sadly I see a lot of them around South Florida still.

It'll never see production. moving on.

I think it's cool for a disposable hunting or off-roading truck, but 17 large is about 100 orders of magnitude to big for this thing.

I think we can just say that engine heat is a catalyst to battery failure (along with all electronics, and most anything), but not necessarily causative.

Ok, it's trivial in the big picture for average commuters — we get it. But BMW has always been in pursuit of near-50/50 weight distribution. When you have the option of locating a singular, heavy mass in either the front or rear, without compromising space at either end, the rear is going to win out every time.…

What is the meaning of this? I've seen it too.

You can't possibly be serious.

I'm from S. Florida and was stationed in Columbus, MS for about 8 years (Columbus AFB), so I used to frequent that stretch quite a bit. I-20 has improved quite a bit; their tolerance for 70mph traffic, not so much. That last hour between Anniston and the Georgia border is sluggish roadtrip hell.

For the idiots that are shitting all over the rear battery placement — manufacturers having been doing this for decades, especially BMW (E30 was the first car I've seen with a rear-mounted battery). Weight distribution is better while also providing more weight over the primary drive wheel of RWD cars. This is also…

Better weight distribution and more weight over primary drive wheel.

I jumped a few cars with my E34. The remote positive terminal made it really easy.

2 doors you say? BMW has you covered!

I don't talk on the phone while driving unless I have my Bluetooth earpiece with me. If I forget to bring it, my girlfriend gets mad.

also in Alabama, I-20 varies often between 55 and 65 mph for no real reason. HWY 82 is even worse. Watch out for Reform.

So the answer to the headline is "no" then? cool article, bro.

there's something "off" about the glass on the rear door. or is it me?

I had a 350Z Coupe that had no back seat. Why wasn't that called a hatchback??

Between all of my CompuServe, Prodigy, and America Online diskettes, I can play on the internet for 30 hours for free!

I'm surprised BMW hasn't extended to making boats yet; they're already making every other damned kind of vehicle imaginable.

I had to look. Even by 1996(ish) standards that's about as good as I could do back when I was in middle school (at the same time). Still, I felt a rush of nostalgia. I'm assuming that since it's already hosted on WB's existing server and only taking up probably no more than a few kilobytes total, it's not going…