My co-worker, I swear the only guy in the world with an X5 fetish, owns an Imola Red E53 and an Estoril Blue E53 along with a couple of E70s. Both E53 are completely top spec’d, the nicest X5s one could have purchased in their given model years, like this one. And I can tell you second hand that those vehicles never,…

AND ONE MORE THING: People who pick up their darn phone at every single red light so that they can get on facespace or whatever are a nuisance and should be sent back to driving school. They usually keep two additional cars from making the light because they can’t be bothered to watch for the Green light.

I’m really…

Lack of situational awareness is the tippy top of the list. As my grandpa says, “people need to learn how to drive both ends of their vehicle”. One should be aware of what’s going on for 360 degrees and act appropriately.

If this were an AWD V6 version, it would be worth close to $9k but not $9800 given its 169k miles. Since it’s a FWD i4 though, this is a resounding No Dice.

I’m not trying to be argumentative here:
One would generally assume that but given the number of total and complete failures we have seen from automakers in general, M-B included, it is not such a safe assumption. Sometimes I think Mercedes and BMW specifically do not know what their customers want, which leads to them…

On that note, I once borrowed my GF’s grandpa’s 3/4 ton suburban to move home from college. His was the last year of the 8.1L Vortec and that motor was a sweetheart! Its power was astonishing. Loaded with most of my earthly possessions and cruising 75MPH down interstate 80, we averaged over 18mpg.

Counterpoint: we have two kids and will probably have more. For now, our kids are at the age (1 year and a little under 3 years) where we don’t bring much more than a diaper bag (stroller if we’re going to the zoo or something). But in the future we’ll have sports gear, cooler, etc and having a locking frunk will be…

So happy that he didn’t park in the garage! That must be a crushing feeling, to see something you work hard to pay for, burst into flames.

Is it really? Designing an EV without a frunk seems like a terrible misstep.
I haven’t bothered to read much about the EQS because 1) I think it’s ugly and wouldn’t own one and 2) It’s way out of my price range, so I wouldn’t own one, even if it were in my price range and D) I don’t want a connected car that is full…

Probably something along the lines of Honda financial may change the terms of x,y, and z at any time with (or without) notice.

1st gear: that’s pretty bold. I think the S class is ripe for switching to electric, but Cox automotive estimates that only 10% of new vehicle sales will be pure electric by 2025 and something like 25% by 2030

Someone please do a photoshop mashup with an IROC Camaro.
EDIT: It can be called the IT-ROC and be driven by the Geek Squad.

This is a great QOTD! The Inline 5, I think it was 3.7 litres, that was offered in the first generation Chevrolet Colorado was an embarrassment to the powertrain engineers at GM.
Pitched as offering six cylinder power and four cylinder fuel economy, it accomplished neither. It operated with all the smoothness of a…

There’s a guy I know here in the Great State of Nebraska, who launched a branded beef company. He sells beef of a particular breed at a ridiculous price. He and I were talking about his new business venture, and he said “there’s a buyer for every price point”. I quipped back, “Or as P.T. Barnum said, there’s a sucker…

I’ve heard about it being a factor for epoepl getting a job, but nobody has ever asked me about it or checked mine in 10 years of white collar jobs. Is it really a thing?

None of this is new, it’s just repackaged in a cycle. Fritz O’The Ham mentioned phones and cable boxes, and that’s right where my brain went. After decades of phones being rented, people owned phones. Companies used to own their servers, now many operate entirely on “the cloud” <insert eyeroll>. There will be a day…

Touché 

A little nuance is important in personal finance. Reading headlines about more consumers borrowing money makes me wince because statistically many of the people who “need” a loan, need to borrow money like they need another hole in their head. Many of the people who can stroke a check for a large purchase like a car…

If everything goes according to plan, yes. It remains true that 100% of all repossessions happen on (insert asset) that someone borrowed money against.

That’s false. There is a process called manual underwriting, where people with absolutely no credit score can get a mortgage at just as good of a rate as someone with 800+. They look at the borrower’s full financial picture and underwrite based on that. It’s great for people who just haven’t had any debt or credit…