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

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Special: Please Lose Control of Your Car Now

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

12: Vomit Ruins Everything

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

11: Frankenstein Car Monster

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

10: Driving To Ohio

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.

9: Everyone Loves A Spoiler

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

8: Three James Mays

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

7: Leasing Puppies

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.

6: Alternate!

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.

5: Child Service Intervals

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.

4: If You See A Cursor, They Blew It

In this episode: <ul> <li>Car bras as screen protectors.</li> <li>FU on Blowoff valves vs. wastegates, boxer engines, and the SSSC.</li> <li>What car available today, new or used, is the best value for general ownership?</li> <li>Getting a good deal on higher trim levels and optional luxury features.</li> <li>Lease basics, and the potential value of lease specials.</li> <li>The boring old Acura NSX.</li> <li>All-wheel drive (AWD) and rear-wheel drive (RWD) in the snow.</li> </ul> Sponsored by <a href="http://squarespace.com/neutral">Squarespace</a>: Use code NEUTRAL1 at checkout for 10% off. Once again, please rate us on iTunes if you like the show. If you don't like the show, please email Casey.

In this episode: Car bras as screen protectors. FU on Blowoff valves vs. wastegates, boxer engines, and the SSSC. What car available today, new or used, is the best value for general ownership? Getting a good deal on higher trim levels and optional luxury features. Lease basics, and the potential value of lease specials. The boring old Acura NSX. All-wheel drive (AWD) and rear-wheel drive (RWD) in the snow. Sponsored by Squarespace: Use code NEUTRAL1 at checkout for 10% off. Once again, please rate us on iTunes if you like the show. If you don't like the show, please email Casey.

3: A Bra Phase

In this episode: <ul> <li>Confronting neighbors about driveway assaults</li> <li>The Siracusa retirement plan</li> <li>Affording expensive cars</li> <li>Prioritizing or deprioritizing cars in your budget</li> <li>How Zipcar got Marco addicted to BMWs</li> <li>"Tiptronic" manual modes in automatic transmissions</li> <li>Dual-clutch transmissions, rev-matching manuals, and the future of manual transmissions</li> <li>Turbo buttons on cars and computers</li> </ul> Sponsored by <a href="http://squarespace.com/neutral">Squarespace</a>: Use code NEUTRAL1 at checkout for 10% off. Thank you for the great response to episode 1! Please rate us on iTunes if you like the show so more people will find us and tell us how wrong we are about everything. Thanks!

In this episode: Confronting neighbors about driveway assaults The Siracusa retirement plan Affording expensive cars Prioritizing or deprioritizing cars in your budget How Zipcar got Marco addicted to BMWs "Tiptronic" manual modes in automatic transmissions Dual-clutch transmissions, rev-matching manuals, and the future of manual transmissions Turbo buttons on cars and computers Sponsored by Squarespace: Use code NEUTRAL1 at checkout for 10% off. Thank you for the great response to episode 1! Please rate us on iTunes if you like the show so more people will find us and tell us how wrong we are about everything. Thanks!

2: Turbo Buttons

White cars and people who buy them. Car body styling. Dealer quality by brand. The Audi A3's one powered seat. Fake Ferraris. A scary test drive in a Toyota MR2. Heavy cars. The forgettable Accord vs. the marshmallow Camry. The rise and fall of the Nissan Maxima. The C7 Corvette.

1: Big, Fat, and Bloated

Computer geeks casually discussing everyday car topics.

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