Yeah, pretty sure this is the autopilot system doing what it should do - alerting you to the fact that you’re drifting out of the lane. An audio cue isn’t going to work if you have the radio on - jerking you a bit back in the right direction would almost certainly jolt anybody awake and get their eyes back on the…

As someone who works in and interacts with people in the tech sector...

ITT: a bunch of people who went to really shitty mechanics instead of taking the very little amount of time and effort necessary to do their research. I cannot for the life of me understand someone who would willingly take their car to a shop they have never heard anything about previously. The dealer stories are kind…

I think deep-down Lexus wants to be an Audi RS rival more than it does BMW-M or Mercedes-AMG, because the RS6 and RS4 have always been a bit down on real-world performance compared to, say, the E63 / M5 and C63 / M3. Audi has never made much of a stink about being faster than its rivals - but better-looking, more…

That looks like some fiberglass on top of a rolling chassis... which is probably a donor from an old junkyard Corvette or something. This is the ballsiest (stupidest?) concept car scam I think I’ve ever seen.

Fair point!

I prefer Long Beach, but yes, LA’s regionals are much better for domestic hops. That said, you can’t avoid LAX most of the time if you’re looking for the cheapest fare. I don’t like LAX, but once you’ve gotten used to the beast, it really isn’t much worse than any other major international airport in the US. Unless…

Can confirm that CDG may be the world’s most tragically mismanaged airport and is full of people who do not speak an iota of English. Every time I have stopped there, even taxiing has taken 30-40 minutes longer than anywhere else, and that includes Beijing Capital International.

They can “work on” all they want, the chance this will end up on an appreciable number of cars is basically nonexistent. Anything is possible, but teaming up with HTC for a car infotainment system would be like teaming up with BlackBerry for a next-generation camera software platform. Not only is it the wrong company…

Like all of these posts, I think to myself, what is the maintenance I would want done versus what needs to be done? And I think that's really the issue here. You can absolutely find $12,000 a year of things you think need to be fixed on these cars, it would not be difficult, especially paying dealer labor prices and…

but also can someone seriously add me to oppo?

DEAR SO CALLED “JELOPNIC,”

I find the exterior of this car lamentable.

“The interior smelled like a handmade leather shoe.”

If there’s one kind of leaking I hate it’s the asshole who trespasses (or violates the completely reasonable camera rules for crew / setup days) at a trade show to get photos days or even hours before the car drops. It’s low-hanging fruit as long as you’re stupid and ballsy enough to do it, and I hope that asshole…

This car is adorable.

Yeah, I was going to say, literally never seen that in Europe.

WHAT A HELL !!! IT PROVES IMPOSSIBLE FOR MARSHALL TO DRIVE A SAFETY CAR ON THE REAL GRASS RIP MY TIBIA

Those are without a doubt going to achieve classic status in the coming years, and the Classic Center may already consider them a "young classic." I know the R129 is already a young classic according to Mercedes' Classic Center in Germany, so the C140 seems likely to be a candidate as well.

As far as I'm aware, Mercedes goes through and dubs particular models "classics." Pretty much any body style over >30 years old qualifies, though (ie, any W123), and some "young classics" also do (like the SEC). That doesn't mean they're remanufacturing the parts, necessarily, but it does mean you can call up Mercedes…