From what I’ve read on forums, the 2015 2.0 had some issues, but everything made after that has been solid (including my own car).

All Mk7 GTIs were available in both manual and DSG.

I’ve had my 2017 GTI Sport since 10/17, but it still has less than 25,000 miles on it since I was mostly working from home even before the pandemic. So when used car prices started going up last fall, I thought about selling it, but I quickly realized that there weren’t really too many cars in my price range that were…

5th gear: not surprising, as these are the same drongo morons who last year sold out a round-trip flight out of Sydney that didn’t actually land anywhere else, just flew them around their desolate upside-down wasteland whilst they sat in cramped seats and paid too much for drinks. “Yeah mate, lets take the worst part…

The only reason that statement is factual is because when tax revenues drop, cuts are made, so repairs and maintenance are delayed, etc. And the revenues fall because the corporations have lobbied hard to get out paying their taxes, and can then use statements like that to claim that private enterprise is always…

It’s a compact crossover, they’re all basically the same car.

The federal government had to outlaw slavery because some states refused to do it.

1st Gear: Delusional libertarians who believe that their lifestyle is a product of their own making and not the result of being born in a country where there was already a working infrastructure in place may post their ridiculous opposition here.

If you’ve ever worked at a dealership, you’ve either done or have had done the following:

It makes perfect sense. When you can use “they looked at me funny” as probable cause to detain/arrest someone, it makes sense to paint your cars to look like recognizable law enforcement vehicles, but in places you wouldn’t expect to see them.

From the picture, it appears that the rear seat is designed for detaining people, unless that mesh on the back window is there to hang up your dry-cleaning. I’m guessing this is the car they use to transport the brown children to their cages.

Years back, I took my (now-ex) girlfriend to visit my family in Toronto. After eating lunch at a restaurant on the waterfront, we walked out back to enjoy the breeze coming off of Lake Ontario. A Toronto PD boat was chugging past, and the officers standing on the bow waved at us. GF looks at me and says “yup, we’re in…

And that one looks like cop cos-play done badly, with its alloy wheels and lack of spotlights on the a-pillar.

Literally everyone is going to look at their cars funny, because when you see one parked at the roadside, you immediately wonder why the rent-a-cop from the outlet mall is out there doing traffic stops.

I did not know that. Flugplatz is probably more suitable anyway.

Years back, I worked at a major automaker’s proving grounds. One day, I was tasked with performing the “European duty” test on a large cargo van, which basically involved driving it around a 5 mile oval track at 100mph, for 2 hours straight. It was cold that day, the track was damp, and the snowmelt runoff created…

In her 1st appearance on Top Gear, as she’s showing Jeremy the track, she says “we’re approaching the Karussell” and then jokingly crosses herself. Some may call it blasphemy, but I’m in favor of renaming it the “Schmitz Karussell” since it’s one of the most famous corners on the circuit, and she is arguably one of…

I love these things. I first drove one in 1999, when they were still current, and my god, it was an amazing experience. My friend let me drive hers, and when I got back into my own car at the end of the night, everything felt broken. I’m sure that not everyone who’s driven an E36 M3 has the same experience, but to me,…

I don’t think you’re more likely to be injured when hit by a CUV vs a sedan, but you are more likely to be hit by a CUV. When it comes to inattention, carelessness, and generally poor driving, CUV drivers are right up there with the people who own hybrids. It makes perfect sense, since if they were the sort of person…

I’ll bet this guy’s inspection reports are pretty easy to read: