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The e39 is amazing when everything still works. But if you look around, you’ll notice that as the miles rack up on more and more of the e39s still on the road, the talk about them being amazing is getting tempered by the fact that there just SO MUCH FIDDLY CRAP TO BREAK. I owned two of them, a meticulously-maintained 1

Exactly! They’re hideous(ly awesome), and I love them precisely for that reason.

Yep, my ‘98 e39 had this, for God’s sake... Also had the auto-dipping passenger side view mirror when you went into reverse, and memory seats that included the steering wheel (which was heated!)...

Honestly, I’d watch that. Maybe don’t call it “Cannonball Run”, but that’d be a pretty sweet movie IMHO...

That sucks... Always enjoyed her content. I’ll go find the article- thanks.

Did I miss something and she left Jalopnik while I wasn’t paying attention?

I’m pretty sure the ‘oh shit’ handles are on the ‘things you don’t need’ list.

Ok, it’s better than I remembered, but honestly, the lack of any kind of ‘select all’ in a view that’s pretty much guaranteed to have a ton of items in it? That part’s pretty obnoxious. I can *see* all the stuff in that bucket, but have to go through and select every item one-by-one? Bleh.

Where the Messages storage hit comes in is if you send pictures or videos or a regular basis- those chew through a ton of storage, and Apple has done a piss-poor job of making those easy to manage.

e39 BMWs with the I6 engine call for 89 as well. Always seemed odd to me, and was annoying when I moved to Colorado, where mid-grade is 87 (ugh), and to get the 89 the car called for, I had to go all the way to premium.

Yeah. There basically aren’t any 924/944s with non-cracked dashes. If it’s not cracked, it’s either been replaced, or not been outside virtually ever. UV was NOT kind to that vintage Porsche dash.

Yeah, but basically no remotely modern car is going to need oil changes more than once a year (closer to 2, if you drive less than 15,000 miles a year like most people), tuneups pretty much ever (or at least not for close to a decade), and brakes for 5+ years. The chances of teething issues with the new 3 are at least

Can’t speak specifically to the sound quality comparison, but my parents have had a TON of issues fighting with setup on the Bose stuff, whereas the Sonos rigs are absurdly simple to get working.

Can’t speak specifically to the sound quality comparison, but my parents have had a TON of issues fighting with

I know, right? It’d be an awesome consulting firm... Hire a mix of people of all the major variants of colorblindness, and other visual impairments, and just tell people what we, as a group, can’t actually see. I like it.

Honestly, I don’t see how this is worth the effort... Just use good maple syrup and you’ll end up with a fantastic pecan pie, and the maple adds just a bit of extra flavor that’s a nice bonus!

Honestly, some kind of texture/pattern/? would go a long way. This goes for many other Google products as well- I’d kill for the ability to add some kind of pattern to the color-coding in Google Calendar, because in my case I can come up with at most about 4-5 color options for calendars, and I have about 7 to keep

Please tell me those color codes aren’t the only way to distinguish between the different bits of information... I’m really getting tired of being basically unable to distinguish between half the info on the screen, and I know I’m not the only colorblind person using Google Maps.

They even look good on the 944...

Yup. I did the same thing a couple years back when I wanted to switch out providers behind the scenes but not have to tell everyone my new address every time. Well worth the <$20 a year IMHO, and it meant I could get a nice short email address with a short domain name.

Sure, but again, none of these things involve climbing in and out of the car... Unless you’re doing them wrong. :/