So still no Downhill Mountain Biking in the Olympics, but moto trials are being considered? Really?

Those G-minis, I’ve never wanted something more.

Not sure if you knew this, but every state charges an extra fee for gas and diesel cars. It’s called a fuel tax.

Listening to music with explicit lyrics isn’t keeping them from performing their jobs. Smoking a pipe will though. See the distinction? Like someone else said, don’t shelter your kids. Use it as a teaching moment. They’re going to hear this shit at some point in their lives, and they probably already have.

OMG!! Won’t somebody think of the children!!! Screw the people who can’t pay their rent/mortgage, utility bills, etc, and are trying to make a shit situation a little less shitty. My fragile kids are what matters, not them.

Never mind I stand corrected by the other comments. I doubt they would do it for real today, 13 years later, though.

Hate to break it to you, but it’s CGI.

How do you know he doesn’t have his cruise set at 79 as well, but he’s doing 65 because of the asshole you mentioned? In that case it’s not his fault, it’s the asshole in front.

The problem is there are plenty of people who bring their cars into smog compliance for testing, and then remove things like cats afterwards. So they pass smog, then once they pass, make their car non-smog legal.

The $1000 fine is an exaggeration. Stop spreading rumors. The first time infraction fine is $193. SEMA wrote an article explaining the changes. The law had always been up to the judgment of the police, it’s just now a fine instead of a fix-it ticket.

Loud exhausts were ALWAYS illegal if they are over 95 dB. It just used to be a fix-it ticket. The only thing that changed is it is now a fine that is about $193 with all of the fees. But you can still get your car checked and have the ticket waived if your car is under the limit, which is how it has always been.

Thank you for enlightening me to this, but god damn, the misalignment of everything under the hood is really bothering me.

The S-class, which it sounds like is what you had, has hydraulic suspension, the E-class, which is pictured, has air suspension. And you can ditch the air suspension for coil-overs if you don’t want to deal with it.

No really, I’ve looked into it heavily. The only other thing that tends to go wrong is the supercharger pulley bearing after 100,000 miles. Mercedes wants you to replace the entire pulley assembly for like $500, but someone figured out how to easily just replace the bearing instead for $20. And there is a recall for…

Continuing the Mercedes trend, the 2003-2006 E55 is a beast. 469 HP and 500 ft-lb of torque from the factory, and can be had easily for $10,000-$15,000 or less if you don’t mind a rough high mileage one. The engines are super reliable (only common failure is crankshaft position sensor) and the only unreliable part is…

No the OP was saying 2 million cars total across all manufacturers. That way it incentives them to get out early to take advantage of the credit. The way it’s currently structured it gives no one the advantage to be first, that’s why we’ve only seen really 3 companies (GM, Tesla, and Nissan) pushing EVs while everyone…

Well there is speculation they are working on a Ford Focus based pickup. Not sure if it’s for this market, but still.

The worst part about car culture everything is the people.

It’s also true that a modified Supra would smoke a stock F355 in a drag race.

Umm, we did get the B-class in the US, it was just electric only, and only on sale for 2 years.