In my first five hours with the car I did the LA trifecta: picked up a friend at LAX, went to In-N-Out, ripped up Angeles Crest.

Is it really going to snow in the Bay Area next week? 🧵 The coldest air mass since 2023 is forecast to move over the region Tuesday & Wednesday, dropping the freezing level below 3,000 feet. Snow can fall 500 to 1,000 feet below the freezing level and heavy showers can temporarily drag it lower.

China teaching America how to build a proper Buick.

This is basically like the 1980s when VW and Jeep went to China and built cars in joint venture with local firms because China didn't have the knowledge to build a modern automobile. I'll be driving a 2030 SAIC-VW Santana, made in Milwaukee.

QOTD (New for ‘96 podcast edition): What is the best one-model-year-only design cue? A 1-year-only tell that lets you know a car can only be from that year. Example: little baskethandle rear spoiler for the CHMSL on 1995 Porsche 993

Bentley Azure Mulliner. What a beautiful car.

AARP spec.

I didn’t know there was a C350.

Bentley Turbo R @tamerlaneblog.bsky.social #weirdcarbs

for 1990 only the volvo 760 featured a wider set of taillights than its 740 brethren.

The round-topped rear wheel arches that ID the one-model-year-only (in the US) 1991 Audi 200 20v quattro.

Got It In The Good Color

The chrome spear on the ‘95 Contour lets you distinguish it from a ‘96, which went to body color

The entire design of the 1989 Probe GT The wheels on the OG Taurus SHO, which let you tell the difference between 89, 90, and 91 (at least as delivered)

The only one I can think of is the weird E60 like wheels on the last year of the E39.

Only '81 had the Chicken on the fuel door

I have one! This grille with the outer headlights in separate trim was 1969 only. 68 and 70 has the grill opening in the center and the headlights paired together in their own trim on either side.

A: I’m thinking of replacing my 3 with an X. B: Have you considered a Lucid Gravity? A: No, Te$la has the best FSD in the industry. B: @niedermeyer.online

QOTD (New for ‘96 podcast edition): What is the best one-model-year-only design cue? A 1-year-only tell that lets you know a car can only be from that year. Example: little baskethandle rear spoiler for the CHMSL on 1995 Porsche 993

There's a Honda Odyssey in my neighborhood with the plate "ILIAD"

Here is one from the mid 80s

This is the first CRX. Not "a" first one, THE first. For North America, vin 000001

And I just saw a gorgeous red Giulia. My decision will literally be based on my fickle mood on the morning of purchase.

Like, I kinda want the granny spec V8 LS. I didn’t realize the six-cylinder LS500 has been around since 2017.

lunchtime browsing today in Not Rosso Corsa News: no clue what the actual shade here as the listing doesn’t specify, but (1) it isn’t red and (2) that spec is *wild* and that interior choice is sublime rmsothebys.com/auctions/cc2...

Regular car door handle appreciation post

TIL that moth is from Suriname.

Schadenfreude says Mirai or Alfa, actually wanting you to have a functional automobile, the Lexus

QOTD: What do YOU think I should get? (Does not have to be one of the below cars.)

fyi there are Skechers (for kids) with a built-in garage for Hot Wheels. houseofheat.co/sketchers-garage-toy-car-kids-shoes instagram.com/reels/DUnevI4kYIm/

Um why does the local Maserati dealership only have two new cars in stock? Both are 2025 Grecales.

Abarth Quattroporte Voyager #Stellantis

Are original Mini Coopers dreadful to drive on American interstates?

If an airplane has StarLink and someone uses a ton of bandwidth does that usage incur cost to the airline or StarLink? If the airline has a flat rate unlimited contract using more costs StarLink. But that seems unlikely. Just trying to figure out the best way to stick it to The Man.

Which reminds me, tomorrow is the 12th anniversary of the Corvette Museum sinkhole in Bowling Green, KY.

Boy, the next three years are gonna be pretty exciting.

It’s always a Tesla; episode # 38267

QOTD: What is your perfect two-BMW garage?

This was the raddest car I spotted in French Guiana. I wonder what’s it going to be in Dutch Guiana.

Incredible update: "This article was updated to note that CNN reports there were at least four party balloons shot down by DOD, not just one." gizmodo.com/one-mexican-...

‘I Could Totally Do That,’ Says Correct Man Watching Luge Event https://theonion.com/i-could-totally-do-that-says-correct-man-watching-luge-event/

1. James Van der Beek selling cars. 2. RIP 3. Was this an Autoblog series? youtu.be/tLuP4ShAUnw?...

As a board certified BMW hater, the answer is simple E34 M5 Wagon w/Nurburgring package in purple 1M, in fuckoff orange As a certified hater I will not provide photos, simply know I am correct

A Model X was backing out of a parking spot and two of its wheels just scraped/crunched a curb. It drove away with a plastic wheel well liner(?) or bumper thumping.

This is a weird looking car

So wrong and yet so right.

Going to say that the answer is E28 535i and E39 M5 with a combined 700,000 miles, because suggesting I want anything else would be admitting to my mistakes

QOTD: What is your perfect two-BMW garage?