Audi’s sin in this regard is the “3.0T” badge, when of course the engine is not turbocharged, but is supercharged.

Bought two pairs last time they were $22, one for me and one for my wife. Liked them so much bought a third pair at $28 for my father-in-law. Great value.

Bought two pairs last time they were $22, one for me and one for my wife. Liked them so much bought a third pair at…

Whut? Sony may release a bunch of lenses, but in many ways they are duplicative and don’t constitute what’d you call a well-rounded set.

Yeah, apparently, years later, ACR continues to be a stinking turd with Fuji RAW files, it seems other raw converters are much better:

Can’t just compare bodies, but the whole system. Fuji has a much better lens selection than Sony (who seem to have shifted their focus to full-frame mirrorless), and a larger sensor than Micro 4/3 (though Micro 4/3 lens selection is comparable or even better, given that it’s been around longer). So to me the Fuji…

In celebration of moving to Houston, you should go to an Academy (or other store of your choice, or a gun show - best prices there), select and buy any pistol you want (that doesn’t have to be on some arbitrary list), which comes with standard capacity magazines and not neutered 10 rounders, and walk out with it right…

It’s one more thing to do, but you should always call the bank and verify funds. Or meet at the buyer’s bank and have the teller cut you a check right then and there before you hand over the title.

Some people seem to not like what they describe as military fetishism or worship, that weapons of war are shameful and should be hidden. It seems that most of the complainers are Europeans too, who depend on Uncle Sam to do most of the dirty work keeping them safe while they hold their noses.

Never touched it but it's not alcantara or suede. It's a woven material, haven't actually touched it though.

If you go to the BMW configurator, you can build one any way you like it with cloth seats. Not really true cloth, the bolsters are leather but the seat centers are this meshy fabric.

Disagree. One of the best things that Porsche did was to go back to door mounted mirrors for the 991/981 generation of 911/Boxster/Cayman, like the old air-cooled 911s had. If you ever saw a 996/997/986/987 from behind, the A-pillar mounted mirrors looked like exaggerated George W. Bush ears sticking up.

The price difference is only $1000 for an SEL. I'd take a red TDI SEL, 6MT, two tone interior, with lighting and driver assistance package. IOW, with all the boxes checked. But I'm with you, I'd be all over a GTI or R wagon like white on rice.

LOL. UHLC. What a dump that was.

Spite is a great reason to build affordable housing.

Yeah, I’m pretty sure Enterprise (CVN-80) hasn’t even been funded.

I would wait for the 2016s anyways. They will be available with a manual, and they will have the newer 8” info-tainment system like the rest of the world instead of the cost-cutting 5.x” system that we get right now.

That’ll be as effective as the UN rights guy chiding some tin-pot dictatorship (or the US, for that matter).

I've actually had pretty good luck with mechanics, even if I've owned nothing but VWs for two decades until two years ago. A lot of mechanics I used were VW specialists/enthusiasts, and the worst I could say was that they could be flakes or space cadets, but were all competent and honest. On the other hand, I no…

You can still get an X5 with a third row. Been available since the second generation (E70). It’s an $1700-1800 option. I have one. As a bonus, you get rear self-leveling air suspension with it.

I’m ashamed to admit that’s me. My wife was ok with me buying an X5 so long as it had the 3rd row option. No kids. Number of times it’s been used in the 2.5 years I’ve had it: 1. I think. I wasn’t there.