I gotta hand it to Mazda..... growing up in the 80s, 90s, and early aughts my favorite engine makers were BMW, Porsche, and Honda.

Had 2 kids, had a Subaru Outback, good choice. Sliding door is convenient but not necessary. Enjoyed driving it onto the beach and watching folks with lifted trucks and jeeps expecting be to get stuck....only to actually be able to handle it far better than them with 2000 less pounds dragging me into soft sand and a…

As the owner of a 2018 honda odyssey and someone who has ridden in dodge caravans.....that video terrifies the crap out of me. How is that in a 6 year old vehicle? That looks like what I’d expect in a 50s cadillac. 

If this is a true “off the showroom floor” test, then it’s faster than the new 911 carrera S and faster than a 991.1 porsche 911 gt3 in this test.

I was a bit too obtuse - wealth inequality rebalances through state intervention or war (civil or outside). Interestingly, we are also seeing philanthropic forces helping here too which is cultural in nature. Cultural rebalancing would be the most effective, long-term, as state re-balancing tends to be the most…

Hehehe, nice snark.

The declaration that disparate wealth accumulation is a “problem” in and of itself is one of the fallacies Piketty promotes. His focus is on reducing inequality and yet the countries and areas frequently with the least inequality are often the most impoverished and slowest to climb. Do the policies that reduce inequali…

Quick, ignore the fact that national and global poverty levels continue to decline to never before seen levels in the history of humankind. And let’s ignore asset accumulation mechanics that those who have some assets will see those assets increase in value over time as a function of a productive society....Instead,…

I’m not disagreeing in general that turbos were less prone to HG issues, but plenty of well maintained turbos still had HG issues. You are basically saying with exceptional anti-corrosion work and proactively replacing and servicing the cooling system far better than the owners manual calls for you can avoid a HG…

2006 Spec.B there - very nice.

I enjoyed owning an e39 m5 and now a 2015 m3 and BMW styling is just turning me off. Even my m3 is overly nuanced on the front and rear bumper. It’s aging well - especially since they kept the width of the sedan but bolted on the fender width of the wider coupe giving it great hips - but I don’t see the new design…

“According to the ad this all this all took four years to complete”

Don’t you mean: semi auto-tragic ?

I’ve been an amateur detailer for years and as time becomes scarcer, I become older and more cynical, and I’ve accumulated a bit of wisdom....allow me to impart some things to my Jalopnians.

Those rotors are floating drilled BMW rotors and are widely available for $300/rotor for genuine BMW. The sensors are $25/wheel.

I’ve bought and sold a few high-end cars with and without a PPI. Please allow me to share a few experiences:

I’ve been a BMW guy and CCA member for 10 years and though I’m moving away from the brand in my mind, I’ve owned a 2001 m5 with 125k when I sold it and now a 2015 m3 with 70k miles on it I bought brand new. I’ve closely followed the S65 as well.

I want the gated shfiter, but I pictured one of my easily distracted kids sitting in the front seat with me and putting one of their fingers into the gate right as I powarrrrshift into that gear.

When I first test drove a f80 m3 in 2014, I LIKED the piped in/fake engine noise. It was loud but not too loud and really made me feel like during the test drive I could tell how the engine wanted to be driven. I left the test drive saying “I wouldn’t ever need it to be louder!”

Those charts rank among the worst examples of statistical abuse to make a point I’ve ever enjoyed. The second in particular is spectacular. Whoever created that literally said, “I’m going to manipulate two Y axises to show a 6% decline in middle class aggregate income share over a period of 42 years is exactly in line…