At dawn on February 8, I climbed into C/D’s long-term BMW X1 and set out for Carmel, California, where I was to drive the new Subaru WRX STI. When I headed out, we had 36 inches of snow on the ground, and the stuff was still pelting down “like twelve mad bastards,” as Hunter S. Thompson would say. After four hours of blindly aiming the BMW through shadowless ruts—many of which felt like driving over concrete curbs and dead cows—I’d covered 90 miles. Given the proper chemicals, Lance Armstrong could have done better. The BMW’s rear wiper clogged and stalled, then the relentless snow glacialized the grille. Bingo: an overheated engine in an ambient temp of 12 degrees F. I used a ballpoint pen and a 99-cent plastic scraper to gouge out maybe five pounds of crystalized crud. It had the consistency of aged white gum from the underside of a school desk. READ MORE ››
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