Freevalve will license their tech- so your wish is coming true.  

To name a few you may recognize, Mercedes invented and/or pioneered development of: crumple zone concept, ABS, electronic ABS, supplemental restraint system (SRS), electronic stability control (ESC), brake assist system (BAS), radar-assisted cruise control and collision avoidance...

Really, we don’t know anything. We are assuming he was playing, and the cars capabilities exceeded the drivers. We are probably right of course. But we have no idea. He could have had a medical issue. Or his hooker may have spilled all the cocaine. His pet ferret could have gotten out of the carrier, bit the hooker…

For all you know, a some gawking tourists in a Mustang convertible came around the corner in the middle of the road, which frequently occurs on Mulholland. Love your hatred of the wealthy.

Professional racing drivers crash, too.

For all we know the driver had driving lessons and was emboldened by them. You don't need to be a pro driver to know that pushing a supercar to your limits on public roads is a stupid idea

Can .. barely type this... with all.... the tears ... flowing on to my screen...

New platform new engine new entire car. First year production, perhaps one of the first produced for NA. Ragged on by journalists. What do you expect? And the lengthy downtime is due to the horrible dealer/supply network, not really the car.

You left off 4) delete clutch pedal option for stupid Americans

Tell me about your experience owning an Alfa, beyond reading an article about one Quadrifoglio.

I didn’t have a problem with the side profile. I have a problem with the front.

If you wouldn’t even buy it at $35k, then that’s exactly why it doesn’t speak to you. They made this car for people that are actually potentially going to be customers. If you wouldn’t even buy this car at a loss, then they have no incentive to tailor it whatsoever to anything that would interest you.

I’m going with, “BMW decided we can’t have the same power as the Z4, so they reflashed the ECU and handed us the package.”

Amazing a RWD 720HP car can do donuts. 

I think that donuts are dumb. Very dumb.

Shocking.

reportedly hitting over 70 mph through two school zones

Several dealer I worked with will hold nicer/upgraded loaners for those who bought there, but that’s about it. Obviously sales will be nice to you either way.

The whole burnout u-turn preceding that on a public road without taking the time to make sure there was no one coming makes him a douchebag.

Quicker ratios are always more sporty. Pointing out the match to the Audi passenger car ratios is more to point to the fact the rack in the e-tron uses the same guts as the passenger car variants and not their SUVs.