That said, the Murciélago has three pedals, which is unpossible in a newer machine. There’ll always be a premium on a manual car, just because weirdos like me prefer them.

“how “passive, feminine responses” given by Alexa, Siri, and other virtual personal home assistants has been found to encourage abusive behavior toward the bot?

Counter-point: Alexa is dumber than a box of hair and a non-sentient machine. My wife’s told it to fuck off (as much as I have) when it gives us a…

In ‘Murrica land?  I don’t think you even get a RWD 2 with a stick these days.  If so, BMW buried it deep on the configurator.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. This is West Coast me.

Some dipshit totalled out my 2004 GTO by deciding that illegally passing a bus was a great way to make her shift at the local supermarket.

Replaced it with an E90 2011 335 xDrive with a manual. Expanding the pool, F30 335/340 xDrives can be had with a manual and on budget as…

You’d think an electric power-steering rack murdered their mother. I’m on an E9x Facebook group, and my god are they jackals at times:  Heaven forbid anyone discuss N51 or N52 performance enhancements.

Altra’s are the shit for trail.

I’ve drank the Hoka kool-aid for general-purpose running shoes.

Altra’s are the shit for trail.

I’ve drank the Hoka kool-aid for general-purpose running shoes.

Right church, wrong pew.  You’re gonna tell me there wasn’t an E9x M3 with manual that wasn’t available?

I sense a beatdown incoming.

Context: I am 42, was a kid brought up in the heyday of Boomer car-culture nostalgia and am the son of a ‘60s drag-racer/muscle-car guy. My favorite George Lucas movie is American Graffiti. I miss the days when the “oldies” station played music from the 50's and 60's. I spent my summers in…

As the owner of a 2011 335i xDrive with a manual, I like the cut of your jib.

I’ve pondered the V10 life, mainly an M6 manual to replace my late GTO. I’ve hear the horror stories. There’s an E60 M5 around the corner from me that’s had the engine out as long as I’ve lived here.  Would I be insane?

Ugh. Missed this boat but I’ma do it.

Kind of akin to the chassis-specific upgrades: I’m genuinely surprised no one mentioned raiding the parts bin. Things like getting your dirty dick-beaters on 243 heads for your LS1, or 799's if you were ballin’ on a budget. Putting CTS-V brakes on your GTmonarO. Honda and…

My old Garmin swore this was called the “North J Turnpike.”

I remember seeing this behavior stateside the other year: most of the Renegade sales are probably being cannibalized by it’s platform mate Compass. I’m guessing partially due to the larger size while essentially being identical but also because the Compass is built in ‘Murrica whereas the Rennie’s we get are probably…

You live in one of the happy lands where they didn’t discontinue the manual? I’ve a 2015 with the 1.4T FIRE and a stick. It’s spritely when pushed but a total dog off boost.

No one? Really, no one. This couldn’t be more apropos. Fiiiiiiiine.

Meh.

You heard me.

Call me when a designer for an open-world sequel to this leaks outta From. . .

I’m in the “Waiting ‘til 2023" camp. I’m enjoying not having a payment on the Jeep, and the Bimmer’ll off the books by then. Plus, I fully expect the 4K towing to magically become 5K towing by that point. Or, Jeebus willing, they’ll smash hybrid, AWD and 4K+ towing together, at which point vacuum decay will happen and…

Pretty much my thought, actually.  Rewatch the first trailers. This ain’t Link’s arm.

If he doesn’t climb into the nosecone in the next couple years, I’d lay odds he’ll never go up in any capacity.

“Sail away, to the cold expanse of space. Even love, couldn’t keep you in your place.”