You’ve simply come across some classic click-bait from Bradley.

Ivermectin, which if anything is proving more successful in studies

Actual medicine that works that actual doctors are using in actual hospitals have not gone from generic prices to expensive prices. Ivermectin and the idiots behind America’s Front Line Doctors and the people who use them doesn’t have anything to do with this.

Audi has been head and shoulders better than Mercedes and BMW...

The core of the potential problem is the engine, as ppl said. The M156 is a great engine but with flaws.

Normally every owner will have addressed those flaws after they emerged around 2010.

1. the head bolts could break due to corrosion. Replacing them can be done without removing the heads (remove one by one) and that…

It also has the suspension that is notoriously difficult to replace if it fails, which was only on this car, the CL and the 63/65 variants of the S class. It’s in theory an amazing car for like 15% of it’s original value but the long term costs on these specifically can be catastrophic.

Bleah.

Honestly, I think it’s because fasteners such as screws are expensive, they they are typically bought as cheaply as possible with anti corrosion coatings (which don’t look as nice, but still better than rust). There are decorative bolts, but they cost even more and may or may not be as corrosion resistant. It’s often…

This is a bad take.

Yea, that comment was ... impressive. Does he not understand what cannibalizing sales are? The point is they DON’T sell more cars - they sell more of a similar (lower margin) vehicle and fewer of another to the tune of identical overall sales (or projected growth). AKA, Tesla is not bringing in demand/sales that…

: How did that name get past the marketing department?

Lighten up, Francis.  There’s nothing wrong with having a bit of fun.

Cool to see someone your age active on this site, I love the insight brought to the table by the older commentariat. Thank you!!!

I honestly don’t see what others see. I think all the Bangle BMWs are terrible, even today.

Why does Bangle get all the hate for the E63 and E65? Both were initially sketched and designed by Adrian van Hooydonk.

That guy right now is probably the worst writer here at Jalopnik. Budget of 80k and the guy suggests to what 99% of people is just a fuck old regular E36, with the smallest engine so dog slow and needing extensive mods to be not even close to some of the other <good> suggestions.

Someone made a Vericross MK2?

Lexus is like the W123 of Mercedes. No gimmicks but everything that’s supposed to work works. I’ve owned Mercs and currently own a Lexus and the quality difference is night and day. You purchase a Lexus when you’re bored of the leasing and want a vehicle to just work. Plus Lexus leases come with free 2 years…

Nah, this is a miata. A scooter is an automatic del sol.

Then I engine swapped in a CBR250. Much better bike this way; it goes on the highway now.