Last week a valet sheepishly told me he could drive a stick. Even thought I felt like I was being a bit of a dick (especially since it is only a GTI) I said, “Really? Because I’ve had some issues before.” He then asked, “How long are you going to be in the restaurant?” I told him about two hours and he said, “If you…

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Anyone figure out a way to blame this on Boeing yet? Perhaps he was too scared to fly? Maybe the stress of flying a Boeing was driving him to drink?

The car’s “owner” will probably sue the shop and make $100K which they will use for a downpayment on a million dollar house... financed at 17.5%

Shame on every person involved with this transaction. 

I’m surprised he didn’t call her “Sweetie”. 

Maybe I’m just used to nailing it to merge into tighter gaps? 

90% of the guys who comment on Boeing shit here each day?

I’ve driven a couple and it is so damn slow it feels unsafe when merging into heavy traffic. 

But you are paying the taxes. 

I get it... it looks pretty clean when dirty. And pretty dirty when clean. And horrible if it has ever had a panel repainted because it Never matches.

It’s a bummer that Toyota built so many cars in that horrible fucking color. So many nice cars that I wouldn’t touch because they come in “desert sand beige early-bird special tan metallic”. 

I absolutely would have bought a manual FJ cruiser if it would have had a sunroof. But with no SR and that little windshield it felt like being in a cave for a vehicle that is supposed to appeal to outdoorsy people.

As a GTI owner and potential buyer of a GTI or R... No thank you. I’d buy a Rivian R3 before this little blob of a car. But before that I’ll buy the last standing sporty car manual transmission available... whether it is a Civic or a Miata.

I’ve been waiting to do the same thing to my GTI. Plus over $500 for decent rack you are looking at $1000 to carry a bike. It’s not the cost that is holding me back it’s just that I hate that my bumper needs to be removed to do it as I want a hidden hitch. 

I love wagons but these were such garbage even when they were new. An old car that was a POS when new is still a POS when it’s old. 

I read somewhere that those window breakers aren’t as good on modern windows.

I paid a couple thousand for an optional, slow to program, NAV system in my Mercedes and two years later everyone had moved to real-time traffic apps on their phone. Maybe not the most expensive thing but man it felt like a waste of money.

And people say pop-up headlights are dangerous to pedestrians.

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