I’m happy to have my “old car problems.” My car has no stability control, no airbags, has a manual transmission, and I have to use the keys to unlock the doors *and* start the car, no keyless anything. I enjoy the simplicity and knowing that everything will generally work for as long as I need it to... my car is…

I used to be a big fan of Android back when I enjoyed tinkering with my phone... flashing different ROMs, changing my launcher, customizing the visuals, downloading pirated/questionable apps, etc.

NP for sure. I love an exotic with some miles on it, and I’d be more than happy to drop the engine for a timing belt— it sounds like a lot of fun to me. I’m a BMW shop owner so nothing really scares me anymore.

No it’s not. VW has their own private test track with a very long straight which they used to max out the Chiron (in relative safety).

Mmm I remember taking these a bunch when I lived in NYC... I can’t say I had too much love for the Kennedy model, I preferred the later Molinari model.

Thanks, I hate it here. If I could just make all trucks disappear (aside from commercial use) with a snap of my fingers, I would. Trucks are bad for the environment, bad for pedestrian safety, bad for visibility, bad for windshields, etc. Buying a giant truck to mainly transport yourself around is the kind of…

For one, I love Jeeps, and certain models I simply cannot afford unless they’re garbage. With this FC, I got to feel the experience of driving a Forward Control without having to drop $15,000.

I love having a decently large gas tank in my car... my 92 525i has a 21 gallon tank which gives it excellent road trip range. If I stick to around 80mph and don’t do triple digits too often, I can get 450-470 miles of range before the gas light comes on.

Because 70 year olds on fixed incomes can afford newer cars? I’m willing to bet a lot of them are not driving these older, less safe vehicles out of choice, and more so out of economic necessity.

Well since the law specifically talks about engines with 25hp or less, that just means manufacturers need to tune their engines to be a little spicier than that. Put a turbo on every generator to get them to like 30hp, problem solved! Plus turbos muffle the exhaust a decent amount, so less exhaust noise too.

The best way to learn to drive stick is by buying a manual car and just driving it. That’s what I did, since nobody wanted to teach me how to drive stick— I bought a 2003 BMW 540i/6 an hour away from home and proceeded to stall it 65 times on the way home. And then I had to commute to work in it the next day in…

My 1992 BMW 525i/5 is the definition of Cooperative. It has 300k miles on it, and is still on the original engine and transmission (confirmed by VIN tags). Might even be on the original clutch, but I haven’t had it apart to confirm that.

Yeah, it’s this whole new-age fascination with making everybody an “independent contractor” to avoid providing regular pay or benefits. It’s complete and utter bullshit, and now we’re starting to see it all fall apart.

This is how I do it. And my credit is so poor that even subprime lenders wouldn’t be willing to touch me with a 100-foot pole. That’s how I’ve managed to only have 3 cars for a long time.

Simple, just be really poor and deeply in debt like me, with a credit score resembling a very base model Euro-spec 5 series. I couldn’t hoard cars even if I wanted to, because a “cheap” $500 car is the difference between me paying my rent and not.

That’s how you know the air-cooled 911 market is a mess, when $12k for this is considered a “good deal.” I’d rather buy a running driving 944 for less money.

Yeah it’s all BMW in the L322 generation, so I didn’t have to buy a single new tool to work on it, haha. Some of my BMW-specific scan tools work with it too, funnily enough.

I haven’t spent much actually— I redid some of the cooling system, resealed the intake manifold, and otherwise just oil changes. So maybe a few hundred dollars in parts and the labor I did myself since I’m a BMW technician.

These will be great when they’re $800 like my 03 Range Rover was...

I’ve always found Mini’s extreme attempts at Britishness to be downright laughable, considering their German ownership and German parts. The only British thing about them is that they’re bolted together in England... my Range Rover was put together in Solihull but there’s not a single British part on it, every part…