any updates on what the other ones bought?

I owned one. that V8 had something like 276 hp and 284 torques. It was sweet and very reliable. Traction control would’ve been good when turning on rainy days though... that was a lot for a young driver to handle.

It’s a trap! Seller might be a cannibal.

Consumer Reports had a similar issue with the Lexus GX 460, an update to the stability control software fixed it.

They exist with manuals. They’re hard to find, and spare parts could be a challenge.

I assumed it was too low to the ground for the snow... but yes, stellar suggestion.

Golf R32 is a darn good idea, so is an Audi S4 manual.

Yamaha V8 should be reliable. It’s everything else in that car that will probably fall apart.

Jeep Patriot/Compass. They were mediocre when they were released.

My 2012 135 has been a blast to drive. Ownership costs (driving about 8k miles per year) have been about one $800 repair a year, and one $100 maintenance (oil change). Every other year you I change brakes, coolant, and stuff like that for a few hundred more. It’s a fun rocket, but hardly inexpensive to own.

Ralph Nader is already dead... ;)

Instead of Lexus GS-F, Lexus FSG (Fifty Shades of Grey). Enough whips there to start something naughty.

Just buy a BMW 135. Fast, fun, different, great shifter, fast as hell, relatively reliable and in a pinch you can still take the whole family out in your car.

I do the same in my rear-wheel drive BMW, with the top down.

will they sell it BROWN? How about a manual? I’m being fictitious, nobody will buy this thing with a stick, sadly.

can they add bikini-clad girls to The Grand Tour? Also, as country of bloody diesel drivers... how does Clarkson dare make fun of sweet American V8s found in everything from Mustangs to pickup trucks to the Chevy SS (Vauxhall for the wrong-side drivers)?

Andrew, you’re officially cool. Now to my question: can we get some tickets for Jalops to attend their show in California? I signed up on Amazon, but my odds must surely be mediocre. Raffle them for charity! “Jeremy’s house for wayward girls” or “Richard’s garage for dying bikes” I don’t care the cause, I just want…

I spent a long traffic jam in the back of a caliber thanksgiving weekend of 2007, traveling from Cleveland to Indy. Nice people, awful car. It was a great reminder of why I drove a Z4.

As every Jalop knows, that’ll buff out...

absolutely it is. It came from the daughter of the Spanish racer for Daimler Benz - it’s a common female name in Spain.