Uh oh. If you’re the owner of a 2007-2009 Mercedes-Benz E350 4Matic Wagon, prepare for a recall notice from Mercedes. While it won’t be coming until later in the summer, know that if your car was built between July 1, 2006, and April 30, 2009, its load-leveling suspension may be faulty. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: BMW, Toyota mulling expansive partnership
In December of 2011, BMW and Toyota signed an agreement to collaborate on lithium-ion battery development, and the deal included a provision where BMW would small-displacement diesel engines for Toyota products sold in Europe. It was brought up at the time that the partnership could expand further, and seven months later, it apparently has: Reuters reports the two companies “have now agreed several projects” in “other fields of cooperation.” Funk Flex
Auto Talk: 2013 BMW X1 configurator is maddeningly complex
The cupboard of virtual options has opened itself yet again with the appearance of the 2013 BMW X1 configurator. There are three choices of X1 to choose from, the sDrive28i, xDrive28i and xDrive35i, and then three trim levels beyond that: X Line, Sport Line and M Sport Line. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: Nissan Patrol rides in with Rolls-Royce getup
We hardly have words for the machine you see above. On the one hand, we adore the Nissan Patrol with every last ounce of our little black hearts, and there are only a few itches a good Rolls-Royce can’t effectively scratch. So, you’d be forgiven for thinking the progeny of those two players would be automotive nirvana for us. As is so often the case, reality differs heavily from concept. Some enterprising soul in Dubai has apparently stitched the two machines together with questionable results. The finished product doesn’t really look like some half-baked creation, though it isn’t what we would call stylish, either. Funk Flex
(Video) Auto Talk: GM study watches drivers of autonomous vehicles
Like it or not, autonomous vehicles are on the way, and much is being done to study their integration into the world’s transportation networks. As part of its own development of driver assistance systems, General Motors has begun to look driver behavior behind the wheels of self-driving vehicles; innovations like Cadillac semi-autonomous Super Cruise are designed to “ease the driver’s workload” on the highway, but it will be good to know what drivers plan on doing to occupy their time. Funk Flex
10 Ways To Get Over A Breakup!
Breakup sucks, but they don’t have to suck for long! Read 10 tips for getting over a breakup below. Funk Flex
