I know Steve Lehto has talked about a case he won on an as-is purchase that the seller put gear oil into the crankcase to hide the sound of a failing engine. Sure that’s Michigan but I wonder if there’s any legal recourse to be had for concealment here. It would mean a lawsuit but there might be something there…

“In addition to being a bit tore up, the water got into damn near everything, and it almost certainly will never operate correctly again.”

After the whole Whistlin Diesel thing, I was thinking more like the Kirki.

That’s pretty much the standard cost of a tune on a normal car these days, an APR flash on my wife’s Macan is like $600. Yeah it’s cool it would still have warranty coverage with the tune but other than that it’s not really special in terms of tunes.

Ha, agree that microphones can be deceptive. My wife has an Apple Watch and with an infant and a 2 year old she regularly gets “dangerously loud environment” warnings when they get riled up.

Just make sure you have a dealer close by that has decent volume. They’ve been closing a few around the country lately. I just got mine in April before the recall/stop sale of new ones and absolutely love it, luckily there are two dealers in my area and one had been Saab until the end so I’m banking on them to be…

I did a few track days with the local Mercedes club, there were at least 5 newer E63s there and a couple CLS63s tearing it up. The bigger cars are still fun and good on the track when they don’t weight a million pounds like this one does.

So what if they never drive it on the track? I agree with the quote that regardless, an M car (at least the competition version) should be a car that can be tracked. I’d bet an even smaller number of new Miata or BR-Z owners track their cars, doesn’t mean they’re not great at it.

Hellcats. They’re only owned by people wanting to show off, and are owned by two very distinct types of people. The stock ones are owned by gym bros that are complete assholes and have no creativity. They go to car shows all wearing the same lulu shorts and too tight shirts to line up their identical cars taking up…

That’s old advice. 100k is comfortable living but not enough to save for the average new car in “a year or two” when you factor in living costs such as mortgage, insurance, child care, etc.

The problems initially were on both versions but it was just software and got fixed fast. The only 2 remaining common issues are two plastic bleeder screws that are a $20 fix to replace with metal, and apparently there’s a line under the hood that needs better insulation and is a quick DIY job.

I came from a 3-series too, and I think the mindset is similar. Be familiar with what could go wrong, know what to look for, and if it does go wrong just fix it and you’re fine. I had the normal stuff with my F30 335 (transfer case, valve cover and oil filter housing gaskets) but everything else was solid. I also…

Because running into a moose or having a deer antler come through the windshield is potentially a life or death situation for the occupants. Can’t always stop in time for them, that’s why Sweden has the moose test.

Mine’s been good but then again it’s only got 7k miles on it so far. I hear two completely different stories from Facebook Alfa groups on them:

To me the solution is easy. Kill the autonomous cars.

It’s stupid on something like the Equinox yeah. It does make sense though on PHEVs that have multiple hybrid/ev modes, and makes things fun on actually sporty cars. I like the DNA switch on my car, it’s not displacing anything else important but is easily accessible to put it into sport mode.

They weren’t in the study. Neither were Jag, Alfa, or Maserati even though they’re all still pretty mainstream brands with plenty of used stock out there.

Both my last car and my current car shut off every time you come to a complete stop including at stop signs and in creeping traffic provided the conditions were right (not too cold, car’s warmed up, etc.). I completely agree that in heavy city driving you’ll save some gas, but everywhere else it’s an annoyance. In…

I live in MN and had to street park a couple of winters in Minneapolis. It’s a pain in the ass to shovel but it does work, the few times you get that much snow it takes about the same time as it would to shovel a driveway, about a half hour or so to get it out.

I’ve never bought a cheap car for a few reasons. First is really a problem of my own making, I want it to be at least a bit fun or nice to drive, I don’t want a super basic vehicle taking up the space that could otherwise be filled with something I want to drive.