The noses are not 100% identical, but they're pretty damn close, particularly at the most important juncture of any BMW front (the twin-kidney grille). I don't know where you've been reading (or watching) M5 reviews, but the ones I've read have universally criticized both its electric steering and artificially…

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I think it's more important to note the statistical faultiness of both studies. The BMW and Benz analyses were in L.A., and in my entirely unscientific opinion from spending plenty of time there, L.A. drivers are assholes in general, and drivers of lower-end luxury cars (e.g. a 3-series) are almost invariably…

More pointless Texas-bashing. Yawn. Every state has horrible people, even liberal ones like New York (see below).

A bit OT, but Carfax is a farce. I sold my last car, a BMW 1-series, after I got broadsided and sustained $15K in damage. Nothing critical was destroyed beyond repair, and it didn't have any frame damage, but still. Imagine my surprise when I saw it pop up a few weeks later on my local BMW dealer's Web site showing a…

At this point he could probably afford to buy Portugal itself as well.

At what point did I imply that The New Yorker was lying?? Obviously I'm not questioning the veracity of the story, nor am I disputing that the police in Texas and elsewhere can seize property. My point was that, both in Texas and elsewhere, the ABUSIVE seizure of property in such a fashion is not at all the "norm."…

I'll see your PT Cruiser ragtop and raise you one Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet.

Many of these drivers must be 35 or under, otherwise they'd know the Yugo is more embarrassing than a Smart BY A LANDSLIDE.

To be fair, no cop is going to seize a vehicle merely if they "smell marijuana." Suspecting you're involved in drug trafficking is another matter entirely, and under federal law police can confiscate (and keep) not only any vehicle with a major stash of drugs in it, but also drugs they believe were purchased from the…

A few things:

WTF? Did I say I *advocated* this practice? Fuck no! I'm just telling you what the law actually is. The law may be total bullshit, but it's still the law.

Sorry, but they actually jumped a bus in "Speed" (you can see it in a featurette on the DVD release). Granted, it had no passengers, and they "erased" part of the flyover in post (so it wasn't jumping over empty space), but the jump itself was real.

"I am unaware of any resisting arrest charge that has resulted from a verbal non-consent of search."

A cop smelling marijuana smoke in a car is probable cause by itself for searching someone's entire vehicle, at least in Texas (and probably most states). You can't "refuse" unless you want to be arrested for obstruction of justice.

You're wildly overpaying if you're buying an '08 GTS for $50K. There's one available in CT for $27.5K. I also found a relatively low-mileage one (50K) with nice 21"s for $34.9K. CPO '08 GTSs start at $40K.

Just checked AutoTrader. Cheapest '08 Cayenne Turbo for sale at present is $28.9K, albeit with 100K miles. There's also one for $33.9K with approx. 70K miles, same as the Purple Pimpmobile featured here. Finally, there's a CPO one with 55K miles available for $43.3K. None will give people the impression, unlike this…

Lesson learned: buy a 911 next time. Now *those* cars retain their value.

Yeah, I'm also not seeing the value-add of the RS variant here, particularly if it has somewhat imperfect suspension and steering (albeit better steering than any recent BMW, I'm sure). I loves me a good, throaty exhaust note, but at a price tag *starting* at $105K? Seriously?? How much more on top of that are the DRC…

It's older than '87. By then California had migrated to white license plates instead of the blue ones from the '70s/early '80s. The Pulsar NX came out in '83, so I'd go with circa '84/'85 for the pic.