valve guides that failed prematurely, requiring expensive repairs, and the headers would regularly warp and crack.

I miss old Ferrari, where they didn’t give a rat’s ass about silly things like reliability, practicality, not self-immolating, ride quality, ergonomics, etc. They made awful cars that were both uncomfortable to drive and amazing to drive at the same time, with poorly built engines that sounded gorgeous and justified…

I daily drive a $350 BMW wagon, and it’s my only car. It’s old enough to be reliable (and manual transmission) but new enough to have ABS, fuel injection, power windows, and averages over 20mpg no matter how I drive it.

I mean, after making the same car for 15 years, you would think they had figured out all the bugs. It would be more surprising if they weren’t reliable at this point (looks at Nissan).

Mildly satisfying burnouts? And surely there’s a way to make the Camry a manual, I’m sure the drivetrain in it has been paired with a manual either in other models or in other markets.

Hmmm, so I wonder how easy it will be to weld a few choice bits to make it properly RWD... hmmmmm

Man, at that mileage it should have had the con-rod bearings changed at least twice (if using original BMW bearings, coated bearings should last longer though). And at least one or two clutches, with probably an SMG pump or two to round things out. Vanos solenoids become an issue at higher mileage as well, along with…

I stay seated until it’s time for me to actually get out. I like sitting, it’s very relaxing, unlike standing and walking. I also have an insane amount of patience— you should see me sitting in 2 hours of stop and go traffic, as calm as can be.

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I see one every day here in Phoenix, they seem to be selling pretty well.

Could be that too... I know BMW turbo guys prefer to work with the 2.5L or 2.8L engines versus the 3.0L and 3.2L because of the thicker cylinder walls holding up better to boost.

Ah, well that makes sense! I forgot that classes were a thing in drag racing, since I’ve always gone on test & tune nights where it’s pretty much open to anybody with wheels.