Recent content by jbawden

@0Vloc Excellent parking spot discipline!

I'm not a lesbian so one car isn't "good", but that is a decent list if I just wanted a transportation device.

"Good" is a subjective measure.

We dropped our last daughter at college last weekend, so our nest is empty. I love my girls, but between us I'm really enjoying a house that is free of 26 half full water cups, 11 wet towels in various rooms, clothes everywhere, free of the one that is obsessed with pan frying broccoli and...

Then you of all people should be manifesting the Bagon into reality in 2029!

Manalive those are some serious track day consumable costs! No wonder the track rats recommend iron brakes for these cars.

I'm not sure I understand your bullet points; are you trading the BW for a C8 and adding a daily? Or is this a weekend car discussion? If you're going for a one car solution, C8 isn't solving those points and seems like a major step back in terms of your family needs. I've never made a car...

The question came up at SM and it was determined to change the throttle mapping, as @BimmerFan said.

So many chores got done. Missed everyone!

One has to take an almost scientific procedure to determine oil usage rates. Consistent conditions for checking the level are step one. I think an overnight rest on level ground is the generally preferred process.

I have 56" race ramps and they work on my non-CF 5.

Interesting on the break-in...geez at this rate (of miles) it will be 2027 before get full acoustic range! Like most systems, the source matters and XM is probably the worst source due to the compression algorithms. I have adjusted the EQ as I usually do, a general U shape. I think its a good...

While technically I paid for the "free" SM experience, I'd never pay $3500 cash for it. I'd use that $ for some one-on-one instruction at a track near me. I'm not a Vegas fan boy, but in 2-night doses my wife and I have a good time.

I wouldn't pick the 5BW as my endurance race weapon, that 16.5 tank at 3mpg track average doesn't yield much range. I took this after lunch when the tech filled my tank after some hot laps on day two at SM.

My wife was going to go with me, but changed her mind. Now with the experience done, it was the right choice for her not to join me. She really isn't into cars that much and becoming homeless the second day (check out is 11am) would have been a drag for her. I intentionally picked a Wed-Thu...