1. Liability. Your shop doesn’t know how to run exhaust pipes for fumes to not enter the cabin in all vehicles 100% of the time so that rule is nice catch all to have

I replaced mine with some LEDs and I can now tell my headlights are on at night.

The price is completely off the wall. I paid 29k for my 2006 E60 M5, back in 2012 when it was only 6 years old and about 40-50,000mi. I couldn’t imagine buying a 14-year old M5 with almost 80k for nearly $40-grand, especially with the bad reputation they have acquired.

Yeah that is what I generally saw in the forums from M5 and M6 owners.  The S62 in the E39 by comparison is fairly easy to work on and parts are not that much more expensive than any other BMW 6 or 8 cylinder engine.  While it certainly is a memorable and excellent engine, it certainly isn’t exotic nor is it high…

Apple CarPlay or Android Auto is something to seriously look into if your car didn’t come with it.

Yes. While not the same, Volvo was figuring out how to do this a decade ago. My 2012 xc70 T6 has the option to enable remote start and the Polestar tuning just by giving dealers money to flip the switch. For all I know my car had the remote start enabled by the previous owner and the dealer turned it off when it was…

There are many things one could criticize Teigen for, but throwing a party themed around the biggest television show of the year is not one of them.

Mk4 Jetta.

That’s going to be an unpopular opinion. I had a Lexus with a heated steering wheel for 4 years and my spouse asks if every other vehicle we consider acquiring has that feature.  Any vehicle without heated seats wouldn’t be considered.

I never put regular in my Trans Am, Corvette, Camaro or CTS-V. Those cars recommended premium for maximum performance, which is why I bought the car to begin with.

Optimal performance == optimum fuel economy.

I mean, sometimes they do, but you’ll know it. An APR-tuned A6 really, really needs 93 or you’ll regret it. 

My 1991 Lexus LS 400 (handed down from my sister the doctor, the original owner, to my dad to my uncle to me) took premium, and as I was driving it in 2013 I figured it had earned it. I loved that car. It had a built in car phone. It was like driving the Batmobile. It gave its life when it was T-boned right behind my…

Octane slows the flame front in the combustion chamber (thus resisting knocking). So if there’s any effect at all with high test where it isn’t required, the effect is negative.

The only car I’ve ever had that required premium gas would run on low test without pinging by retarding the ignition timing.  The power loss was noticeable but not a big deal.  If I was just commuting then sometimes I’d run 87 in it.

I’ve had people come up to me at the pump “You know you’re just wasting money on the premium stuff” while I’m pumping 93 into my upgraded turbo, tuned GTI.   Go away, faceless drone. 

Alternatively, premium is better for cars that don’t needs it.

“optimal performance” /= “need”

Fun fact: of our first 12 presidents, only two never owned slaves.

Both named Adams.

Don’t be obtuse. If you’ve shopped at both you know exactly what phatplat is talking about.