The cars and bikes thread!

[tribe125]

I’ve always liked Skodas.

Me too. I even liked the Skoda Estelle of the 1970s -




That’s almost a Saab.


And the Rapid -




That’s almost a gentleman’s express.

Comedians made jokes about them, but they were better-built than most of the cars coming out of British factories - and radios were standard.

[geoffbot]

Not broken

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[Samanator]

Which model M4, mine or the new one?

My manual is slick. Way better than say the mustang which was grim.

New. As I said I like the new noses much better. There were no M3 Comps to be found in three states (Dallas TX was the closest I found and they would not hold the car for me), and it was not supper clear what trans is in those. If it is the tried and true ZF 8 speed auto then that would be fine(Had it in three Jags), but with no manual the auto manual in a BMW is a non-starter. Every BMW person I trust said to stay away from those, and had the horror stories to go along with their point. The new M4 manual feels like it has rubber bands in the mech and is a sloppy mess that you're never quite sure where each gear will be when you shift since it seems to float around. No clue what the older one was like. That the manual gives away 40 hp and like 70ft/lbs of torque to the auto and you can't get AWD in the manual also doesn't help.

[geoffbot]

Gotcha

[Samanator]

I love it. One of my wife's clients asked her to meet him half way to Ft Lauderdale (which is about two hours away) since he fears his EV cannot make it up and back in one charge (About 190 round trip). These are still five years or more away from being usable cars except for local commuters. It's not range anxiety, it's reality. These things are not baked yet no matter how much KoolAid you drink. Won't have one until they can still go 500 miles on a charge after they are three years old, or can charge from near dead to full in 10-15 minutes.

This makes as much sense as solar for the house which based on the quote I just got would cost $276 a month when my average electric bill is $139. Add that I don't need to replace it every 15 years in Florida or possible have to still buy electric from the electric company on bad whether days. This is only good for the guy selling the systems. This is also technology that is not quite baked IMO, but probably more along than electric vehicles.

[Raza]

Yeah grim. Also, no manuals in the uk any more. I'll stick with the current.

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I think this new grille is unbelievably hideous. I really don’t know what is going on with BMW these days.

[litlmn]

I kind of like it better (see other post). At least it doesn’t look like everything else. This look is one of the first times I’ve kind of considered a BMW in years.

I used to always have Audi’s up until I bought the 911 Cab. The models all had distinctive looks. Now from the front I really can’t tell one from the other including the SUV’s. The only exception is the ultra cool hi-performance wagon they have. It makes me want to spend far more than I want to for a car when I see one. Mercedes has done the same thing. They each had a distinct look which I still miss the round headlights on the E class. Now only the GT looks different to me from the front.

The BMW cars are starting to look better to me. In a way it’s kind of the Audi grill with a bar in the middle, but that kind of makes it look better to me.


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The is really only 3 distinctive front ends on the Audis now. The bar grille, honeycomb, and no opening. The sedans and suvs have the bar grill as base, suv vertical and sedan horizontal. The s lines have the honeycomb and the e trons have a weird no opening version.

All that said I would take an RS6 in a heartbeat no matter which one it had.


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[tribe125]

Not broken.

Good.

[geoffbot]

Good.

How are your ailments?

[tribe125]

I think this new grille is unbelievably hideous.

It is. BMWs should be svelte. Iron fist in a velvet glove and all that.

This looks like a car you wouldn’t make way for when it steams up behind you.