I remember there was a dealership in my home town that RIVETED their dealer badges to all of their cars. What’s worse, they gave no thought to rust prevention since they just drilled the rivet holes straight into the trunk lid. You couldn’t go around town without seeing a car with their badge with two rust stains…

Perhaps I could give an insighy. I work for BMW at this very plant and if something threw up a red flag and somehow made it passed an inspection, it could’ve made it to a customer.

It would have been great if they had called out the owner in the press release. “Gary, bring back your X3. It might catch on fire. Our bad, dude.”

If you ever find yourself in this situation, (you shouldn’t, a car should never be worth risking your life unless the car is going to save your life) and you literally have no other options, please at least put the removed wheel under the brake rotor.

Right. Because it's porn that determines and shapes sexual preference, not the other way 'round (ie. that porn only satisfies and follows the already existing preferences). Oh, wait...

Never mind robot bikes, i want a fully autonomous BMW 1000RR i can strap myself to at a race track and have it take me round at full bore.

I’ve ordered one car, and it was a huge hassle. Dealers in the US are the ones with the instant gratification problem. They want you to remove a car from their lot that day rather than order you exactly what you want.

The weight you quote from that R&T article is the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating. That’s the maximum allowable weight listed by the manufacturer, including curb weight, passengers, and max cargo. Curb weight is still only 5,441 lbs so you can fit a couple of fairly large Americans and a few bags of luggage before you’re…

He asked for range, not percentage increase. It’s a range of 402, which is more than 131.

From 30HP

Little more if you consider the GTS at 500hp.

Nissan Juke

Depending on your credit score, BMW will let leasers choose between a 114 hp model (316d)

Challenger/Charger is pretty big.

Sorry, keys are outdated and dumb. There is nothing to be gained from them now that keyless fobs exist. You can leave your fob lying in the cupholder (oh no!) but you can just as easily (more easily as a matter of fact) leave your keys there too. The difference being, if my keys are in the cupholder, I have likely…

I like John Malkovich, but that made me laugh.

Why is this special? Hasn't John Malkovich made dozens of movies no one has bothered to see yet?

The problem is that he didn't have a false plate as the alternate. The empty space just draws eyes. Plus, yeah, don't swap while you're around the Mounties.

More like a mixture of children's TV and Backdraft. It's not exactly highbrow, and more than a little stupid. I am allowed to say that, mind, because a) it's true and b) I'm one of the hosts.

This is the face of one of our drivers/mechanics who helped build the car thankyouverymuch.