Wow, at least 35 (stars at the time of my commenting) of us are old people who grew up in the 80s... I don’t Rush to admit that though...

The Saboteur. I do agree The Last of Us had a good ending, and I did end up with a decent ending in the Witcher 3, but I have to say that The Saboteur was the first game that ever got me emotionally involved. Other games since then have also done that, but up until that point I had never really been pulled into the…

I liked watching the lady behind the counter.  She wasn’t particularly enjoying the spectacle, but she was watching it unfold with calm curiosity and a bit of bewilderment.

I hate how all the steering wheels force you to hold the wheel at 10 and 2. I’m a 3 and 9 guy! And that’s basically impossible with comfort nowadays. My 1990 CRX Si’s steering wheel was perfect. 10 and 2? Sure. 3 and 9? No problem. One handed 6:30 on long trips, OK. I haven’t been able to hold a 3 and 9 comfortably…

About a year after it started trying to kill me.

I’m also “Team Liverwurst”. The best is: A hoagie style roll, thick layer of liverwurst, a little mustard, mayo and Cheddar. Maybe onions too. I grew up in Maryland and spent many years in California, and the best I’ve found in those places is the hard liverwurst (as in your pictures above). Living in Bavaria now,…

Your description of the ending (I haven’t played it) sounds similar to the ending from The Saboteur, where the main character gets a chance to shoot the main bad guy right at the end. I got so drawn into the story that when given the chance I was mashing the trigger as fast and hard as I could. I don’t really think I…

I had an 89. It was a piece of shit. 10 MPG, electric seats always needed wire trimming and then replacement (common fix until they get too short), slushbox rebuild, all 3! computers replaced, shocks, steering rack, most other electronics, etc. Bought it for 8000 and sold it for 2500 two years later to a mechanic.…

Absolutely. We loved our 2006 model before my mom bought it from us (replaced with less-practical 335xi — and yes, I know how to use my turn signal). We didn’t get that good of a deal because everyone wanted the V6 at the time, at least in California. The best is smoking other cars at the red light when the streets…

My first car was a hand-me-down 1981 Accord (manual), Light blue interior and exterior. Sold it after a year for $500 because the primary engine support rusted through on the right side. Got a 1990 CRX Si as a replacement! But, I absolutely loved that car. Had it in my senior year of High School, which was an absolute…

I also thought of this back when I was a kid. I knew technology could eventually solve the tracking and processing problems so that it could be effective, but found more of an issue with how disconcerting it could be to the driver. An always wandering spot on the windshield could be misconstrued as an external moving…

Not so much an hesitance on my part, more unwillingness on BMWs part. They still don’t have a fix for my car and when they do, they’re not going to honor it as it’s a US recall for a US-purchased car that was re-imported to Germany. They’ve already told me to “f**k off”. Just trying to drive safe until I can afford…

I want one next to my house, especially if the guy’s really cool. In fact, I wish I could have a garage at my house and invite all my friends over to work on our cars.

Nope. They won’t honor any recalls for my BMW. Purchased in California, it now resides in Germany. Any recalled vehicles that have been removed from the country are no longer required to be repaired. And, as Germany hasn’t issued any recalls, they don’t have to do it here either. Besides, they don’t have any airbags…

Yeah, sway bars. I got some thicker sway bars on my Z3 2.8 from a company in Virginia that makes custom parts. Loaned my car out for fitting, got them for free. (The loaner, light-blue K-car with orange painted hubcaps was a bit embarrasing, even for my fairly low standards.) They worked great! Until several years…

I love that parking spot. Must have been on a weekday to find it that empty.

1989 BMW 735i. Bought for $8700 in 1998. Invested $4000 total over a year. Auto trans was rebuilt as the last owner had added sawdust to the fluid to make it smooth and last another 250 miles, seat adjustment would always fail (there’s a good cable-shortening trick here, but that only works a few times), got 10 MPG at…

Probably a packaging choice related to the rear window. When the fender intrudes so much, it starts to get difficult on a short door. Hence the small black glass guide/cutout right before the C-pillar (which, granted, the 90 also has). And that packaging defines the rake of the rear glass panel. While they’ve kept the…

We also had a mid-80's Caravan. That transmission was just attrocious. Sometimes it would only go in limp-home mode until we pulled over and restarted it. Sometimes it wouldn’t go in reverse, until it was restarted. One time, it hopped into limp-home mode (2nd gear) while we were on the highway at 80. Pretty much…

Got another one: Any rotary ever. A GF had a 2nd gen RX7. We left it for two weeks without driving it, for some reason, and as any rotary will do, the seals got stuck. And, as all rotary owners know, there’s only one reliable way to get them unstuck: