Great stuff - even after more than a decade of racing bikes and coaching trackdays, I still love how physically, intellectually, and emotionally empty I am after a few fast laps. It’s literally the only time in my life that I’ve been able to focus on one thing, and I’m a little sad for people who never get to…
Both great ideas! Mine is currently on Michelin PS4s - they’re not runflats, but they may be louder than a softer, more comfort-focused tire.
2018 M240i - it’s loud on the interstate. I know that BMW positioned the F22 on the cheap end of the line, but $50 worth of sound deadening would make it near-perfect.
That transmission can be finicky, but surely someone has figured out how to bulletproof it since I had owned my first gen (bought with 40k, sold 10 years later and 260K with none of the usual Getrag issues)
My 335d threw a code that suggested that it had bad carbon buildup - pretty common on the BMW diesels. It went into limp mode, and I took it to a local BMW ‘specialist’ who agreed with the diagnosis and did the carbon clean service. They called me to say that they cleared the buildup-related code, but the car is still…
BMW M57 is pretty great.
It’s not as (relatively speaking) plush as my old E90 335d, but it’s closer to that than the critical beatdown I received from the 30 minutes I spent in the F87.
After test driving an M2, I loved the general feel and size, but the suspension was a nonstarter with my commute into downtown Atlanta (and its generally terrible street maintenance). The M240 compromised a little on performance, but it still sounds pretty good, handles pretty good, and is comfortable in town and the…
The Corvette Museum track in Kentucky is pretty great. It feels a like Barber, but with a proper front straight. Granted, I’ve only done trackdays on motorcycles, but I’m willing to bet it’s fun on 4 wheels, too. That T6-T7-T8 combo is just fantastic.
Counterpoint: The Ducati 998 in Matrix Revolutions made the movie eminently cooler, and also brought one of the coolest bikes of all time to a wider audience.
This dude gets it.
Great, now I get to remember this every time I fill up my M240i’s thimble-sized fuel tank. THANKS, TORCH.
My dad impulse bought one of these a few years ago. Underneath all that retro bodywork is 100% early-00s GM doo doo butter. Plastic everything, rattles for days, and it never delivers on the promises made by the styling . . . except that it’s so slow that it gives passers-by plenty of time to appreciate its curves. …
MotoAmerica doesn’t race at Daytona - the 200 is produced & sanctioned by ASRA
My dad once pointed out that, no matter what the numbers and letters try to say, almost all vanity plates say “Dipshit.”
Has there ever been a good vanity plate?
1993 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4. . .I got it with 55K in 1996, and finally sold it in 2006 with 266K. It survived every bad decision an undergrad, then grad student, then young professor could make, including, but not limited to: taking a T-Bone hit that could have totaled it with the right insurance adjustor; a vindictive…
Last year, a MotoGP rider’s race was cut short when a visor tear-off got sucked into his intake; there’s always going to be trash on the track. Just terrible luck.
Gotta wrap that faux wood trim with some faux carbon vinyl STAT.
The “Faster” documentaries did this almost two decades ago; great primers for people new to the sport and some really great moments for the relative few of us who already knew the series & riders. It’s sad that so few people actually saw them - you pretty much had to read about it on a forum to even know it was…
