Have you seen the A7? It looks miles different than all the other models.

That is certainly contradictory, I agree. There is a chance that was just the excuse used to hide the fact that they were acquiring Polestar. Only time will tell.

At least they are using arbitrary numbers instead of starting with numbers that at one time designated displacement, then for marketing reasons had to stay the same even though the engines got smaller and more powerful. God forbid someone sees you driving in a 330i, that must be slower than their 10-year-old 335i.

Wouldn’t this explain why Volvo itself was shutting down their performance division? They are buying Polestar to replace their in-house group.

Based on my experience with blower motors, it is a $14 part and about 8 hours of book time to replace it.

It said the resistor was shorting to a connector, so it could be a combination of that part with the H3 wiring harness.

Where I am the ice creams are $3 and they only visit playgrounds and apartment communities. Hit the dense populations and overcharge enough, you’ll do fine.

Pretty sweet setup for a track day car. Price is just a touch higher than I’d be willing to pay.

Eh, just don’t sign the title and sell it within a month, you’ll be fine.

I’ve been asked to perform an FST once, after a few beers over several hours, so I was very nervous about my BAC. I did fine on the FST and the cop was gone before I even got back in the car. It seemed he was actually trying to find legitimately drunk people and had no interest in harassing me. I figured I might as…

I prefer my condoms to be slippery, rather than sticking to any surface they touch.

It isn’t so much a problem, but the conventional oil is less consistent in particle size, so it has some larger particles that can plug micro-holes in gaskets. Synthetic has consistently small particles and will wash away those plugs, resulting in seeping gaskets. Obviously, replacing gaskets is the real solution, but…

The Porsche 924 community. If you think the 944 is the bastard step-child of the family, think again.

Fantastic episode with great discussion.

This would probably be the least powerful engine sold in America if it came here. A 1.6 diesel is not going to be fun by any definition.

I agree, if you change the MAF pipe that will affect the engine tuning.

You don’t need to tune to take advantage of that air. The MAF/MAP sensors whole job is to measure the volume/temperature of the air entering the engine so that it can meter out the correct fuel. The only way it wouldn’t be able to keep the mix correct is if the fuel injectors were already maxed out at full power.

Lamborghini Diablo.

That’s not true. If you pull a bunch of cars off the roads, then new ones need to be built to make up the difference. It isn’t one-to-one since the old cars only had maybe 25% of their useful life left, but extra sales definitely resulted.

Way to reach for the stars.