This picture explains everything you need to know about using a trailer ball for a recovery point.....

My jeep is fun with a stick. It would suck with an automatic.

Oh I get it. I specifically got my 2012 2 door JK with a manual, as thats how a Jeep should be. 2 doors, manual. Its personal preference.

Aint no CJ but she does ok.

I hope it sticks around on the Camaro platform after the Holden one is finally done. GM has to build such a car. I like them. I was at Spring Mountain a few years ago after SEMA when it and the C7 had just come out. There were probably a hundred C7s at the track, and matte metallic maroon SS with black trim from GMs…

All of us car people knew this would be the outcome. TDIs usually got higher than sticker MPG anyway. Shitty, we will see how much money VW stuffs at owners for offset.

I’m guessing you’ve never driven one then at full tilt. I have driven everything from built 930s, 993TTs, 996/997TTs and GT3s, the entire range of M cars with all boxes, Audi S4s manual, turbo, DSG, supercharged, built VWs with both boxes I can tell you there is plenty of “driver engagement” on cars with dual clutch…

It will take a smarter man than I to make the “similarities” work in your example. One car still needs your gear change inputs, just missing a clutch pedal. The other will drive you while you sip your extra hot tripple soy latte and post to Facebook. Thats not the same ballpark, or even the same sport. Make sure you…

The illusion that a manual transmission is completely bulletproof and cheap to fix is a false one and you know it. $300 wont even buy you a decent clutch kit for an E36! Try looking up a clutch kit and flywheel for an E60 M5 and the labor then tell me how much cheaper a clutch is. Sure, something major can fail, same…

I don’t mind paying my fair share, as long as my money isn’t squandered and everyone else pays their fair too. I don’t mind my money going to a single mom who works her ass off to provide for her kids and working on doing better. Thats important. My friend taught school in south central and kids who were wearing…

Had my 06 for 4 years, and my 14 a year and a half. In the mean time I sold my 89 325i that was well sorted. The E30 drove fantastic, but the GLI handles like its on rails, and has power thanks to some tweaks. That DSG box is great in the canyons. It still has a FWD bias, and it requires a different driving dynamic…

Also, make sure you let the drivers in F1 know that they don’t know how to properly drive with their “self driving options”

Did your parents have any kids that lived? Seriously, legitimate question. ....

Then you should understand where I’m coming from. Your mom worked hard, so did you, so have I. I don’t mind giving people a hand up. This is America. Thats what we do. People do fall on legitimate hard times. I will gladly help with that, and we do. However, why should we be penalized to support people without the…

Having pistol whipped several cars with dual clutch boxes from all of ze Germans on a track and autocross, its also fun to bang through the gears with the paddles, downshift lightning quick as you come hard into a corner and never have to take your hands of the wheel. I would never order such a car with a manual…

The DSG never gave me an issue. The engine on the other hand...

When I sold my 2006 GLI in 2010 for a 335d, the DSG box was $6k sold the car for $15k.....

If you get the opportunity to drive an M2, I highly recommend it. Its basically IMO the purist drivers car to come from the brand in a long time. M5 and M6 are big girls, but they hustle like lightweights. The DNA BMW puts in their chassis and suspension is legendary.

Ive had my 2014 now for 18 months and 7200 miles. Other than squeaky brakes, probably from sitting, I haven’t had a single issue. My 2006 had a warranty history that looked like a encyclopedia of automotive repairs.

The issue is take rates, development costs, emissions etc. Its difficult to make a business case for such things to a board of directors for a performance car, when BMW sold like three F10 M5s with manuals (i heard the number is somewhere in high double digits). Don’t get me wrong, I love manuals, bought my Jeep new…