All the Dailmer era stuff that was properly from the new company and not leftovers has a air of “eh, good enough” about it.

i work at a multi-franchise dealer which includes BMW. I can verify this as correct. Their quality is on par with Hyundai from the late 80's.

“Race Ramps”. I put off buying a set for ages since the price was a bit high for a better version of something I already had. Wrong. So superior that you get over the expense the first time you use them. They simply wont scoot around while pulling on or off, the ones I have can accommodate cars that are too low for…

A hammer, laid on the fender as a threat/reminder of what could happen if things don’t go right.

Up until a few years ago, they still had a physical spinning light inside too. Now they just have a flashing strobe in the red lens. My college buddy from MN dubbed them “chicken buckets” back in 1997. I’ve kept the name ever since.

I had an beater 87 K5 for a couple of years that was a dedicated trail rig. Nothing really crazy done to it other than a 4" leaf spring lift and 35" tires. Anyway about 15 years ago I was out with a buddy wheeling the local mountains which was a popular area, and the trail we were on completely eroded as I drove over…

And because you had it as a Matchbox car? Because that’s not at all the secret reason behind my love of the car..... nope totally not a childish infatuation i never outgrew....

I don’t think I need to qualify this with an explanation, but a real six-speed stick behind a 300-hp turbo four in a sub-3000lb package would be so freakin’ sweet. Especially if they kept it Kia-cheap.

Best/only sub 5k sleeper I could find on ebay:

“It’s also a BMW, so people will assume it’s broken down.”

e39 owner here. They would assume correctly.

That’s terrible. The Yankees.....Ugh!

This is the kind of hard-hitting journalism I expect from you, Torch. Another bang-up job.

Change gear, change gear, change gear, check mirror... murder a prostitute. Change gear, change gear, murder.

Yeah, maybe he’s going to use it to make an awesome version of this?

She does have a nice butt though...

I know I’m not answering the question exactly, but I can’t resist: