My wife hates the AUTO setting but I love it. It increases fan and automatically defrosts when I first start the car, then settles down to the temp I prefer as the car warms up. I never have to touch anything.

I miss how my MK1 Audi TT felt on day one of ownership. But I do not miss anything after parts started failing. Still pretty to look at for sure!

I thought the most annoying thing was the camera delay feature only lasting ten seconds (and no dedicated button to bring it back up if it turned off while you were in the middle of a parking maneuver). Did that annoy you in parking situations?

This was an interesting watch! I work in the industry and have tested Tesla, Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and others in these scenarios resulting in far more successful stops than what Luminar shows here.

No compromises here. Wife and I bought a manual two-door 2017 JK a year ago, knowing we’d likely be having kids soon.

No, 30% of drivers surveyed would be incorrectly evaluating their ability. The other 50% (out of that 80%) would correctly be above average.

Lead vehicle start assist just notifies the driver when the vehicle ahead has started moving after you’ve stopped. When adaptive cruise control has brought you to a halt it serves as a heads up to either press Resume or hit the accelerator.

Lead vehicle start assist just notifies the driver when the vehicle ahead has started moving after you’ve stopped. Yes, it usually requires adaptive cruise control to be active, but it seems simple enough to implement in a manual if it was really desirable.

Spent way too long researching entry level riding mowers, hemming and hawing between a basic Deere or the Cub Cadet XT1 (in the end I ended up with the Cadet). A couple years later I find myself wondering if mower specs ever mattered to me at all or if the XT1's ‘sporty’ appearance just tickled my brain stem the right…

The 1968 Buick Riviera shared styling similar to the Toronado but was RWD. Always loved those cars.

Agreed. I’ve been trying to mildly improve my JK Wrangler using parts from the newer JL generation and the factory 17" wheels w/33" mud tires really works for me.

Came here to say the same thing. There has been a similar design in Silverados/Sierras since at least 1999. All the large newer GM trucks/SUVs use this design, and incorporate a wireless charging pad. Seems to work well.

40 seconds at 136 mph translates to just over 1.5 miles traveled. It didn’t detect an imminent impact and fail to prevent it. It issued a warning (unrelated to this eventual impact) and canceled, and this idiot driver continued accelerating and clipped the Honda traveling right in front of it. Autopilot ain’t perfect…

Looking at the map (and speaking as a Michigander) I’d say that metal studs seem to be permitted in states that have some large elevation changes. MN, MI, and WI may get a good amount of snow, but regular winter tires do fine since everything is so flat around here.

Showed up to the first date with my now-fiancee in a completely rusted out 1990 Miata whose starter sounds like a lawnmower. In 2017.

That is awesome! Unfortunately the 225 hp AWD TTs use a different rear suspension than most of the other vehicles on that same A4 platform. I think the only similar rear parts are from the old VW R32s.

Hmm... I have a 2001 TT 225 Roadster that happens to need all new suspension. Ideas, ideas...

This is so accurate it hurts.

Yeah I think you’ve nailed it.

3-years in service is essentially an industry standard for these sorts of ratings. JD Power works with the same criterion for their Vehicle Dependability Study. Any longer and the data isn’t as relevant for manufacturers because they refresh / redesign vehicles every 3-5 years.