Recent content by white98ls

"Vision is overrated." -Helen Keller, probably

I don't think they picked it as an all-time great - the feature on greatest American cars was a sidebar to their main story of the Celestiq. Without seeing the whole page for context, easy to misinterpret. Agree, the Lucid Air is lovely. I drove a base Pure trim the day after driving a base...

No noises at 19k on my '23 aside from the trunk lid creaking a little while opening.

I just got the latest issue of Car and Driver, and they had brief bit on the best American cars of all time. I don't know why it uploads sideways no matter how I rotate it, so you'll have to tilt your head... It's a short sentence. And props to the 4BW, too.

Good luck, haha. There's actually good space once you're in, it's just... getting in and out... Think of how agile the Emira felt compared to the Blackwing, then consider that an Emira is closer to a Blackwing in weight than it is to an Elise (Emira is 900lbs less than a 5BW, Elise is 1,250lbs...

That really sucks, I hadn't heard of that but it appears it's not uncommon at all. My other car is an '07 Elise (full fiberglass body) and there are no such issues - frustrating that they didn't figure that out for the Emira. Funny enough, owning a 5BW and Elise I wasn't all that amazed by my...

What's funny is after driving it from 66k to 95k miles in 6.5 years, I sold it for $5,200 more than I paid. E39 M5 have always had a huge price range between the 100k+ drivers (under $20k) and low-mileage, sought after color garage queens (6 figures).

Here's a data point. My '23 5BW which I bought at a $99k MSRP is worth $88k per KBB.com. A '23 BMW M5 with same miles and similar options (which would have retailed for $120-125k new) is worth $86k. CarGurus price trends indicate the same $2k advantage for the Blackwing, with the caveat that...

Somebody posted this in the Media Dumps thread a few days ago: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/videoDisplay.jsp?ttid=340&sc_src=email_6861365&sc_lid=722490863&sc_uid=gYzlyXdgz0&sc_llid=131726&sc_eh=6689de3b03c61a071&cid=R6380397&em_id=6861365&em_lid=Main+Test%3A+Image%3A+Michelin I'd be...

I also had this happen to mine about a month ago. Waiting until next oil change to take it in. Hopefully the new part solves the issue without just being the same part that is likely to fail again. Happened at 17k miles.

Not really in a parking spot, but in a parking lot at least!

Per the photo, I never hear this talked about but it appears engine power is reduced to some degree in all but Race 2. Any idea how much it's reduced? How about when PTM is off/normal? Am I running around with like 550hp unless I'm in the most lenient PTM mode? Would suck if that's the case for...

But the whole point is they last longer. So you'll be stuck with them for like 4-5 years!

Highway in anything is pretty boring. 5BW gets halfway decent highway mileage, maybe 24mpg? To me it seems a little silly to buy a brand new, yet boring car, to get what, 30% better mpg? I'd either get something outrageously cushy and quiet used (an 8-9 year old 7-series is like $20k) or - I...

I might be wrong, but I don't think you can do that with a dual-mass flywheel. Believe I read that from way back in my E39 M5 days.