No ATS-V’s? What? My dealer has several sitting on the lot with hefty discounts on them.

I’ve been hunting (lazily) for a new car for a year or so now and although it sounds nit-picky I really expect a decent (if not top-notch) entertainment system in a car that’s going go for over $70K. I’ve looked at several Cadillacs (including a 2014 CTS-V Wagon that I sincerely regret not buying) and I’m not a Cue…

And I thought I was the only one...was replacing the fuel filter in a 1986 Taurus station wagon and didn’t depressurize the fuel rail beforehand (see @Chan’s wise suggestion!). The (primary) fuel filter on this car is located such that you have to remove one of the rear wheels and get inside the fender liner to get to…

How the heck did you get the Dinan badge off? My //M5 logo fell off like it was held on with grade school paste but that Dinan logo has some weird form of subatomic bond that won’t let go and I don’t feel like having yet another body panel resprayed.

I should have said “mechanically inclined” really. He is an engineer but I honestly didn’t want to sidetrack things with what kind of engineer. They are touchy folk.

As the former owner of a 1974 Jaguar XJ12 I can promise you that Tesla is nowhere near the depths of the big cat’s build quality. You cannot imagine a car this bad. It would break from just taking up space in our garage. It would emit fluids just because it felt like it. My son (an engineer) identified many parts…

Nah, I’m voting AC/DC..

You forget about the “every other year” rule where North and South Carolina trade places as the Most Embarrassing Place in the South.

Not a problem. There’s always South Carolina.

NC resident here and no it’s not pointless. Our esteemed governor (Pat McCrory) ran on a business-friendly platform all up about North Carolina’s “brand.” Anything — repeat anything — that sends a message that his shit is bad for business needs to happen. We do some filming here (depending on government grants) but we…

Haha, the NCHP are like Beetlejuice. Post three times and they appear!

Winston-Salem here...and I regularly commute to either RTP or downtown Raleigh via I-40 (AKA “the Burlington International Speedway” where the fastest vehicles are usually local cops taking prisoners to Raleigh). I like my M5 for this trip but company policy dictates rental cars and the last car I got was a Chevy…

Get the vin and Google it.

But be honest...you’d put up with the music for the IMAX version of the video, no? And just wait a couple of years when you’ll slap on the VR goggles and get the pilot’s eye view.

MAKE BREAKFAST GREAT AGAIN!

Air pollution isn’t the problem it used to be since we’ve cleaned up our act over the last 30 years. But there are still places (.e.g Nashville, Salt Lake City, LA) that have issues because of population density, weather patterns (see inversions).

I drive this route on a regular basis to/from Charlotte and know the location by rote memory.

Bah. I have four real snow tires (Blizzaks, thanks for asking) that just came with the car. But they didn’t come with rims which would cost another $1,200 or so (used OEM). I spent my money on a good set of all-weather tires (Continental DWS and they’re fantastic) and have another set of rims that have actual summer…

No. I tried this last October-November-ish and the M235i had been out for a bit by then. I suspect that there are only certain cars BMW makes eligible for this program.

I actually tried that — if memory serves correctly the M235i was not available for that program. But I’ll check the M2 so thanks for the tip!