How did they identify the perpetrator for the lewdness charge?

It was kind of tongue-in-cheek. But, at the same time I felt that the definitive position that the article took kind of jumped to conclusions. I mean, there couldn’t be anyone else doing the same thing, could there?

Innocent until pulling brakes again.

Agree. That tip probably combined with the worker who actually saw him and could ID him is no real evidence or grounds for an arrest.

And with absolutely no real evidence to speak of, I’m sure he’ll be quickly released and return to his normal life of not pulling train brakes and whipping his dick out.

UPDATE: He broke out.

Well, it definitely wasn’t these two who gave the tip:

With access to every single one of the facts, your judgement is sure to be spot on.

Glad to hear they finally found someone to pin it all on.

I hear what you’re saying, but where does it end? First it was “MKV will suck” based on sheer hate and ignorance regarding its partnership with BMW. Then there was frustration Toyota didn’t “man up” and chase the 911 Turbo like Nissan did with the GTR. And 335hp was an insult. Then it was “BMW engines suck!”, even…

I agree with sending "ringers" to CD.  I have owned an '87 Merkur for 6 years and looking back at the magazine test cars, they were much quicker than the ones people purchased.  However, I'm not of the impression that works as well today with the enormity of voices in the car community to call out such silliness. And…

Probably for insurance reasons to be honest. There hasn't been a gentleman's agreement since the 90s.

actually Dinan dyno’d the 2.0L in the 328i/528i at 270hp while BMW says 240. The 535i was dyno’d at 311hp (300hp according to BMW)

Yup, lots of places have “heartbreaker” dynos that read low. Mustang branded ones are notorious for it.

You make good points, but for the last one, it seemed incredible that they could get a 4 second 0-60 with “only” 335hp. There are many vehicles on the market with a 10lb/hp ratio, and the vast majority of them can’t touch that time, even with AWD, which this doesnt have. 

Also they tested one car on one dyno... still sounds like it’s underrated but hardly a scientific approach.  

It’s better to under-promise and over-deliver.

That means it’s probably making 400ish HP at the crank.

Yep. My Evo only dyno’d 215 at the wheels new. When I asked the tech he was all “All Evo’s are around 215 on this dyno, it’s a (Mustang? IDK) and they read low”. Now, it was dead easy to get another 110 hp to the wheels, so there’s that.

3) Sending ringers to Car and Driver isnt new. *Cough Ferrari Cough*