Topeka?

A number of police forces in the US use stealth markings for some of their patrol cars that target speeders. Here's one from my hometown of Topeka, KS.

I'll just leave this here....

I know a VW dealership with some new 2012 models (not necessarily a TDI JSW) still on their lot.

I just replaced my '97 Jetta GLS 2.0 (purchased New Years day 2000, w/ 32,ooo mi for $15k) with a 2012 Passat SE 2.5 w/ 9,700 mi for $19K.

Most high schoolers are functional idiots. (Not that some adults ever out grow it....)

It's "Ex-Are-four-Tee-Eye"

You mean it's not "Pee-you Ghee-ot"? ;-)

I don't know about dodgy quality...

And I was going to say XR4Ti, because US.

Often the store brand and parent brand will have similar shaped containers. That cuts costs for the store, so the same line or packaging equipment can manufacture / package / ship without issue.

Right....

Really? Why is 5 too many? I make well above the national average, so much so, that I can afford to send the school aged kids to private schools and colleges. They have never impeded our ability to travel, in fact the oldest four have visited 38 states and the 3 year old has been to 11 states.

But even with our…

Me too. ;-)

I was going to ask what the fuel economy looked like...

you got that wrong....

I always do my homework when interviewing. I know what I make where I am, I compare both salary difference between here and the mythical there and the cost of living differences. I also enjoy interviewing, so I do one or two interviews a year just to stay in practice. It's amazing the bargaining power you have,…

Hey, I've always liked to looks of the C30. I just happen to have 5 kids... So that one is out for a while.

I seriously doubt that the VW 2.0l ABA engine is the most complicate engine, but those Germans sure do love to "ENGINEER" parts... Here's the shift linkage for the 5 speed.

Wasn't the Volvo C30 a cross platform Mazda 3 speed?