The quick tip here should be to install a loose lug nut/bolt so that the wheel doesn’t come flying off and scratch the face of it all up.

This happened to me this weekend on my E46. However it didn’t fall on the aero tray, it fell onto the tray that directs air to cool the brakes. Took me forever to find

I test drove a good example of an MSM and I just couldn’t buy it. It didn’t feel like my original NB. The entire driving experience changes when you turbocharge these cars. Factory or not it just didn’t feel as special or as simplistic as my NB. I never did find a suitable NB instead I found an E46 330i that I’ve been…

You’ve obviously never been to Boston. Roads are just old cow trails that often end for no reason, and the drivers are much worse than DC.

Might I make a suggestion? Soak the parts in diesel fuel. Then use that fuel for a waste heater or the like. Works like a charm.

I got a ticket for expired registration in VA. I live in MD with valid MD tags, title, and registration. However because I was too lazy to scrape the VA registration from the PO off my windshield I got a ticket. Fought it in court and won but wasted a day driving in the DC/NOVA demolition derby that is the 495…

Early iShift didn’t have clutch control, which meant you needed to use it for starts/stops but since shifting is done without the clutch the iShift did all the gear shifts for you.

Again with me, the enthusiast who bought literally the car above (down to the colors). My reasons for buying it;

Maybe we need to take a page out of Japan’s book. Fund the rail system infrastructure with tax-payer dollars, then sell the system to private companies to run.

I must have gotten spoiled in Japan (actually I’m sure I was). I lived in Tokyo for 6 months and not only were the subways, trains ect, always on time, clean, but there were like 4 different options. 2 subway lines, and 2 train lines.

Yeah that I don’t know. I do know that my bone stock ‘06 TDI rips a large cloud of soot on startup. I bought the ‘06 because I didn’t believe or trust the LNT (lean NOx trap) technology to work/be durable. Turns out I was right for the wrong reasons.

This is a hot button for me. This is literally what I do for a living. I’m a calibration engineer for a HD Diesel OEM. I do aftertreatment work.

There’s a few problems with your argument. VW violated the clean air act which is supposed to protect us and ensure healthier lives. If you don’t care about that, can I come over and poison your well with a little bit of arsenic and lead?

Will a study by MIT satisfy you?

They wouldn’t be able to exit the market and avoid the fine. The US and Germany are too close of allies (in trade and politics) for Germany to fight off the US’s lawsuit of VW.

VW’s cheat device meant that they polluted 40X more than other “perfectly legal” diesel cars. Everyone in the industry wondered how VW got by without SCR and then we come to find out that they didn’t. There are laws that define how much a car can pollute outside of test conditions as well and VW violated those…

“Earth Dreams Technology” has to be the worst/most pretentious one out there.

I think you will find that slightly used, economical/frugal cars, depreciate so slowly it’s almost not worth buying used. You might remember me as “The Camry guy”. But incase you aren’t tired of hearing it, we bought a 2015 Camry SE for $20,500. When I looked at 2012 models with 30K-40K miles selling for ~18,000 it…

I’m actually a calibration engineer, although I work in MD/HD exclusively. So I have some experience with the EPA, although not in this particular case. The EPA does extensive studies on available technologies and the costs involved, and they do this with every rule they make, not just cars. So while ICE may be…

Your assumption is that it’s easier to get a larger vehicle to meet these standards vs getting a smaller vehicle to meet these standards. An F150 is ~70 sq ft which by 2025 has a CAFE target near 45 mpg. The Honda fit ~40 sqft has a 2025 target ~61 mpg.

I can tell you with certainty that the EPA certainly didn’t want…