Well, at least they're not calling it the 335i Ecoboost.

If you can get a car moving without shuddering, you've mastered the stick shift.

Exactly. Yes there's a learning curve to get the feel of a manual, but really even someone who's never driven before can master it within a week or so.

I'm not so sure about automatic headlights. I see wayyyy too many people driving at night with no lights on. I'm not quite sure how they don't notice or how they even do that (my car doesn't let me turn the lights off unless it's in Park) but it's extremely dangerous.

To be fair that's the strategy I've now adopted. I got the car from my grandfather who had it rustproofed every year, and yet there was still a small amount of rust forming just behind the front wheel arches, mostly because the plastic shielding in there was designed by idiots.

To be fair, I don't think the lines would rust at any place near or in the engine compartment. My fuel lines rusted out almost exactly at the split between the front and rear doors, on the passenger side. All visible sections of fuel line in and around the engine still look brand new; but of course my experience is…

Rustproofing isn't perfect. And while the brake lines rusted out, the rest of the car is in excellent shape; and this is in a part of the world where most cars don't live longer than 10 years before looking like beaters.

You make two excellent points. There's no correlation between big budgets and winning; just look at Ferrari, or even the more extreme case of Toyota. With less restrictions, and just allowing the engineers to let their minds run free, we'll see some crazy designs that'll help stop F1 looking like a spec series…

They keep trying to ban the innovative technology that has maintained Formula 1 as the ultimate racing series. What's the benefit of having such strict design regulations, because throwing money at a problem isn't necessarily going to fix it. Calling the lack of allowed innovation a "cost-saving measure" doesn't hold…

Really? What's the connection between the two? (honest question)

This happened to my LeSabre; you could actually see the fuel dripping out. I have to say that metal fuel lines seem like a bad idea to begin with; especially since my mechanic replaced them with rubber hoses.

I have a 1998 Buick and this happened three times already, twice this year alone. The original brake lines rusted away; which is slightly surprising because the car was rustproofed every year and didn't see much snow until 2010 (before which it was my grandfather's car, and he only put 104,000km on it in 14 years).…

all day? don't you mean all weekend?

Until the concept becomes more than a notification screen you wear on your wrist, I'm gonna pass on the smartwatch.

Pretty much any monitor made in the last year, and any desktop computer made in the last couple years. Oh, and every Apple computer since 2011.

At this point there's no doubt they're in some sort of partnership; so I'd be surprised if the Haas car doesn't have an Italian power unit come 2016.

I respect how knowledgeable Linus is, but I can't get past the fact that he wears socks with sandals.

The case study for recalls not meaning anything is the Ford Pinto; if there was ever a recall that was necessary, it was for that car.

We used to have a 1997 Pontiac Trans Sport in the family; and something happened to the intake manifold, which my dad had to pay $1300 out of his pocket to get fixed. A lack of recalls means nothing apprently!