That’s not how it works. For business purposes, the finances of the companies are more or less kept separate. Lamborghini still “pays” VW for the user of their platform although I’m sure it’s all worked into favorable deals.

My point is, IV is much more important to get the proper depth. IM is much easier to get right.

First just regular oversteer from heavy acceleration in the rain, then snap oversteer as the inexperienced driver attempted to correct. All of these effects are exaggerated when raining.

A base 330i costs about $40k. The base xDrive costs about $43k. I live next to the highest volume BMW dealership in the country, Crevier BMW. Their current new stock is virtually all under $50k. Out of over 60 cars, only 6 are above $50k and the highest priced one is $53k.

My N55 F30 is definitely “lifetime fill”. My service manual states:

You expect much from Jalopnik? It’s supposed to be 1/4" in diameter. 

It says a 1/4" in diameter, not depth. 

IM injections and tire punctures are quite different. And why use IM as an example? IM injections have a pretty broad range of puncture depth. An IV injection has far tighter tolerances.

Just curious if you actually drove the new 3 series. It just got into showrooms the past few months. It’s very very new. Not saying some people would prefer the C class. But the previous 3 series (up to MY2012-2o18 and still selling on new dealer lots) had a pretty subpar interior for the class.

I was asking specifically about xDrive cars. The F30 xDrive M Sport cars did NOT come with sport suspension unless you optioned the M Adaptive suspension which I believe was not even the same as the RWD M Sport Adaptive suspension. Basically, the previous xDrive M Sport cars were appearance packages. I’ve heard the…

I was speaking from an engagement standpoint. All the cars in this class have their strengths. The C Class is certainly a good car.

I fully agree. I also can’t stand the kids who’ve never driven a manual trying to claim they need a 0.5s lap time improvement for a track they will never race on. 

To be fair, BMW recommended lifetime fluid fill. Which is of course B.S. Although I bet some had to do with people using Prestone to fill up their radiator.

Probably not gonna happen, but we can dream. Pretty much all car companies are spending a ton of money on EV development. That’s a big reason why manual transmissions finally being finished off. It’s much cheaper to consolidate drivetrain options. BMW uses the ZF 8HP for pretty much all of their cars now except for…

In related news, the turn signal stalk is a real up/down stalk now. It stays up or down and you can disable it by centering it now.

The G20 3 series has no option for cooled seats at all.

Negative ghost rider.

Wait till you see how much you have to pay for Carplay. (on top of the options package to get it, you also have to pay a subscription fee for a fixed piece of hardware/software). Android Auto is not even offered.

As much as we rag on the 3 series, it’s still more fun than the C class. No contest.

The B48 and B58 (330i and M340i engines) now use two water pumps. One primary mechanical pump, and one aux pump for the turbocharger (since it might need cooling after the engine is shut off or more cooling when idle, etc.). This should vastly improve reliability.