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Neutral

A casual car show from people who should know better than to do a car show. Hosted by Marco Arment, Casey Liss, and John Siracusa.

Special: Please Lose Control of Your Car Now

Special guest _DavidSmith joins us as we recount our experience at the 2-day BMW M Performance Driving School.

Special guest _DavidSmith joins us as we recount our experience at the 2-day BMW M Performance Driving School.

12: Vomit Ruins Everything

Our BMW European Delivery experience, the M5, the autobahn, the Nürburgring, and German drivers.

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11: Frankenstein Car Monster

Replacing expensive built-in options with Automatic, low expectations for built-in car software, Mini cars, and targeting young buyers.

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10: Driving To Ohio

LaFerrari, hybrid supercars, modern car complexity, electric vehicles' future range, aspirational SUVs, and our dream cars.

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9: Everyone Loves A Spoiler

What optional equipment should you get or avoid? Navigation, sunroofs, parking assistance, premium stereos, and more. Follow-up on octane myths and the 3-series GT.

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8: Three James Mays

Top Gear metaphors, why John likes Hondas so much, visibility, seating ergonomics, boring Ferrari stories, ancient Volvos, and LED DRL eyeliner.

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7: Leasing Puppies

Owning vs. leasing, weirdest car repairs, keeping maintenance records, private sales, synthetic oil, and that first scratch.

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6: Alternate!

Voice-recognition interfaces, driving etiquette (turn signals, merging, tailgating), the hand-wave and the finger, backing into parking spots, driver prediction and accident avoidance, and our past traffic violations.

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5: Child Service Intervals

Project cars, annoyances of having multiple cars, Marco's next car, crossovers, American avoidance of minivans and wagons, hybrid battery lifetimes, John Siracusa's Tesla Model S review, fake engine noises, and test-driving the BMW M5 vs. 550i xDrive back-to-back.

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And a bonus "secret track" after the episode's official end at 1:31:40.

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4: If You See A Cursor, They Blew It

Good and bad navigation controls, on-screen controls vs. buttons, trying to get a fun rental car, personal value judgments, white cars in hot climates, and Casey's fame.

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3: A Bra Phase

Car bras, best new- and used-car values today, buying used to get better options, lease specials, the boring NSX, AWD vs. RWD in the snow, and some unlicensed FU.

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2: Turbo Buttons

Driveways, affording expensive cars, Zipcar's BMWs, "Tiptronic" modes, DCTs, and the future of manual transmissions.

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1: Big, Fat, and Bloated

White cars, body styling, dealer quality, weight, Audi A3, Toyota MR2, Nissan Maxima, and C7 Corvette.

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