Those bumper stickers do not immunize trucks from liability. What they do is notify drivers behind the truck of a possible hazard. This factors into the negligence analysis. The trucks are not intentionally damaging your car, so unless some statute makes them liable for some other reason, they are liable only if they…

Assuming you got half the proceeds of the sale, and depending on how much money we’re talking here for everything else, it may not be worth your time to pursue this. You are almost certainly owed something—exactly what you are owed and what you can recover at this point would be both fact-intensive and depend on state…

So what you’re saying is you billed that passionate encounter and don’t want to run up additional charges for a question you should have been researching during that time.

I think this is turning a corner. The Germans have gotten less relatively impressive lately, and domestics have really stepped up on both a performance and a value basis. I’m technically a Millennial, and I currently drive a BMW, but I would totally consider a Cadillac if I were in the market. Similarly I would really…

Everyone seems to forget that the whole brand hierarchy thing with the Big 3 was a reflection of the old class structure (or perceived class structure) in the U.S. We used to have the working class, the middle class and the upper class. The upper class were, in the late ‘40s and early ‘50s, really not that much better…

Thirty years is not really “a while”. Thirty years is a generation or two.

When I bought my E39 I told my wife that the cupholders were just there as a joke on Americans, because ze Germans believe that ze driver should not be drinking anysing vhile driving, unt ze passenger should be able to hold a verdammt cup.

Not even two coffees. The only cups I have ever found that fit in the E39 cupholders are small hot coffees from Dunkin’ Donuts, which are practically European in size.

I don’t think OBDII has VIN information, but that’s interesting to know. Thanks.

So, assuming we take the owner at his word that it is not rusty in spite of being a 15 year old car in Michigan, you did notice that this is a non-running car, right? I’m not quite sure what it would take to get it running again, but even if it’s just replacing the timing chain (or, more likely, the timing chain…

How is this illegal to run in New York?

Link to a $2,000 540i in less than total rustbucket condition? This is at least a $6,000 car unmolested. I can even see the appeal of the swap.

Good eye.

Question: do any of them look as good as a Martini livery Mustang?

It was bad, but I don’t know if it can compete with the broken and idiotic RTS bungle that was the tribal stage. Space is easy to remember, because it’s where the game goes to die, while the first few stages can be run through in, what, maybe an hour? But implementation-wise, tribal is just the pits.

To paraphrase George Orwell, Knicks fandom is a beaten man, lying facedown on a filthy, cement barroom floor, with someone stamping on the back of his head, interrupted only when the assailant reaches down, grabs the victim by the hair, and raises his head up ever so slightly before slamming it face first back into…

Have you ever been in a fight? Heart and speed can go a long way, but they cannot overcome a 300+ lbs weight difference without weapons. If this were a real fight, McGregor would have lost 20 seconds in when Hafthor got him in a lock. No amount of technique is going to save a small man in that position.

You have got to be kidding. He’s literally four times the size of McGregor. There is no stamina difference in the world that’s going to make up for that. Why do you people think weight classes exist?

It’s a 8 hour slog pain in the ass or it’s a you better have a garage and another car to drive in the meantime for a few weekends pain in the ass?

How difficult is it to replace the bushings on an E39 540i? What tools are required, and how much time for a first-timer? Worth trying oneself, or definite mechanic job? If the latter, how many hours should it take them?