As a car mechanic, I love black interiors. Every single time I’ve had a car with a light interior it was a nightmare to keep clean.

RIP to that brave bird, fighting valiantly to keep Ohioans out of Arizona. There’s too many of them here already.

It’s a shame it doesn’t come with a 4 cylinder and a manual trans, that would be a proper homage.

My response to the “both sides are the same” argument is that yes, while there is widespread corruption and bribery happening on both sides of the aisle, at least one party isn’t actively trying to send human rights back to the fucking 1860's. At this point, being complacent with these insane right-wing lunatics is…

For sure. I’m super niche in that I mostly work on BMW’s made from like 1972 to 2003, with a handful of late model BMW’s sprinkled in to make extra money. Somehow even with that narrow of a niche I have more work than I can handle.

You would think that, but that just hasn’t been the case in my experience. I used to be open on Saturday/Sunday when I first opened the shop (when you’re in your mid-20's you don’t need days off) and I barely got anybody coming by, despite advertising the fact that I was open on weekends. Maybe non-BMW people are only…

As far as ZHP’s go, this is fairly reasonable. Due to the crazy following these have, normal E46 pricing doesn’t really apply. I regularly see these selling for $10k+ privately, and $15k+ on auction sites like Bring A Trailer.

Every BMW sold in the US got it as standard, so I wouldn’t think too much of it. Unless the car reeks of smoke.

I hope he finds somebody willing to take this on, and his offer is very generous.

Absolutely. I’m seeing this a lot with vintage BMW’s as well, there’s very few shops here in Phoenix, AZ that’ll touch a BMW that’s older than the mid-90's. I’m one of the only people that’s under the age of 50 that specializes in them, and most younger techs my age go to dealerships or independent shops that work on…

E39 M5 is the best daily driver, if you can afford the gas it uses. I had one in 2016 and it was awesome. With 400hp from a wonderful 5L NA V8, you’re never left wanting for more power or torque. It’s got fantastic AC, a supremely quiet interior, excellent manners at triple-digit speeds, and very comfortable seats.…

“The plane eventually landed without incident back in Las Vegas. An alternate crew took over from there, and the flight to Columbus was put back on track.”

I’m glad they cast an actual Brazilian dude to play a Brazilian dude, as opposed to making some American guy do a terrible accent to try and imitate him. I’m looking forward to watching this when it comes out, I recently re-watched the video of Senna taking an NSX around a track and the heel-toe-blip-throttle action…

Close! It’s a BMW M50 straight 6. The naturally-aspirated RB’s are very similar.

Back to listening to my engine violently ping, I guess. It hates anything less than 91 octane, and it’s not even anything fancy, just a 2.5L straight 6 making 189hp with 10:1 compression.

The other problem is that all the technology that these new SUV’s use to provide the “magic” in the handling, aka active dampers, active sway control, advanced stability control, all of that is prone to failing and is quite expensive to repair. Compare that to an older sports car where you just replace shocks and…

I do love a good E39, but my car of choice at the moment is my 1992 525i/5. It’s got 303k miles and it’s a blast to drive, even without having much horsepower.

How much did BMW pay you to write this? And have you ever driven an actually good BMW, like something from the 90's or early 2000's?

That’s unfortunate, but on the bright side, automatics and DCT’s are as good as ever, so at least you won’t be suffering too badly. That and EV’s don’t have manuals either.

250k isn’t that much for an E36, I’ve seen plenty of them with 300k or more. Heck, a friend of mine in Atlanta has an E36 328i with like 435k miles that he’s daily driving to try and get it to 500k, as far as I know it still has its original motor and transmission, it was just maintained very well throughout its life.