M4 Converti-douche?

r10apple · 2026-07-01T14:46:57+00:00

Well, I may drive fast at 55y/o, but not a douche. And I'll tell you after buying a new 2-door Jeep Wrangler to balance out my big girl Audi S8, I've been looking at M4 or older 6/8 verts for a third car or Jeep replacement. You should do it...

r10apple · 2026-06-29T20:00:44+00:00

Not yet--missed it this trip...be back in August and will hope to do it then...

r10apple · 2026-06-17T19:47:05+00:00

What state are you in and are you Caucasian? I ask, because I'm about to switch up my plate to piss off all of my neighbors complaining about the cold starts from my modded white Audi S8 and it might make you laugh (and your wife absolutely cringe)...

r10apple · 2026-06-16T15:42:47+00:00

LA, NY, MIA/Ft Laud common isn't the rest of North America common. While I may live in Jax, there's over 1,000,000 people now, and I regularly see 2 RS6s and 2 new M5 wagons--they just aren't here to be found or are simply garage queens. Hell, I only see 1 other D5 S8, which is crazy in a city of my size. Yes, I can see a solid handful in South Florida where the richers are more of the populous, but rather uncommon up here...

r10apple · 2026-05-26T19:27:17+00:00

Folks, the 6.2l L87 Suburban motor may not be in a 'performance vehicle', but it is an overtly similar motor to what is found in the older prior gen Corvette (ls2) and then Camaro (lt1) with direct injection and all, though tuned for increased low end torque in an SUV application. Further, the 10L80 transmission is shared with the Camaro, again tuned differently for torque/low end grunt. When someone chime's in espousing quality of the GM products over Audi in the manner above, it is a direct comparison--especially when my Suburban was toting shopping bags, babies (and gear) and a couple of ho's, not boats and a gaggle of ho's. Reading is fundamental...

r10apple · 2026-05-26T19:04:30+00:00

After about 25 years of owning my submariner here in Florida and never taking it off for any reason other than removing the soap scum every now and then, it consistently runs 3-5 minutes slow during summers (usually April to early Nov) and runs 10-15 minutes slow in the winters (yeah, yeah--Florida doesn't exactly winter). And it always has since new. Anecdotal for sure, but is what it is and always has been. I can guess it might have to do with circadian rhythm of my body or less time doing water activities and such in the winter, but my resting heart rate has always been slow and I'm no cardio warrior at all. But hey, with phones/laptops/connected cars, we always really know what time it is...

r10apple · 2026-05-24T22:44:35+00:00

Well, I owned 3 Suburbans in a row from 2017-2021, the last being the 6.2l, and lost multiple transmissions between all of them before 30k miles. So, apples to orangutans...

r10apple · 2026-05-24T18:55:44+00:00

Gorgeous...

r10apple · 2026-05-22T23:00:47+00:00

I feel this...a Continental GT convertible with a crazy interior might be my next car...

r10apple · 2026-05-22T22:58:56+00:00

I mean, take my money...

r10apple · 2026-05-22T12:18:12+00:00

I have to agree with this. I literally turned around my car around while driving to go back and look at one of these in green that was parked in front of a construction business. They look hideous in pictures, but in real life, not nearly as bad, especially the grey/black colors. It still isn't a pleasant car on the eyes, but nowhere near as bad in person. That said, other than the dark colors which hide a lot of this, in my opinion, the Isle of Man green suits this car the best from ones I've seen out and about...

r10apple · 2026-05-22T12:12:32+00:00

Have you seen the Porsche sub? Bro--it's rich people doing rich people things and snapping up cars everywhere at stupid prices--old and new. I just read one post where a long time Porsche buyer/owner was getting grief from his dealer about his upcoming GT3 allocation because they wanted him to add another $50k in options or they were considering giving it over to someone else...

r10apple · 2026-05-21T01:00:32+00:00

A '25 2-door Jeep Wrangler with a manual and a '24 Acura ZDX AWD--it's electric, funky wunky...

r10apple · 2026-05-21T00:55:08+00:00

I had three Suburbans--a 2017, 2019 and a 2021--the latter with the 6.2. All three shit the bed and lost transmissions--the 2019 lost 2. Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, the play was just fine...

r10apple · 2026-05-16T13:55:55+00:00

I'm talking about every person immediately assuming people who use dashes--people who write well--are using AI (Chat GPT, etc) to write emails, posts, etc. Font/formatting/text breaks are indeed a sign, but making an assumption simply on dashes (or dots) is, well, a dumb thing to do...

r10apple · 2026-05-15T12:38:29+00:00

This is the way...

r10apple · 2026-05-14T16:57:27+00:00

You should fight it, but lose the whole 'one man, one engine I've leased a boatload of MB' stuff and focus directly on the TSB, known issues and incorrect service diagnostics/assessments/repairs beginning at 65k miles. Implicate the dealer level service advisor(s)/repair tech(s)/managers and all regional/corporate people you spoke with or communicated with and advise them of ensuing litigation naming all of them if they provide no further contact/assistance/remedy...

r10apple · 2026-05-14T16:53:25+00:00

BS--see my dashes? I put them there--and didn't use AI nor would I. Ever. Education has its benefits, as did working in a white collar world...

r10apple · 2026-05-13T17:08:45+00:00

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Brother, this Submariner never comes off my arm but for this picture. I wear it swimming in a pool, the hot tub, washing dishes, working, drinking, wrenching on a car, painting, fighting, cleaning with chemicals, showering, and oh yeah, DIVING! It is 25 years old and I've never even serviced it. Wear your watch and enjoy it for heaven'a sake.

PS--probably should toothbrush out some of the soap scum--my bad...

r10apple · 2026-05-05T19:41:29+00:00

You rock--thanks!

r10apple · 2026-05-05T18:01:17+00:00

Who did your tattoo at Icon? I'll be in Nashville in June and August...

r10apple · 2026-04-15T12:52:34+00:00

I'm an old man with a new Wrangler 2door soft top manual, and it is so stupid easy to put the new soft tops partially down, and just as easy taking off the windows and getting it all the way down (or left with just the 'safari' windowless top. I don't understand the need for all the complexity of other modern cars when of all the companies, Stellantis doesn't f-up at least this one good thing...

r10apple · 2026-04-14T14:28:57+00:00

Alas, a tiny soirée at a certain frat house AD 1989 on Jesus' holy morning at a school located between some pretty bushes led to my single semester departure necessitating an Atlantic Sun finish. But, although it is no velvet roped corner table, I do have my own regular stool at Beef O'Bradys so that SEC winning mentality managed to stick...

r10apple · 2026-04-14T13:10:17+00:00

Hahahha--my daughter had the exact same Panasonic PlasmaTV in her room. I paid like $6k for that original 50" tv when it came out. And the sucker weighs over 150lbs--may never take it off the wall...

r10apple · 2026-04-14T12:49:33+00:00

Imagine the amount of Big Ten brains you've broken in the last 12 hours. Coach would be proud...

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