I was just about to say this. OP makes the exact same points as Jason Cammisa's review of the 5BW. Amazing car, but you only get 1, maybe 2 shifts before you are in lose-your-license territory. 4BW solves that to some extent.
33k miles on mine, still look new. I wipe them down with Meguiar's interior quick detailer about every 1-2 months. I am getting some wear on the driver's side left bolster, probably from my belt sliding against it getting in and out of the car, but that part is black, not grey.
I like to see that correct logic reigns in your house, i.e. the solution to too much Blackwing is, of course, More Blackwing.
Remember, the backseat of your Blackwing is priceless.
-LL Cool Yogurt
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As I think I mentioned earlier in the thread, I had a Lyric loaner for a few weeks when my BW was in for service and waiting for parts. I really liked it for what it was, i.e. a large, comfortable SUV. I took my family on a small road trip in it and it was great on the highway, super...
The video compares sounds in Tour and V-Mode, but V-mode isn't an exhaust setting.
To my ears the AWE exhaust sounds good in the drive-by portion, but idle straight up sounds like a fart...way worse than stock. Build quality looks impressive as always for AWE products...I had an AWE exhaust on...
That is Wave. That specific car (#17 at Spring Mountain) has already been posted in this thread twice! First by Mirza, and next by bloominguez. 👍
I also found it in the background of some of my SM photos as well.
In my opinion, this is the perfect Blackwing: 5BW, Wave/Bronze/Sky Cool Grey/Carbon. If you tell me it is also a manual with carbon ceramic brakes, you may need to up the security on your garage.
In case anyone was wondering what Wave Blue and Coastal Blue look like next to each other, let me show you my driveway:
Wife got a new Honda Prologue, which is made by GM, right down to the colors. My verdict is that Coastal Blue is a fine color, but Wave still looks best on a Blackwing.
A few ideas:
Bronco manual
WRX
Audi B6 S4 manual
Find an older X3, X5, or Cayenne with a manual (rare, but they do exist)
Man up and get snow tires for the BW
By all accounts the Lucid is a fantastic sports sedan, but I will never buy another car without Apple Carplay. We don't have it in my wife's Tesla and it is infuriating.
It's actually 40 and 20 degrees, but obviously if you live in a climate that sees winter you get winter-capable tires. It's not an excuse not to drive the car.
Yes, my noise was coming from the valves themselves at the rear of the car. It was hard to hear with the windows up, but very obvious from outside the car or with the windows down in a parking garage.
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