I grew up in the DMV, lived in Madison, WI for 18 years, and moved back last year. 2018 was the first season I was once again a local and I paid less attention to the Skins than I ever have. They’re exhausting to devote energy towards. During their season opener against Arizona, I went to Target and a dispensary, both…

The M5 is awd that you can flip a switch to make rwd.

Came here for the Turbografx-16 reference, was not disappointed.

M5 Competition is awd-only, so yeah. 

It will have all those things, but the door handles will be cloth straps instead, for lightness!

The main difference between a good fwd with LSD and other drivetrain layouts is the driving style for turns. Fwd + LSD your best move is to trail brake to load up the front tires and help turn-in, get the car pointed the right way into the turn, then feed in gas to power out of the turn. The diff *should* send power…

See, exactly! 🧐 Built to lease, not to keep long term. It’s not AMG Benz level repair costs but there are many common things that break and are 4-figure “wear items” that crop up if you hold on to the thing. Like...high pressure fuel pumps. Got me a fresh one of those a while back just like every other N54 & N55.

My 335xi hasn’t had much go wrong lately because I already fixed most of the common things that go wrong with them. So while I could hold on to it and probably be fine for a while, it's still rolling the dice.

I’m in the Maryland burbs of DC and wish Japanese Classics was here, but they’re actually in Richmond, VA.

I had a 135is DCT and I’m selling my modded E92 335xi 6MT. I’ve enjoyed driving them but they’re also a pain in the ass. The depreciation, lack of reliability, difficulty of repair, and parts costs are what pushed me away. They truly are built to be leased. 

I’m in the process of selling the second and most likely final BMW that I’ve owned. For many reasons, including this. 

I live in the DC area. Traffic here is garbage, and Google Maps or Waze is far superior to any car’s built-in navigation. I have an Android phone expect a modern car to be able to put Google Maps or Waze from my phone on its main dashboard screen. This is not some wild crazy thing to want from a performance-oriented…

The BMW X2 M35i does also get the LSD.

I suppose that’s possible, but they’re not exactly the types to deep dive into settings and twiddle things. I often see them doing something with their phones that’s the long, roundabout way of getting there and point out an easier way of accomplishing that thing.

My wife’s 2018 Mazda CX-5 is surprisingly quiet for a sporty-ish mainstream brand car. 

Sounds like at least with regard to the safety nannies that this car was a dud.

The Supra has BMW’s M Sport Differential that’s available on the G20 3-series and Z4. It’s an eLSD. I wonder if it’s doing something like locking up 50/50 on a hard launch which is causing a lot of wheelspin in 1st gear on a wet dragstrip.

Good catch.

Car prices in the UK include VAT. Car prices in the US don’t include sales tax.

My dad was shopping for a new car in 1996 to replace his 1990 Acura Legend coupe. He had an interesting list that included an E39 540i (that wasn’t actually out yet so he test drove an E34 instead), W210 E420 (that was also not quite out yet but the W210 E320 had just hit dealers so he test drove one of those),…