I’d still get the Golf R. More practical hatchback, manual, and interior more than nice enough, considering the savings. Then again, I’m not a brand-conscious hipster programmer, I’m a banker, and we are all about value for money.
I had to read that a few times to grasp the meaning, in fairness to OP.
I’m not saying BMW didn’t make any engineering mistakes, just that it doesn’t care about there being a million-mile BMW out there that Jalopnik reports on, because its customers are not the type (generally speaking) to drive a new car to 100k+ miles.
All those companies have had a pretty long run, and they seem to be doing just fine. You are in a minority of people shopping in that price range, it would seem.
Ah yes, the car salesman competition sucks rant. Reason 1,232,436 why shopping at a dealer blows.
Is Ricciardo the only F1 driver in history to sport mutton chops?
The Ferrari dude has the best hair in F1.
I would love for F1 to become more popular, so I could watch the races live without having to pay Comcast $5,000,000/mo for a dozen other sports channels I’ll never watch. As it stands, the only races I can watch are Monaco, COTA, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico.
If it’s at least as durable as a shingle roof, this is an excellent idea. I’ve always thought I’d love to power a house strictly off solar, but panels are so ugly it’s hard to swallow.
No kidding. What’s your point? My point was that BMW doesn’t care if the V10 in the M5 grenades after the warranty runs out because by then its original new car customer has traded up for something newer; ergo planned obsolescence is a myth. New BMW buyers don’t buy a new car when theirs breaks, they buy one when…
Or it’s called the “Why spend more money than we have to developing a car that will run for 10 years and 200k miles, when 98% of our customers trade up every 3-5 years or less, anyway” effect.
I am confused by your post. Presumably, by Vestappel, you mean Verstappen, and Vettel and he are not teammates. Vettel races for Ferrari, Verstappen for Red Bull.
I’m pissed I clicked on this stupid, clickbait article. You’re a hack.
Yeah, that seems like a spiteful penalty.
Wow, I don’t know if that was necessary. He wasn’t overly aggressive in my opinion. In fact, watching it, I thought the error was on Ricciardo, not Vettel. Just seemed like he dove too hard as Vettel cut for the apex.
Vettel chased him down from, what, P10 and had what should have been a legit pass, and you don’t think he deserved third?
I agree the stewards allowing Ham/Ros to stay 1-2 was bullshit, but seeing as Verstappen made his own error, and that if he’d have stayed on the track there’s no way Vettel wouldn’t have gotten by, he should have just let him go.
Vettel definitely deserved third; he raced his ass off to get there, and from what I saw he didn’t do anything untoward to Ricciardo, other than drive defensively. Ricci made a tremendously ballsy pass attempt and failed. Verstappen was a true dickface not letting Vettel by, but as hard as he worked to stay in third…
Yes, because if there’s one word that can describe Jeremy Clarkson, it’s unctuous.