By the way, the fact that these are either really expensive to maintain or you have to do it yourself makes them that much rarer and cooler.  Its like a rolling badge of honour.  My E38 gets more looks than you’d expect!

I have an ‘01 E38 740 iL - pretty sure its the same colour too, Stratus Metallic (tri-coat pearlescent!). But mine has only about 84k miles. I bought it just to experience it for a while and then to flip in the end.

Two things are true:

Leveraging the fact that he has a monopoly to raise prices and get away with neglectful maintenance?

The Ambassador Bridge is basically the US Healthcare System.

When I took a bike through the alps, I remember thinking often how shit it would be in a car.  Maybe a Miata / 1-series at best.

Wow, the S550 is stating to feel long in the tooth? feels like yesterday everyones tighty-whiteys were in a bunch over the Yurpeen styling of this ‘murican freedum machine.

Is this what it feels like to grow old?

Those BMW Gauges are cool AF.  One of the reasons I picked the ///M3.  

Wait, those are HIS plants now?

If you had any experience with those papers, you would use the word “show” and not “prove”. So there’s that.

the kicker for me is that they lost the border around the flag bit.  that ruins it for me, looks awkward.

I’d rather argue with somebody who has 3 peer-reviewed sources than somebody with an opinion. how is this a bad thing?

I’m siding with Bubba here. And for context, I’m an automotive engineer. tall and short sidewalls have their place. It isn’t so much that one is better than the other, its that each has pros and cons in different context. tldr: its application dependent.

I will say there is something to be said about an SUV that has both an independent rear suspension on a unibody, as well as the ability to comfortably tow a 5000lb boat.

Wish we could get that sweet Diesel V8 here in NA

Arguments for mixing your own coolant:

As a former cooling systems engineers, I would like to hear your take on the distilled vs de-ionized water argument.

Can we acknowledge that, at some point, Brown stops being The Good Brown and becomes Beige?

I feel like this really begs the question.

It makes sense to put ABS on the rear if you’re only going to put it on one axle.

If the prices of good go up, the company makes more money, and thus pays even more taxes. wtf are you on about?

Mic Drop.

“I Paid into it for over 50 years”

This needs so many more stars.