CR clearly doesn't align with my thoughts on vehicles, but that is ok. Some of the newer BMWs finally broke free of the ugly phase that started with the e65 7 series and e60 5 series.  The beaver tooth BMWs I've grown to like, the watermelon grill ones though still are ungainly.  I admittedly have owned most of BMWs…

Yep, I have a 25 year old M3 (e36) as a daily, I beat the snot out of it on the autocross course, drive it in the winter and occasionally go on long trips in it during the summer. It’s generally been quite reliable, certainly no issues I haven’t also had with other brands. The electronics are top notch, the engine…

This is very similar to the first time we put a trailer on my parents Grand Cherokee.  It was very upset that we were going to back into the trailer that was looked up to the hitch.  Slammed on the brakes.  We immediately disabled that system in settings.

I take this a step farther. I like to buy vehicles that are just starting to appreciate, then run the wheels off of them. I purchased an e36 M3 in 2018 which even with the extra 60k miles I’ve put on it since then is probably worth more then when I purchased it. The same with the Jeep MJ I bought two years ago to use…

The glove box on a BMW e38 7 series. The door dropped down to be the glove box like may cars, but it had a party trick. The glove box is on a four bar mechanism so you can pull it towards you. This four bar mechanism consisted of two metal brackets, a nylon strap and one cute gas strut. The handle in the door pulled a…

80s and 90s Jeeps with the chunky black plastic handle and big button you press with your thumb. Works great, easy to use, feels solid.  

These actually work really nicely, I was surprised using it for the first time.

I agree.  I was just at the auto show in my town out on by the local dealers.  A few of the sales folks were very good and quite knowledgeable.  One in particular though, for the Mazda dealer clearly knew nothing on the vehicle we were looking at and just used the sleaziest sayings.  I couldn't wait to break away from…

I did daily drive a 62 Austin Healey Sprite a few years ago.

I've been that person.  It's not a good idea.

This is nothing new on powerful heavy cars. Back when I daily drove a BMW e39 M5, 10k miles was the most I ever saw out of a set of rear tires. Factory 2 deg of rear camber coupled with lots of torque , it ate tires. Everyone on the forums has similar experiences.

As a person from Erie, that is too close to home for me.  I really don't like how terrible the animals get as you head south and have unreasonable fears of them.  

You nailed the point. My twin brother and I are two of those people that try to drive around in cool old cars. However our wonderful winter beater Oldsmobile didn’t pass inspection due to rust this past year. We have an e36 M3, Jeep Comanche, and Austin Healey Sprite. The M3 is also a winter beater, though we do…

I’m not aware of BaT ever billing itself as a classic car sales website. They started off sharing listings of interesting cars and eventually branches into auctions of those vehicles. I find this manual 4x4 CRV quite interesting, certainly more so than the sea of new Porsches or other exotics they offer. It’s stuff…

Indeed silver looks the best when dirty. Having also owned a black vehicle, I agree, they are dirty looking the next day. White though, seems to do ok, in winter the road salt blends in but in the summer the dust definitely makes white look bad.  I've also learned that black interiors always look dirty as most dirt is…

This sounds like my friend that ordered a brand new Wrangler in 2015, Rubicon 4 door with cloth heated seats, no screen and a stick shift in Army green. When it came in the dealer had accidentally ordered a black one and was very concerned that he wouldn’t take it as he has specifically ordered a green one. He said…

My parents purchased the Limited trim Jeep Grand Cherokee exclusively because it came in the sparkly brown color they wanted.  If the color had been available in a lower trim they'd have purchased it, and they would have preferred the non chrome mirror caps.

I really wanted a BMW E36 M3 in Dakar Yellow, but they command an honest $5k premium compared to the more mundane colors. Ended up with an Alpine White one with an awesome Sand Beige interior. Not as exciting but it’s a very sharp car in white.  After buying a White M3 and a Black Jeep MJ, I decided the next car had…

I am not sure about Ohio, but in PA you can't file a claim against damage from a plow truck, even if it's a plow trucks fault.  Their goal is to get the streets plowed, and at that they do a fine job, at least here in Erie.

MG and a few other British makes offered a system like this for their high end road cars in the 50s.