Groan. Starred.

“not a bad choice for a general-use city tank”

The crazy small JDM back seats always make me smile.

It sucks here! Tell your friends, nobody should move here.

Back in the early 00s I was driving my girlfriend-at-the-time’s mother’s Alpina modified M3 at its top speed near Munich on the Autobahn when a guy in a V12 Merc passed me like I was standing still. He must have been going over 300kph. That was pretty incredible.

So basically, exactly like driving the I5 from SF to LA, except with good pavement and the ability to really haul ass when the opportunity presents itself? And cultural norms (in addition to laws) dictating that people keep right unless passing, unlike in the US where you can apparently camp in the left lane if…

“CA” in the second example should have been “VA”. My bad..

Sure, I’m aware of the 3/5 compromise. I *think* the document I was looking at was claiming that was the total voter population of each state. I figure the maximum ratio was lower (i.e., we are WAY more extreme proportionally now) in 1776 but I just pulled the first seemingly reliable numbers I found on a quick…

“What you are proposing is either eliminating the Senate entirely or making a clone of the House, both of which would cause more problems than they would solve.”

I think anyone that understands the history of the US understands that is the purpose of the Senate, but don’t you think it’s screwed up that there are vast differences in representation?

“Charity”

Is it materially different than the (terrible in traffic) DCT in my 2016 M6? That car would be 100% better with a traditional automatic.

“We’re gotten to the point where these DCTs aren’t a pain to live with day-to-day.”

I am 100% certain I could repair it enough to make an awesome race car.

First Gear:

Just this weekend I was wearing my Omega Seamaster in my pool and a friend asked if I ever used it to dive. I down down to the bottom of the pool (7 feet) came back up and said “Now I have”. So, yeah.

Boo.

This, or the Panamera wagon?

“(and also publish some tweets)“

But the asymptotic curve of performance means that you end up paying more at the high end for smaller and smaller increases in performance and luxury. That’s the way of the world almost everywhere.