Listened to this last night: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/12/05/673934667/episode-533-why-car-safety-is-a-trade-barrierHeh. I was wondering if someone was going to bring up the Euro tongue weight bit. Fine, fine.
I'm still going to put a hitch rack on the back of a 911 if I ever get one.
I've got the ZF 8HP in my Volvo as well. A fine transmission indeed. My only complaint about it is that its workings are indecipherable due to everything being shrouded:
Yup. Even things as simple as whether there should be amber for turn signals (there should).
Scam IME. FIrst, if you actually use it as a run-flat, as in with no pressure, it destroys the sidewall and you have to buy a new one. Then you have to buy either 2 or 4, depending on if you are 2wd or AWD. If you were able to keep pressure in it, either due to self-sealing (I've had a few punctures do this) or fix-a-flat, a normal tire would have worked anyway and you didn't need that run-flat. If it's a catastrophic failure, which is very rare with modern tires, then a run-flat won't help at all. They destroy the road-feel and handling and are just a way for the manufacturers and tire companies to make more money, playing on people's "spare tire anxiety". Modern tires are great and unless you are running them down to chords, they should be just fine. A good sealant kit will fix most anything you'll encounter and if it doesn't, chances are it's something a run-flat won't help with. If it's a performance car, life is too short to not experience summer performance tires IME (and get a set of winters or all-seasons).
The M doesn't even have an option for a spare. They just assume you are going to call AAA, apparently.
Most of the current BMWs don't, not just the M. There are some aftermarket kits you can buy though.
That's like an 80 year old car, I mean all of the current models. Not just the Ms.
Rod bearings as a maintenance item? LOL
My Golf R came with non-runflat 19" low profile tires and no spare or jack, just a bottle of fix-a-flat in the toolkit. A spare tire can be fitted and some people do that, but I agree for daily commuting use that's not necessary. Maybe if you did a lot of long road trips through rural areas, it would make sense to carry a spare.
For my R, I traded a park spoke tensiometer for a compact spare that a friend got with his Alltrack. He upgraded to a full size spare. I spend way too much time on dirt roads in the mountains with no cell service to rely on sealant or AAA.
What Volvo did you get? And how did you manage to buy a car without RM thread
Because yuppie life is essentially boring?
So spending countless hours considering your next large and unnecessary purchase isn't the meaning of life?
It will improve my life if I get it optimized, I swear.
I’d have one again if lane splitting were legal here, or more likely the less slow Yamaha rendition of that idea.
I guess I did still have it in Seattle. Most of my riding was out on Long Island.
no, there was a little red badge on the back
lezabians next to me have a brodozer
I thought the sports car was weird because the entire time I've known them Joey has always driven Toyota trucks. Maybe she's having a midlife crisis.
Only going for RWD Sprinter?
I'm all-in ~$30k at this point. New M5 is $100k. New M3 is $70k and not a manual. Am I pissed that I had to spend a ton of unexpected money up front? Yes. Do I still want the car? Yes.
And a new Chevy SS is 40K w/bombproof LS3.
