Although I’m not the biggest fan of Tesla (yes I decry their build quality, low-rent interiors, and insufferable fanboys), you have to admit this is kinda cool. Tesla is getting dangerously close to being able to build a fun car. Yeah, I’ll buy gasoline engine cars until I can’t, but I don’t dread the day my wife buys…

Being the performance model, I feel like they probably put some summer tires on it. Considering how much torque those motors have, and the fact that a professional test driver is behind the wheel, I doubt it’d have any trouble doing this with virtually any road tire.

Knowing the displacement of an engine these days is simply not as relevant as it used to be. With the prevalence of forced induction, a 2.0T engine can easily make more power than an old 4.2L V8. 3.0L turbo engines these days can vary in power between 300hp to 500hp. What’s the point of knowing that it displaces 3.0 L…

I bet if you live in an area where gasoline is expensive (like downtown Chicago or San Francisco), then they can save money by purchasing it from a different area and trucking it over. As long as they are able to get enough customers to cut down on drive time per customer.

Right? My father-in-law has a very successful business he works at about 10-12 hours a day EVERY day and most holidays. Dude is nearly 70 years old. He probably makes in the range of 2-4M per year from his various sources of income.

In a country that increasingly requires jobs in the service industry, if people find this service worth it, then what is the problem? Some people get a job, and others who are too busy to go to a gas station pay just a little more for a big convenience. Even if you don’t use it often, it could come in handy if you’re…

How exciting. Is this really worth its own post?

Subways are mostly franchised businesses. They are basically small businesses owned by a regional or sometimes even single restaurant owner that pays a franchise fee to Subway. How they’re managed is purely up to those individual owners. Staffing and pretty much all day to day operations are handled by these managers. 

There are probably some technical reasons like durability and hopping curbs, but a big consideration is probably also simply cost. Big aluminum wheels are almost purely cosmetic for something like a big SUV. 

Except keyfobs still need to have the buttons on them. And putting buttons on a credit card thin “key” would be terribly unreliable and probably hard to push. Also, it’s a good idea to have a backup physical key in case your keyfob battery dies. Or if your car battery dies. A credit card key couldn’t fit a physical…

I know this is just for fun, but 10% still seems high. Someone making $13,000/month shouldn’t be spending $1,300/month on a car. Someone making $5,000/month shouldn’t be spending $500/month on a car. That’s like someone making $60k/year leasing a BMW 340i or financing a BMW 330i.

This is obviously tongue in cheek. No one will buy this car with an auto loan.

Well ECU flashes (with end-user DME unlocking) have only recently started being done on F30/F80 cars which are by far the largest markets for the Cobb APs. I’m sure Cobb will be releasing a tuner for these cars soon. In the meantime, you can get some really good products from BootMod3 and MHD.

Backup cameras are a thing because while only 210 people die each year, over 15,000 are injured. And the big kicker is that 31% of those deaths are from children 5 and younger. When a lot of little kids die, laws get passed. Like it or not, that’s just how it is.

Of course a well designed medium sized car is probably safer than a poorly designed medium sized CUV. However, IN GENERAL, everything else being equal, it’s far safer to be hit while in an (unibody) SUV not just because of mass, but also because of ride height. It’s also still a bit safer when hitting a stationary…

Uh,except for this small relevant bit:

It’s always nostalgia. No one buys a classic car for $100k+ just because it goes fast in a straight line. They buy them for nostalgia, just like the Integra Type-R. I don’t know if you’ve actually driven an Integra Type-R, but don’t let the fact that it’s FWD fool you. It handles amazingly well. Modern cars might have…

Actually yes. I’ve bought three new manual cars in the past 8 years and I am in the market for another one soon. I was hoping the upcoming G20 M340i would be available in a manual but that is automatic only. So as long as the G80 M3 is in the same price range as the current one and is available with a stick, I’ll…

Only the very small engine options available in Europe will be available with a manual. And the G8X M3/M4.

If they improve the steering and exhaust note, and keep the manual transmission, that’s all the improvement it’ll need. Honestly, more power isn’t what’s needed, it’s improved steering and handling. Handling is already pretty good on the F80, but they could do a bit better refining the car to be more “BMW-like”.