Don’t cars dump more fuel when starting? Seems counterproductive to stop the engine for a short time to “save fuel/cut emissions” just to dump whatever fuel it saved back into the engine to get it to rev up to idle. It’s just a marketing/legal gimmick, similar to how big N/A engines are being replaced with small turbo…

Every German “Big 3" car (BMW, Benz and Audi). They’re all the same car in each’s lineup, just slightly bigger. I understand it’s a cash grab, but the new nomenclature of the cars seems like it’s meant to cater to the dumb housewife that doesn’t know the difference between a 528 and a 535 because they don’t end in…

Like I said, depending on the customer’s needs and situation, I do show them a higher up model if I know it’ll be in their best interest. If they’re looking for options that only come on the highest trim of the small sedan, but standard on the entry trim of the big sedan, the big sedan will work out better financially…

Maybe it’s cuz I’m a decent human being, but I try to sell a client on the car they seem most likely to buy. Two $1,000 commissions a day is better than one $2,000 commission because I go home with twice as many potential referrals, repeat buyers, positive CSI reviews, etc.

I also had a similar predicament where the lower radiator hose popped off on the Jersey Turnpike. The thin, metal snail clamp holding it on tore through it when the hose expanded from the heat, until it completely tore away. With my car jacked up and resting on my spare tire, and cars and semis whizzing by me at 70+…

One of the small coolant hoses for the turbo on my STi popped off, sending the clamp into the shadow realm, never to be seen again. Hose clamps aren’t things I used to carry in my car, but coming home from work I had a meaty stack of paperwork in my car. Paperwork often means paperclips. And in this case, lots of…

A 5000+ SUV traveling at a decent rate of speed, maybe. But a 3500~ish lb 4 series, most likely given a bump of the gas, it should at least provide some protection.

If anything, the driver of the SUV down below should be the suing both her and the developers of the garage.

This is what I’ve been saying for years. So much technology we find in every day cars once started as a crazy idea on some F1 team’s design board years before. To me, F1 has always been about making the absolute fastest cars around a track, regardless of cost and other limiting factors you usually see in WEC, WRC,…

I’ve personally witnessed someone get hit by a car and the ONLY reason the driver was arrested was because I was the only person to attest to him hitting the person. Unfortunately, police are very limited as to what they can do in cases like this, and having a witness (and even better; video evidence) gives them A LOT…

Until they make a Southwest equivalent of Hypertube, I don’t see Cleetus Coover becoming a frequent flyer any time soon. Besides, he’s got a 2003 Dodge Caravan with an exhaust leak and squeaking serpentine belt, loaded with cigarette butts and melted crayons to travel in with his 9 kids and equally voluptuous…

It’s hard for me to answer this question because I’m very OCD and meticulous with my maintenance, but depending on the car, anything not safety related can be bargained with. Of course an expensive or built sports car will probably suffer from Autozone brand brake fluid or Wal-mart brand oil, but your ‘97 Civic can…

Seeing as most people that will end up using this magnetic noob tube are gunna be wall street brokers, politicians, and other frequent users of cocaine, I don’t expect the average clientele to weigh over 12 stone. Your typical Wal-Mart Warrior won’t be able to afford a ticket for this!

For someone who gives out so many of his patents and spends so much of his own money to build his ideas, and sell them for a realistic price, I struggle to see how he’s a dickbag. He’d be no where without the aggression he has; some can see this as a scumbag move that screws over the companies tugging at his shirt,…

VW salesman here; only the SEL Premium gets the virtual cockpit. It follows a similar trim stacking to the Atlas. Premium also gives you the Fender audio system.....however the panoramic sunroof is available on a few trim levels.

Growing up, I’ve always seen Cadillac as competition against Bentley, Jaguar and Rolls Royce. The bespoke, over-the-top, unique luxury brands; not the cookie cutter “same but bigger” German brands. Now a days, let’s be honest, the CT6 is just a bigger ATS, just like the 7 series is just a bigger 3 series.

Think of this as more of a lifted hatchback than an actual Crossover. The GLA/QX30 is just a lifted CLA/Q50 hatch. The Honda HRV is just a lifted Civic Sport. The Toyota CHR is just a lifted Corrola. Why not improve the XV to actually compete with the Benz/Infiniti thingie that’s been going around? So far the German 3…

“The 911 R parts were all but plug-and-play into the 991.1 GT3 RS chassis.”

Hammond ruined the assumption that firey crashes result in fatalities. Why would people watch motorsports if they know it’s super safe?

These things are quite common in NYC. Mostly owned by private ambulance companies and cab companies for the elderly and disabled, but I’ve seen a few pedestrian owned ones here and there. My father always says “why would someone buy that hideous thing” despite explaining it’s purpose to him every single time he sees…