Nah, if you have a “hurt me more” fetish for Volkswagens, just go all out and get a Phaeton. The W8 doesn’t put enough benefits on the table to elevate the Passat above its humble origins as a relatively bland sedan.

my father-in-law damaged a quarterpanel on a parking bollard at Trader Joes, then today he backed into a retaining wall by our driveway and tore a chunk out of the sidewall on a rear tire. I think they need a smaller car...

Chevrolet SS. 400+ 6.2L V8, RWD, manual transmission, understated styling, relatively comfortable, decent handling, big trunk - what more could we ask for?

I was just in this exact position and bought a Lexus IS350 F Sport.  I wouldn’t call it “fast”, but it’s pretty close and a great car that checks a lot of boxes.

Finding panel gaps on a car that ugly is like solving a magic eye poster.

Wife dodged at least one bullet.

Is it me or does the result look kind of...blotchy? The camera doesn’t linger long enough in the “final reveal” segment to get a really good look. I guess if the gold plating faithfully mimics the base material, I suppose there’s no way to get a perfectly even finish, but it kind of ruins the effect for me.

Huh. Here I am suddenly considering a freaking Chevy. That’s a nice looking car with tons of space inside that’s reasonably priced. It’s reasonably priced for a non-EV vehicle. My wife and I have been looking at CR-Vs and RAV-4s and they are routinely in the $35-40k range. Even if you added the second motor for AWD,…

Yes, but there is a button always present in the small cluster below the volume knob that takes you directly to the menu. I don’t really care about that tbh, I will always just leave the lights on auto so I would barely ever need to hit the button anyway

Three miles, actually. Grab an e-bike for the commute. 

I couldn’t imagine owning a large, heavy vehicle without a diesel engine under the hood.  My X5 diesel has a 22.4 gallon tank and costs roughly $80 per fillup but I am able to get 650+ miles on a tank and up to 34 mpg in highway driving.  The Atlas rental car I had a few months ago with a gas V6 got the same fuel…

Good luck finding a TSX wagon. That’s approaching unicorn levels of hard to find.

The umbrella is missing? Why even bother with it, then? Maybe you can do something silly like put a bong or a dildo in the umbrella holder to get this project back on track.

Uh oh, the blind person who screwed up the wheel wells on the RAV-4 is still on the loose. Someone stop this person before they make all Toyota trucks and SUV’s look stupid!

lincoln dealers: “non alright, not alright, not alright”

Wow A LOT left off:

Perhaps the executive interior designer has a lot of stock in Fiji Water.

Ok, so the Mini was a terrible suggestion, let’s be honest. While they can be fun (not much more than the GTI), they are definitely not ‘reliable.’ $30K is good money for either a decently MK7 / 7/5 GTI or Golf R, which are both fun to drive and excellent daily drivers, not to mention their tuning potential. And the…

IS-350 is the correct answer. I had one for 70k miles and literally no service visits other than maintenance (and tires). The car felt brand new at 70k and they’re quite peppy as well.

Hot. Garbage.