Recent content by xeerohour

Congrats on the new ride, that green is beautiful. I tend to agree with OP's overall impressions. If I didn't want a manual, I'd be hard pressed to justify the Blackwing over the RS3. I had an RS3 ('19) for a couple years before I sold it, had a cup of coffee with an m340i (which was the worst...

That depends, does the dog have to be in it at the time?

Yep, I'm about 18months in on mine and there's nothing out there that appeals to me more. I tend to have the bad habit of a wandering eye, but I literally can't think of a better sedan that does the job as a dad-mobile while being fun and engaging (the manual helps a lot with that).

Ok, as far as navigation goes, I bet even without unlimited data you have multiple gigs of data, more than enough to handle navigation. Not only that, but at something like $20 a month for on-star, you can almost certainly get a plan for your phone cheaper than onstar. Also your phone will warn...

It's almost like there are reasons why cars are made a certain way. If only the people who worked on them were here on this specific forum explaining why... Oh wait.

I remember being at Spring Mountain and the instructor saying "And how are you, young man?" because I was clearly the youngest in the class. I was 39 at the time.

This article is so good. I've had my 4 a bit under a year now, recently came back from Spring Mountain, and I just wanna say thanks to the team behind it. This car does everything I want it to do - from feeling safe at 120mph to holding two car seats in the back. From annoying my neighbors with...

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a40992058/cadillac-ct5-v-blackwing-engine-failure/

I have an nd1 soft top with the BBS/Brembo package. It's perfect for my use - five years old, got about 15k miles on it (I've only owned it since February, but I spent a while tracking down a used one with low miles and the brembo/bbs package). I slap a booster seat in the passenger side and...

It's way better than the ATS was, at least according to others. But ultimately the ct4 is a 30k car that they stuck a giant engine in. I opted to upgrade the seats (and get the sky cool grey) and get the alcantara. Coming from German cars I knew that for long term living with it, and my wife's...

To add on to the interior debate - I sold my BMW m340i at the beginning of this year before I bought my blackwing. The BMW interior is better, hands down. Screens are brighter and bigger, the doors are heavier, there's less cheap plastic, it feels more spacious. Seriously, the extra couple...

Former WRX owner (traded it on an RS3, which according to the guy who sold it to me was actually pretty common). Now my garage is a Miata and a Blackwing, with the wife driving a Q5. So I'd say you nailed your target audience. Honestly, at this point, I can't think of a better setup for me...

The new plate with the reasons I chose it

Any tips for people flying in to Vegas and renting a car? Looks like I can't fly out the day it ends, so I'm gonna spend a night somewhere and explore.

@azeyecap what a fantastic writeup. I'm scheduled to go out in November and I'm honestly nervous, because it'll be my first track day... ever. Your post helped a lot with your similar perspective and honest accounting of your skills. Sounds like you learned a bunch and had a good time. Thank...