I know we’re trying to drive down emissions all around, but I feel like Lamborghini doesn’t sell enough cars, nor do any of their cars get driven enough to merit these emissions changes. It’s the daily drivers, commercial vehicles, commercial ships, and airplanes we should be keeping a closer eye on.

All my friends here in Arizona like to complain about the roads here, but honestly the majority of them are pretty darn good here. The midwest and east coast definitely take the cake for worst roads, which makes sense because snow/ice/salt is what tears up roads. In Arizona the only bad thing that happens to roads is…

Missed the original post but I just rolled over 281k miles in my 1992 BMW 525i. It’s on its original engine, original clutch (as far as I can tell) and has most of its original paint too. I paid $1200 for it in October 2020 and it had 267k back then— I racked up the miles pretty quickly!

As one oddly prescient Collegehumor video once said about Gofundme, “it’s a popularity contest where if you lose, you die,” and “Gofundme, the unwitting lynchpin of the failing American healthcare system.”

On a public road in normal driving there’s not really a noticeable difference, but I do take my cars to the track pretty frequently, and to twisty canyon roads at night when they’re empty, and then it starts to matter.

Higher center of gravity, especially with the E34 wagons that had the ridiculous double sunroof. On the E39 wagons they got a different rear suspension design that’s not as good at handling because it was designed for maximum cargo capacity (the shocks sit at a 45º angle).

Wagon for sure. Most hatchbacks are FWD which is an absolute no-no for me. While wagons are a bit more compromised in terms of handling as compared to a sedan or a sports car, their practicality makes up for it.

It blows my mind as to how people can be THAT stupid. I didn’t have any trouble at all the first time I saw a roundabout, and now I see (empty) roundabouts as a free public skid pad/drift zone.

I mean, BMW often changes the engines entirely during a vehicles lifespan, and often does a mid-cycle facelift (they call it LCI) that changes the appearance, often more noticeably than with those Vipers. Viper people just have too much free time on their hands...

I spent most of my childhood in a 94 Toyota Camry with non-functional AC that would stall randomly for no reason, consumed endless amounts of oil, and had bald, mismatched tires... I turned out just fine. At least my BMW is mechanically sorted, lol.

Well yes, I am a car enthusiast and not the normie that would be in the demographic for a modern minivan, so my opinions are certainly skewed. I’d rather put my kids into an old BMW with no airbags and 300k miles than into a modern minivan...

Man, their headquarters here in Phoenix are huge... I wonder which startup will take over the facility next.

I like the Previa more... it was RWD (or RWD-based AWD), had the engine in the middle, and could be had with a stick. It took risks with its unconventional drivetrain layout, and I love that. Minivans nowadays are just boring.

Ah, that makes sense. The labor comes down to where the turbos are... if they’re in a hot-V configuration on top of the engine they’re not too bad to get at, but if they’re on an inline-4 or inline-6 that’s slanted over to the side like on a BMW, you have to drop the subframe and a bunch of stuff to even see the damn…

Electric motor inside the turbo? That sounds awfully expensive to replace when it dies the minute the car is out of warranty (because it will).

Absolute crack pipe (I know we’re calling it “no dice” now, but “crack pipe” is still how I remember it, lol).

Oh wow, you’re not far from me at all. I’m in the AZ E30 BMW group, azbmwcrew, and a bunch of others. I run a shop in Tempe called Heritage Motorworks, where all I do is vintage BMW’s (E23, E24, E28, E30, E31, E32, E34, E36, E38, E39). Stop by if you’re ever in the area, it’s around Scottsdale Rd and the 202 Loop. I’m…

Oooh, you’re in Arizona? What part? I’m in the Phoenix area, specifically Tempe.

My 1992 BMW 525i/5 needs a new clutch soon-ish... at 277k miles on the original clutch, it’s starting to feel bad and shudders sometimes. I’m not necessarily dreading that job, more so just waiting until I have space at my shop to throw my car on the lift and bang it out in a couple hours.

I don’t feel bad at all, he can afford it. Do dumb shit on YouTube and then pay for the consequences, that’s how things work. These channels are dumb anyways, destroying perfectly good vehicles just for clicks is idiotic and wasteful.