This is awesome. I couldn’t haul my Austin Healey Sprite on the standard car hauler as the wheelbase was too narrow. This being flat across fixes that issue.
This is awesome. I couldn’t haul my Austin Healey Sprite on the standard car hauler as the wheelbase was too narrow. This being flat across fixes that issue.
A 2002 BMW M5. It was a one owner 11 year old car that my twin brother and I purchased together a few months after starting full time as engineers. To this day, it was the highest quality, fastest, and most comprehensively perfect car I've owned. The only downfall was keeping it in perfect shape was expensive.
A couple friends of mine purchased a V6 Grand Cherokee L because it was the cheapest way into a 3 row SUV that could tow 5,000 lbs. It's all about value proposition as the Grand Cherokee isn't that special any more like it was back in the ZJ days.
On pickup trucks, I’d happily pay today’s prices if I could have a brand new 90s truck for that price.
I’ve driven two Nissans I genuinely liked, both rentals. First was a 2013 Cube, it was just plain fun, the CVT was awesome and the vehicle was super functional. The second was a 2018 V6 Frontier that I rented in a snowstorm when my flight was cancelled. That truck had super comfy seats and the interior was perfectly…
That is low of true. The hitch on a BMW e39 M5 is rated at 200 lbs tongue weight and 4000 lbs towing capacity. And it is literally just bolted to the sheet metal under the car.
Having owned an e39 M5, there is a substantial boost in performance compared to a 540i. The 540i is a great car, but it is no M5.
Austin Healeys are awesome. I have a Sprite that I drive everywhere. Anyone that doesn't know thinks it is a MG or Triumph. Also some people think it is an Aston Martin when you tell them it is an Austin Healey...
Goliath Tiger. My grandfather had imported one of four ever brought into the US from Germany. It's basically a vintage 2 stroke Auto Union.
I’ve ridden in a storm automatic C4 on 200 treadware tires on an autocross, it was possibly the most impressive car I’ve ridden in, in the 10 years I’ve been autocrossing. They are phenomenal performance cars and the performance deal of the century. The hate isn't for the vehicle, it's for the culture, like Harley…
This is a tough one. Possibly the Ford Fusion with the turbo engine that continued to accelerated for a solid two seconds after letting off the throttle. That made for some scarry moments in traffic. Or the Toyota RAV4 I rented recently with a radar cruise control system that loved to slam on the brakes.
I stare at a screen at work all day, the last thing I want is to be faced with another in my car on the way home. Screens in modern cars is one of many reasons I prefer to drive and spend good money to drive older cars. On top of it my experiences with screens in cars are absolutely atrocious from a reliability…
Two years ago I needed a pickup truck because I had purchased a run down farm to subdivide, build on and sell off the the house, barn, ect. Lots of work to be done hauling stuff. My twin brother and I, entering this adventure together didn’t need anything more than two seats, and had previously loved the Jeep Comanche…
I always thought these were the best looking car of their time. It's a great design that stood out amongst some pretty blah car design in the 2010 timeframe.
My ideas are necessarily good. But I'd build an electric car with a manual transmission. Low power, say 160hp and a 5 speed manual in a small car like a Mini or Honda Fit. It would be engaging to drive, and you'd have to work for the power like a classic small car. The advantage would be a much smaller battery…
The perfect ergonomics of controls in my BMW E36. I can rest my elbow on the arm rest and without moving my elbow, steer, shift and hit every center console button. It's just laid out brilliantly.
I remember this feature well in the e39 M5 I had. The only sport button I can remember that really actually changed the way the car felt.
I always wondered what that button did on the convertibles.
I’ve ridden in an Automatic one driven in furry at an Autocross, it was surprisingly good. An auto is a great way to get into one at a very discounted price. That said, I own a manual one and it is brilliant, it was a similar price to this one but not because of poor maintenance but because it was rusty. I didn’t…
Helmholz resonators though tuned for a specific frequency do in fact help over band of frequencies with their highest effectiveness at their tuned frequency. I'd guess they probably have several of them in the device that allow them to cover an even broader frequency sweep say at the most common road speeds.