I’m fairly confident that only the two with speaking roles may actually have been lawyers and the others were just extras. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that even the two with speaking roles were simply actors.

It’s hard to say, I know of 70 year olds flying vintage fighter and racing planes better than anyone. Wish I knew if there were mechanical factors at work here, or driver error.

This sucks. My heart goes out to his family and I wish the instructor a speedy and full recovery.

I want to die peacefully in my sleep. Like my grandma did.

My dad died at 85 of a heart attack. He was still working at the time. That’s how I want to go.

I’d like to die doing something I love when I’m like 90, though. If I’m in good health I’d like to get as much grandpa time as possible.

It’s easy to forget sometimes how dangerous our hobbies can be. RIP

Sir....I simply bow down to you. You are the ULTIMATE VW owner. My sad little list of Quantums, diesel pickups, Rabbits and Audi 5000s pales in comparison!

And...
Propane-powered Audi Avant? Oh. My. God.

Yeah, that’s the point. The B5 Passat, all of them, had the throttle response of an old man. Mash the pedal, wait, wait, the car thinks about it, waits some more, makes some noise, still you’re waiting, hey that truck is getting closer, still waiting, wheels slowly start moving, slowly, slowly, little faster, oh…

I own one, and it is my new favorite winter beater! Everyone needs a lil W8 in their life... here’s the story:

I owned a W8 Passat for about six months. Granted, it was an automatic.

Phaeton is under-the-radar awesome, has a better name, and was (I’m assuming) built solely to troll Bentley Flying Spur owners - so it gets a pass.

AND PUT EM TOGETHER AND TELL EVERYONE I CRAMMED A VEYRON ENGINE IN MY PASSAT!!!

Or.... and hear me out on this....

Until I saw the DeMuro review, I never would consider the W12 Phaeton, but it’s got so many cool features I might be sadistic enough to get one.

The difference was W12 Phaeton owners could afford it.

You’re a real optimist.

I thought the W12 Phaeton nudged just past the W8 Passat for most unreliable VW?

I always thought of the W8 as half a Veyron engine. 4.0L W8/8.0L W16?