What were the problems you had? Ours was a pretty basic E53 model with the M54, and it wasn’t until the last 6 months that things started going down.  

Your mother does sound pretty awesome.  That’s the most Jalopnik way to approach car shopping.

This really is a good news story - put a smile on my face learning Chuck Yeager is still alive.

This does depend a lot on the car. My 540i wagon will get anything done to it that it needs to keep it on the road - there really isn’t anything else that appeals to me like it, so it would be worth it to me to pay a majority portion of it’s KBB value in repairs (not regular maintenance) to keep it on the road.  

Rovals are great - especially for the fans. It’s nice to be able to see the race, not just a single turn or two.

Animaniacs is awesome. I am very happy to share that with my boys. Also, Batman The Animated Series is still fantastic. That first episode with the Joker still stands the test of time. That show is still the best moving version of Batman.

Was just going to comment how good the E53 looks, especially in the is trim in the pics.  

Andy’s mess of blonde hair was perfect for him.  It is terrible and matches up with everything you’d expect for a moody teenage boy rebelling against his parents.  

Ugh, sounds like my dad. 

I really don’t get their manual whining.  So what if it shifts a little heavier than a Miata?  It has a ton more power, heavier shifts should be expected.  And BMW seems to get perfectly acceptable transmissions for similarly powerful engines (and have for years), so this is a cop out. 

Same here.  I was looking forward to seeing how they were going to write that into the show.  

For some reason, I’m seeing them as the Jesus descendants in Preacher.  

What is with your colleagues??? They are all advocating for touching other people’s stuff - that is messed up. It’s not yours, don’t touch it.

Well, time to add another item to my bucket list.  

100% agree.  The current Charger is a good looking car and it would only be better as a wagon.  

Man, the witches was messed up.

I was baffled by its revival as well until I spent some time with my parents.  Apparently, this show REALLY appeals to conservatives.  I noticed it being shared a bunch on Facebook among my conservative friends.  Apparently, they really love this show.  I wish I could get them to fall in line for The Good Place…

I second this.  I lived a rather fortunate childhood and did not have any real encounters with death until my grandma died in middle school - so seeing a lot of my favorite cartoon characters die on VHS really hit preschool me pretty hard.  

Really looking forward to your write up on this adventure.

This is awesome.