I got the trump card here, guys: I have a 2005 BMW X3 with no cruise control.

I think it bugs you because it confirms that the driver has no idea what it is / does. I've never met anyone with an Audi / Volvo / car with a rear fog that knew what it was.

Easy - In my dad's '76 Bronco, that's the switch that makes the lights come on bright for exactly one half of one second, then turn off completely, then cuts power to the ignition and stalls the engine. I think this is related to previous bubba-owner attempting to install winch controls inexplicably located on the…

Yep - I have a BMW and a Volvo and the Volvo's 3.2 is mounted sideways. It's weird to look at, because it's a big long engine.

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Honda automatically turns the compressor ON, not off, when you select defrost. They inactivate the button because they think your dumb ass thinks A/C = cold.

I stopped reading after "the XC70 is not a wagon," but started again when I saw the Jetta SportWagen dick punch. That's true if you're talking TDI, but the gasser 2.5 is as reasonable as you could possibly expect.

Doesn't look like a manual shifter to me...

So I guess you haven't listened to the Adam Carolla podcast in say, the last 5 years. He's not "The Man Show," he's a thinking man who happens to be a comedian. And back to back champion of the Toyota Grand Prix.

Top down, windows up, that's the way we like to...

I sucked swamp water and gasoline out of the cylinders of a Jeep engine with a windshield washer hose

It sounds like a kitchen blender to me.

Because it is so weird it's impossible not to love. BMW X3 with a 6 speed manual, no cruise control, manual vinyl seats, panoramic sunroof and not a fukkin thing else. Special ordered by a crazy person who apparently hadn't heard of the Forester XT.

I had the same deal: needed (wanted) a small commuter so I wasn't hauling the big truck around every day, and I test drove the Mazda3, GTI, Volvo C30, tons of other stuff, and ended up with a used BMW ($13K). So, I could have bought 2 BMWs (and a pile of parts and fuel) for the cost of the "nice" Mazda3. Not for…

you can just say "Ferrari"

No time. Not because I don't love it (I do, first BMW, crazy handling, I6, 6MT, etc.) but because I've realized something.

My 2005 BMW X3 has a weird, old-school-ass steering wheel, with NO CRUISE CONTROL. You read right: 2005, BMW, and NO CRUISE CONTROL were all in the same sentence. Everyone who sees it is super puzzled. My car was special ordered - it has a 6 speed manual and (manual) vinyl seats and a panoramic sunroof. I bought it…

I drive a BMW X3 —- with a 6 speed manual. I didn't buy it to be a cool, statusy BMW bro. I didn't buy it because I wanted an X5 but couldn't afford it. I didn't get it handed down from my hairdresser mother.

As a Jeep guy, the only car I've ever had a "It's a Jeep Thing..." sticker on was the cheap Toyota I had to buy to daily-drive as my Jeep, how do you say, retired from daily-driving and became trail-only.

The front clip looks like BMW.