I have been wondering this myself through this whole scandal. Seems so arbitrary. I live in LA and I feel like, USC is fine but, don’t see it as a beacon of prestige or anything. I’m pretty sure the northeast doesn’t care about it at all. Read more

I don’t think you have to much to worry about:) Read more

Already blogged about that one! But also... early ML build quality was bad. Read more

Well here’s hoping you had fun along the way! Read more

Haha, yeah. My friends and I used to do stuff like this with bicycles. (Try to put two wheels on the front, replace the wheel with a lawnmower wheel.) Good times... I miss doing that stuff. Read more

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There are a lot of reasons a car could go to auction. A lot of them are trades like you said, some are repos, some are liquidated fleet cars, some were caught up in legal trouble (owner arrested, car impounded and never reclaimed), some were left at repair shops with unpaid bills. Some were just sitting on dealer lots… Read more

Yes, it was actually. Only early ones and only with the six-cylinder. They are extremely rare but they do exist! Read more

Early Z3? M Roadsters are expensive but I think there’s a not-the-smallest engine option Z3 that’s supposed to be decent. I would say “early Boxster” but everybody will reply that they are too expensive to take care of. (I think you could do one under budget if you don’t put a ton of miles on it.)

Whoa! Cool. Read more

Haha, verily. Read more

“Vapid” is GTA’s fake “Ford,” brand, so like the Vapid Sand King is a fake Ford Raptor/F-250/monster truck, this a fake Ford GT, (though as I said, I do think it looks much more like this Ferrari). There are some other ones... basically a running theme of the whole game is teasing southern California about being… Read more

That’s the video game one. It’s supposed to be a joke/parody/for the lols. Read more

whoa cool cameo by Andrew’s iPhone SE Read more

The wheels are interesting. I like them, actually. Read more

Alas, this option is not available stateside! Read more

The E30 M3 is one of those cars I briefly got bored of hearing about simply because it is a Car Enthusiast cliché but I’ll be damned if it doesn’t just look dope as hell. Read more

Doors off, windows off, roof on is the best configuration IMO:

Does anyone particularly like or dislike the usage of small embedded slideshows to show details? Read more

I feel like this post could kick off a whole sub-thread about different perspectives of what is comfortable. An E63 is luxurious, but I would not describe it as comfortable. The seats in our test car were very hard and the ride was definitely on the stiff side.
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