Replaced a fuel sensor in my car and in the process of disassembly one of the intake manifold nuts fell off and, of course, perfectly between the block and the high pressure fuel pump. Being a BMW, the nut is special order and to remove the fuel pump requires a whole other set of items and they recommend replacing…

Was driven at service intervals and annually I’m sure for functionality. It all just added up over 20+ years. Even at only 20 years old it’s still only 7 miles a year. Hell McLaren probably puts it on a rolling road dyno for service interval check ups.

A big potentially overlooked question here is whether this will be kept when he has kids or not. When I was single (and 28) I wished I had a true two door, since a pure fun car should be as impractical as possible. Now though with planning to have our kids I’m glad I have a 2+2. I’ll actually be able to keep it with a…

I meant to add, I fly into Munich on sundays for work and head west on the A8 then north to our offices. On Sunday the autobahn is deserted and it’s fully derestricted virtually the entire way without interruption. If anyone wants to experience the autobahn of their dreams make that drive (oh and almost no trucks…

The point is that everywhere has traffic, it’s just that you’re free to focus on traffic vs cops and speed as commented. It’s true it’s no driving nirvana, but if you’re realistic it’s as close as you can get, namely with freedom.

Does he have an itemized list he can send to Jalopnik to post with prices for interested parties?

I absolutely love these articles and wish Jalopnik did more of them. Kudos.

1st Gear: Didier has apparently never heard of supercars or any other vehicle that is for all intents and purposes useless on the road but people continue to buy them for bragging rights.

It will look like this, it is hideous.

Hate to break it to you, but it looks just like the real deal will in the god awful front. First time I saw it in person it took everything I had not to say something that would insult my chaperones. The headlights looked even skinnier and the grill even larger in real life, it is absolutely atrocious. The G01 (X3)…

The car I “learned to drive” on my dad’s lap in our driveway was a 900S. I absolutely loved that car. It taught me what character means in a car. GM is like a bipolar person, they either build stuff that is truly insane (Camaro ZL1 1LE) or the stuff the people who write tax code think is exciting (Equinox, Malibu,…

God GM manages to screw up everything.

This is truly my favorite set of articles on jalopnik, please keep them coming.

100% reread this issue a thousand times as a kid.

Gasoline vs free superchargers is major component.

If he makes it like I think it will become the start of the legend, last year Verstappen in the rain in Brazil passing nearly everyone (can’t remember which lap had the most).

LOVED this article. Still pissed at my mom to this day for throwing every one away when I went away to college and forgot to take them. I think I had damn near every issue.

I’m all for small business, but dealerships are overwhelmingly shady. There’s not a single other franchise like them, no one who runs another franchise (i.e. A pizza place) is as loathed by employees and customers. If the OEM actually ran the dealerships this would work far better.

The way my clothes feel after a trans-oceanic flight though is truly distusting. I’m not going to make my $1500-$2000 suit gross for meetings all week as a result or feel uncomfortable sleeping in it. If it was a normal in the US hop I guess I’d feel differently though.

Do not buy a GTI, it is the opposite of what you want, a car with soul. I got one as a completely logical, rational option only to find it is capable but amazingly dull, clinical, and boring. It’s like that person who is never bad to have around but never really does anything to create any lasting memories. I cannot…