Why is this so hard to understand? You think both battery tech and charging infrastructure are there WORLDWIDE? Go to any emerging market and see the well to do in mostly German cars. Your thinking is first world urban. Think of that guy in rural Montana who loves his BMW, not think of that guy in Thailand away from a…

On the gas pumps - I have one card I use for fuel normally, it’s been compromised 4 times in 5 years. I check for skimmers and found one once but the other times it wasn’t obvious.  Now I only use fuel apps to pay (e.g. Exxon Mobile has a great pay at the pump app), or pay with contactless (ARCO near me has these) and…

Not practical for everyone - but if you can garage the car it helps GREATLY on exterior and interior wear and tear and does limit extreme temperature issues (e.g. hose wear, wiring, etc) - my 100K+ cars that were garaged vs outdoors had WAY WAY less issues and I’m talking same make/models.  Again not everyone has the…

“regulations won’t stop folks from breaking the law” - what? did you really live in Germany? Lived there on and off over 10 years and found that Germans tend to stick to laws and regulations way way more than Americans. Yes there is the rare person who doesn’t but they are the exception, not the rule.  

The had variants with different interior. One if likely the Graoßraum variant where somehow it’s wider cargo area. For the full size ones the variants can also be other features like shown below

Pretty normal even if the the model won’t come to the US or Europe. Most Japan models end up in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong as still RHD ready fairly quick. The typical expansion from there is to Taiwan, Indonesia and other parts of Asia except China, Korea and Australia + New Zealand (where region…

Those of us who would like to use our cars and not be inundated with shit loads of Uber’s or Lyft’s where people would before take public transit.  You been to most airports - they are a shit show of Uber and Lyft drop off and pick up traffic that is 2-4x normal traffic.

Trump has got to be ready for the day he’s out of office and the next Trump properties bloat Saudi Arabian real estate.  It’s all for the win.

Had a car with an air suspension - only twice used it outside default settings.  Yeah so concur with your statement.  For the trouble it’s worth on service issues I’ll avoid.  PS: Had a 2006 A6 Avant and it was a great car - luckily that wasn’t the car with the air suspension - had enough squawks as it got to 100K…

Are you a scammer?  Nope, so why are you worried.  The amount of people I know who were asked to pay outside of Airbnb’s website is shocking, about 10 folks I know.  Nearly all (except one loon) didn’t fall for it.  All though shared it on social media and asked if it was a scam, so good spidey sense on most folks. …

I’ve had a Q60 and it’s prior gen a few times as Hertz rentals and loved them. Issue as you say is the quality is not staying where it was. The dated screens in the middle with STILL no Android auto support boggles the mind. The dual screens are un-needed for how terrible the UI and usability is.

They build it to the specs, but the specs change MID PROGRAM and even MID PRODUCTION.  If DOD stayed with initial specs these things would be mostly on time

Bingo - the changing requirements issue is the BIGGEST problem everyone overlooks.

Nobody wants to speak of this but the constant program changes and spec changes kill effectiveness in most defense programs. It’s nice this admin thought it could bully their way to progress but you either deliver something that will break later or something that’s still delayed. The complexity of airborne weapons…

As I get back to affording my next ideal car (kids and college tuition) , the RS6 is on the shortlist.

Having owned 5 BMW’s in the past, thoroughly unimpressed with their offerings today.  Have leaned more towards VW groups (Audi and even VW) plus Daimler/Benz lately.  Silly things like this on top others like lack of Android Auto make it frustrating to stick with the brand.  Their terrible i3 vs a nice i8 show me they…

Whenever someone says Republicans are here to take away regulations to make things easier I then ask what's the beef with then regulating what women do. Generally ends with, "we need rules" - to that I add but why there and they generally shut up after that.  

Go look at at quality in the LA Basin in the 60s and then step back and get why California did what it did.  They didn't just go after cars but any gross polluters.  Now get that even the basic features of emission control today are the push California started but other national regulatory agencies took on. California…

Funny - our dealership called out the Mrs’s 2017 CR-V with the 1.5l turbo as - it’s a smaller engine but does well compared to the prior. No mention of BS Turbo - they just implied as good as the prior which is what we have today.  Having purchased 6 higher performance cars in my younger years I generally steered…

On #2 - not an issue except in a pickup location with 30 cars approaching (e.g. airports and busy hotel venues) not a big deal to look at the rear plate when only 1 or 2 cars pull up. 30 - 40, then it’s painful