As someone who has parted out some vehicles — bikes mostly — it’s a lot of work that only rarely justifies the hassle, expense and labor. I suppose if you have the tools, time, garage space and a busy eBay account, you might make back your $7000 purchase price . . . but you probably won’t. Just too many things wrong…

Lap time comparisons with TC on would have been interesting though as Kubica drove it much harder than the safety systems would allow you to.

My Evo is the same way. I can get a couple sessions on a set of rears, but it eats front tires.

I track a 7 replica, so my costs are low, but I was reading a review of the new GT500 and I was thinking that beast must eat consumables like Amy Schumer at a Golden Corral.

Plastic timing chain guides are pretty common in many manufacturers now.  I think it’s the manufacturers revenge for people balking at rubber timing belts.  You think a chain is a lot more reliable and less likely to fail, so they use the plastic guides to decrease reliability, and it actually winds up costing more to…

I doubt you can imagine how bad a bus is to drive to start with. A bus in a strong crosswind has to be experienced to be believed. This might actually be safer being heavier and slower.

I got that too, during cash for clunkers, at a Hyundai store. It wasn’t even hidden! I called the guy on it, he said I was wrong.  I demanded to speak to the manager.  He said I was wrong too!  Fuck those assholes!  I kept the clunker.

Hybrids aren’t “zero emission” vehicles as stated in the press release. The. again, pure EVs aren’t exactly zero emission when you consider the electrical grid.

If you feel you’re a golden ear, I would suggest you go check this or the RDX with the Studio 3D stereo out. I have quite a few different reference points for audio (High end Over in, In Ear headphones, Powered Monitors, 7.2 Home Theatre) and completed an Audio Engineering program over a few years where we mixed and…

But how stupid is it really? My takeaway from this is that the current Harley lineup isn’t selling in India, and if they had the ability (or want) to develop new products to meet the needs of that market, they’d already be working to develop new products to meet the needs of the core market that they already have all…

“Tesla is still in the best place of any manufacturer.”

When I bought my Bolt, the finance dude tried to sell me extra warranty with “what if that whole center stack of electronics fails?” Come on man, do you guys sell cars here or scare people away?

Exactly. The “battery day reveals” were much, much worse than the conjecture. And much worse than Musk promised over the months-of-teasing this Nothing Burger.

Crossover is definitely the right form factor to launch with. Everything seems generally FINE- looks fine, range is ... fine. Two things —-

The eight second range is right in where most crossovers perform. I don’t think the idea here is to gave face-melting performance, just to get people in and tell them “It’s just like a Tiguan, but, ya know, electric instead.”

Nope, car dealers LOVE used cars because they make money taking them in (not giving you full value) and when they sell them. They send them to auction when it’s too old or too little value to have on the lot.

I think he might be referring to the need for a coding computer with pirated BMW software. The E90 and up cars need updated coding for a lot more changes than the E46 and down needed. Sure you can still do most of the work your self, but there are a lot more things that require specialized computer software to do.

Nah. Whenever someone starts talking about lit warning lights on a late-model VW, telling me “it’s a basic fix, I just haven’t got around to it”, I start backing away.

“The automotive equivalent of Justin Bieber.”

It’s BMW’s version of carbon fiber trim you attached over the top of the regular trim.