Got to work here last October for the SCCA Charge of the Headlight Brigade. Great experience and sad it won't be the same again.

Yes yes indeed! Positively corking! The decline is observable and most certainly not artifice. Pip pip now and pass the Grey Poupon, old boy.

I had to back a Leone out of my -9% grade driveway a few weeks ago, it was harrowing. The brakes were gone, the clutch was mush, the nose was a foot from a truck's hitch, and the girl it belonged to had been driving stick for about an hour. Thank Jebus for e-brakes.

And at the end of it all, I was sorely tempted to…

I'm kind of in the same boat. My first car was an '87 Nissan Sentra wagon with a 5 speed, no a/c, and no radio. However, it had holes rusted in the muffler that made it sound like a Flowmaster and I cared so little for it I off-roaded it several times and had a pretty expensive top-speed run (blew up the carb at 95).…

My 1.8T NB is in pretty rough shape. Been fantasizing about getting another DD and kitting the Beetle out with bigger suspension bits, steel skidplates, and some Pirelli Scorpions. Just realized that concept is exactly what I've been thinking about.

It might be marginally shorter but it does add 2 curves and you still have to make a left after it. I've started commuting by bike recently and these kind of things run through my head constantly.

Egads. Who on earth would opt for painted intake grilles?

I have one of these minus the Concept interior bits. Yeah, it gets looks. For better or worse....

One vehicle crossing does not a road make. Regardless of the amaze factor of that vehicle.

While the technical potential for a next-gen Forza is wunderballs, I'm silently hoping it doesn't because there's no way I'm gonna be able to start grad school and still drop 400+ on a new console & games. I'd like to be able to play it at launch as opposed to in 3 years even if the cost is next gen graphics and…

How less and less? Horizon was the only time the car count went down (Fourza had 600+), and it was shifting into a different genre. I don't for one really care that much about the car count, you'll only own/drive/enjoy so many by the end of the career anyway. GT is notorious for inflating its car counts with silly…

Amen. Cars that have fallen to the Angry Beetle (my 1.8T New Beetle) on the autocross circuit: Mustang V6s, Integra RS, Gen 2 RX-7, Honda Prelude, E39 540i, NA Miatas, and a 280Z.
I was ashamed of that car for a while, but my life got a whole lot easier and more enjoyable when I quit caring and enjoyed it's boosty,…

Rear engine: Engine behind/ on the rear axle

Was there in 2010. Agree heartily and very much look forward to the 14/15 editions when I get back to Germany!

I'm not sure if you're referring to the car's designer or the ad agency, but as a German teacher, I'll wager they're speaking Dutch.

And what about the pink stuff? Alas, being I guy as long as I don't look 70 when I'm 45, I could really care less, but what the hell does wine have to do with it? And where does the rose go?! You'll take my Pays de Provence when you take my manhood. Screw this, I'm drinking a liter of '09 Rheingau tomorrow, the next…

This'un here, too. Looks like a Ferrari Daytona apparated into a Stratos's parking spot and they splinched together.

I disagree with it's revival for similar reasons. It's not cheap, practical transport for the masses. It's plastic chic that's too damn hard to fix yourself and held together with shitty plastic fasteners, has no cargo space and on my model anyway; subpar fuel economy. Turbo kick is nice, but half the parts are shared…

You mean almost the exact car I drive? Mine's got the 1.8t with black leather and 16" alloys. Same color and errthing.

I've got driver C-pillar, driver door, driver front fender, and rear bumper damage. The pillar's been banged since 2010, the rest since last fall. Why? All hit-and-runs on my car while I was sleeping or at work. I've got a 13-year-old Beetle with basic liability coverage (it is State Farm), so how exactly do I get…