See cars only look the same if you’re not interested in them. I see design differences in modern cars and much of the mainstream stuff from the 70s-90s mostly all looks the same to me. So does most of the stuff that’s even older. 

Are the Pilot Alpins better than Michelin’s X-Ice? We got the X-Ice for my wife’s Macan and they’re amazing in the snow, the Alpins were Porsche OE and didn’t have a road hazard warranty so we went with the X-Ice for that but curious if the Alpins are even better. Either way the Michelins make even 295 width rear…

If you’re a single person that started at Ford right out of high school and making $100k by the time you’re 25, without following Dave Ramsey advice you can basically afford anything Ford sells. No out of pocket health insurance, pension so probably putting not much into a 401k, and with a $1,500-ish rent payment you…

$700 mortgage in the midwest *laughing emoji*

My thing is, are you really going to drive a car a million miles before replacing it? Probably not. And look at Matt Farah’s million mile Lexus and I wouldn’t say it’s reliable, more like bodge jobs all over and close to falling apart. All that really matters is that it’s reliable for as long as you care to own the…

In this segment both are reliable though. The 2.0 328 and 330 are both solid long-term cars, and so is the C300. Again like Alfa the brand as a whole is skewed lower in reliability because of the higher-end models’ problems, with BMW specifically having long-term issues with the V8s and a reputation from their V8 M3…

I’m saying the opposite. Lots of Mclaren owners drive their cars regularly, some even semi-daily just like owners of Huracans and whatever Ferrari is similar to the 458 these days. If it’s stored away it doesn’t matter if it’s electric with 2,000 hp and a 10 mile range, it could have a steam or nuclear engine, it’s…

I’m not a McLaren fan at all, but I get it. Are they actually “real” if 99% of them are never driven more than 500 miles and are just stored away in garages?

I always take size, ergonomics, and performance complaints from reviewers with a grain of salt. When you’re working with one thing specifically you see everything and get spoiled by/compare to stuff that’s not even in the same ballpark. They get spoiled by the space in full-size cars and by the handling of smaller…

One thing to keep in mind if you’re looking at the whole range of years is that when they were released there were all kinds of software problems. Quite a few were lemon-lawed back in 2016. But they came out with a string of software updates shortly after and that seemed to fix all the problems they were having.…

100% agreed, I’d rather be smart and safe than technically right and maimed. Though I don’t live in the city anymore, I specifically remember needing to be more aware during certain times when I was in school. Especially when there were events like a game that brought in people who don’t usually drive in the city and…

1. Stop-Start. Mostly because my car is a manual, and it turns off as soon as I put it into sport or sport plus which I do every time I get in. Also because it has allowed me to run the original battery going on almost 10 years by never using it.

A good auto climate control is great, especially in the winter. Mine knows exactly when the engine is warmed up enough that it will start to blow warm instead of blasting cold air, especially helpful when BMWs only have oil temp and not coolant temp on the gauges.

Well we own our two German cars and my parents are on their third Ram and had three other Dodges prior, all went well over 100k with no major or recurring issues. VW may be the Chrysler of Germany in that they get neglected by their third owners that bought them cheap on a subprime loan and then complain about…

Same, my 2014 335i with 140k miles looks basically new inside, the only thing that’s starting to show age are the door pulls where the rubber got a little gummy (not visible) and the cruise switch on the steering wheel that’s the same. The only plastic wear otherwise was the plastic-rubber strip along the bottom of…

This is a hypothetical, cost doesn’t matter. And an engine swap is already expensive so who cares? It would be a cool opportunity to do something different other than the LS-everything trend, and it would be interesting to see how something that performs so well with an LS would feel with something that’s high-revving…

I love using my mortar and pestle when I have a chance to, but how the hell do you get it completely clean? Both are stone and pretty porous, and I’ve mostly used it for things like crushing dried herbs for the spice rack and it always gets stained green. I can’t imagine what using it on garlic would do...

Worse.

Username checks out, but I’d rather have a 150 hp v8 that came with it than have triple the power and hear that engine.

I’d be really interested to see the character of a C5 or even a Viper which both have lazy low-revving engines with an M3 V8 that’ll rev to something like 8,500. But Vipers are getting pricey and you can find a base C5 around $15k with miles, less if you get lucky and find one with a blown motor.