I have a bunch of both Eneloops and Powerexes. The Eneloops have been 100%, while there have been a surprising number of duds among the Powerexes — batteries that would hold a charge, etc.

I have a bunch of both Eneloops and Powerexes. The Eneloops have been 100%, while there have been a surprising…

I don't know if you're being facetious but I find this 911 looks surprisingly good in that color, as diarrhea brown as it is.

Well, they could always call it a 912.

Well, HP CEO Léo Apotheker was (ostensibly) fired for something less than a full blown affair with a consultant.

Not surprising behavior from the Argentines. Posture and start a war, hoping it was too far away for the Brits to care too much, lose and still act all butthurt about it 30+ years later. Welch on your debts, then take a grandstanding position that actually hurts your country when your creditors come a calling. Look…

Truth. As someone who owns/owned 4 VWs (B3/B4/B5 Passats, MkV GTI), the only car in VWs lineup that I'd buy is another GTI. Maybe also the upcoming Golf TDI wagon. The Touareg is actually a great SUV, but it's in that weird in-between space like the Phaeton — too expensive compared to typical VWs, even if thousands…

Yeah I was impressed by how fast the i8 was, given the "low" amount of power and the skinny tires and all that. I'd figure it'd be a technologically impressive showpiece that drove well but wouldn't be all that fast in an absolute sense (compared to other cars in its price range).

That's why when I buy/sell things on sites like Craigslist (admittedly not a car): (1) meet in a public place, like a Starbucks or its parking lot, (2) let someone else know where you'll be and what you're doing, (3) face-to-face cash sale only, and (4) carry my concealed handgun. No problems so far.

Reminds me of this scene from the Hunt for Red October:

US regulations. European models don't have that reflector there at all.

4 series has a fat ass. Not fat as in sexy bubbly badonka-donk, but fat as in wide and flat looking. E90 generation, coupe was better looking than sedan. I think for the F30/F80 generation, I agree with Travis that sedan looks better than coupe. Especially with those flares.

Yeah it should be understated, because US Spec E36 M3s were neutered compared to their Euro counterparts: less power, 5 speed instead of 6 speed transmissions.

Agree, the hood promises a flowing, elegant front end, maybe something pointy or at least slanted, and instead you get a this blunt upright thing.

GTO looks just like a Grand Prix coupe. Even blander, actually.

Leasing can make sense if you want a new car every 3 years or so (and lets face it, lots of people have what comes close to being a moral issue with that). You can think of leasing as the economic equivalent of buying a car with a pre-negotiated guaranteed resale value after 3 years. If it makes sense to you at the…

Cayenne Turbo is certainly a good alternative, as is a decked out Range Rover (sport or no sport), but if it were my money, X5M (there's a new one in the pipeline but the old E70 one ain't half bad either), partly because I find the Cayenne to be irredeemably hideous.

U.S. market version of 335 had a version of the M57 engine (also used in the E70 X5 35d). It was really the testbed for a lot of the diesel emissions stuff (particulate filter, urea injection, etc.), because all that stuff was required first in the U.S. market.

Links posted above.

Beaten like a red-headed stepchild

Man, the local Mercedes dealer wanted more for an oil change. Did that once, after that, found me a great independent mechanic, a Swiss-German one at that.