Yes, I agree. $249.85 for some pieces of rubber seems like a lot, regardless of how perfectly they are formed to a given car. Though the Walmart rubber ones are a waste of money too without the raised lip..

The Audi I had, the wipers went back into normal from "service position" if you just turned them "on" or tapped the stalk up "mist". You didn't need to go back into the MMI settings.

Great car. Had one exactly like this - '89 FBF, but black. It had a 305 with a 5-speed manual. It was a very fun car. Very tossable on the wet, and very predictable. The engine was rock solid, handling was so-so. Interior quality was typical 80s GB, so a bit boring and not terribly well built, but just about good…

I always go to this church parking lot by my house. It's big and empty, plus, as a bonus, it has a nice steep hill up to a second smaller lot to practice slippery hill starts - especially important in a manual. Learned to drive there back in the day in an MX-3, learned to drive stick there in the Fiero, learned to…

Absolutely. Though unfortunately this kind of experience doesn't translate too well between drive configurations. I'm 100% at home in the slippery stuff in a MR/FR cars because of exactly this. I've spent hours in snowy parking lots in RWD cars. Now though, my last 2 have been AWD (Audi A6 and Acura MDX.. because…

I guess that's a valid point too. I mean it could be as simple as "I'll give you a hell of a deal on the new A8 if you give the A2 good reviews and boost its sales.." Or even to the point where the manufacturers themselves give out press vehicles for "long term road tests".

Moral of the story - only trust automotive journalism from countries that don't produce cars of their own, like Micronesia or Estonia?

"transcontinental car race" you say? They'll need Burt Reynolds.. but given that Dom DeLuise and Farrah Fawcett are otherwise preoccupied, it probably won't be very good.

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Yes, and actually that serves double duty. Not only are you having some fun, you also learn to handle your car on the roads should you slip around.

At best, front license plates ruin the look of a car. At worst, they compromise the aerodynamics too. Plus, they're not even illuminated like back license plates are, so what's the point?

BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi have come up with brilliant new headlight designs that use many LEDs to illuminate the road ahead while not blinding the driver traveling in the other lane, instead of having to constantly switch from High to Low.

That's sort of similar to an old soviet Moskvitch.. Note that 2nd is literally in the drivers seat.

All of these blue tinted Electric and Hybrid badges look like someone forgot to peel the protecting plastic sheet off of the chrome.

At least they didn't pitch to Ford or Honda..

You can drift anything.

Also used to make motorcycles before the car. My grandpa had one in the 70s and 80s:

Ask and you shall receive:

I was picturing this: