Diesels are okay, but I find my Passat TDI (WITH a 6 speed manual) soulsuckingly boring as much as a Lexus LS or Prius.
I'll take a loud sports car with a little fourbanger and probably goes slower than a diesel Jetta, but at least I will be going sideways (off of public roads) and having a giggle.
Maybe it have been…
How fast is she compared to a modern F1 driver?
I guess that makes sense. I wish VW would sell any sort of rugged vehicle equipped with the 2.0 liter TDI with a manual stateside.
People in Europe cruise at over 100 mph (and have more power to overtake at those speeds) in repmobiles with engines smaller than 2 liters, I don't get why they think a 2 liter in a big…
I really want to get excited about the diesel part... but I really can't...
I'll just get a sports car and be done with it, kthx.
"Rev-hangs"? What do you mean?
You couldn't possibly mean the engine staying the same RPM when you let off the throttle and put in the clutch? What kind of terrible design is that?!
(And if you are serious, which Genesis is this, the turbo 4 or the v6?)
Then wouldn't fire be a welcoming sight? "Let's all jump on the fire to stay warm, kids!"
I don't approve of this comment only because it requires me to say "Porsche" as one syllable.
This needs citations.
That's a magnificent Malcolm McDowell impression.
Ari Gold would be proud.
Step in with a tire iron, sharp side down, start swinging like a mad man and telling them to get the fuck out of the way or you'll start killing babies.
Nameless GT86 which you guys featured a few times.
I just like to imagine everyone else being into the whole ducktail spoiler look, and America being classy with it's shaved trunk lid.
What about neutral and clutch placement? Hand clutch like a formula car or a third pedal when stationary?
Or would this be a torque converter CVT with a manually adjustable lever?
I left Los Angeles about 9pm and drove all night. Apart from the yoga position my legs had to adopt, the car was very peasant to drive. The sound of it was louder than the Lusso and the suspension was clearly race-tuned. Even at the conservative revs I was using, the car was delightful to drive and must have been a…
Give me a bare bone 550 Spyder with magnesium steelies and I'll be happy.
No need for stereos, in fact, driving it will be an excuse for radio silence from facebook and phone calls/texts.
I've outran an SRT8 Challenger using a Passat TDI, going a hair over 113.
The car may be fast, but the driver may suck. Also my car gets 35 mpg when I absolutely floor it, I can go 7+ hours flooring it, going the top speed.
This is why a diesel repmobile is the worst thing you can buy for your speed-happy teenager.
Boy, my parents should have insisted I gotten a Miata instead of a Passat..
Good thing I have my car registered to a friend's house :D
As an Asian man who is dating a white lady (Italian American with some native somewhere in her bloodline, as she says), I am glad Asian men are in the running (in the minds of some) for "Sexiest Man Alive", I'm not a Jezebel frequenter, just a Jalop who swung by this way to see what's going on.