Houston Cars & Coffee - April 2014

It would be a Toyota Highlander. It is possibly the most un-Cars-and-Coffee in the history

a camry WITH the dent

It would be a stretch...

Dammit.

It’s all possible, I’m not surprised one bit. My 2000 540i Touring (wagon) has the 4.4L V8, an automatic, and an open differential, but I can still easily do smoky burnouts if I turn off the stability control and lock the automatic into first gear. And that’s with pretty beefy 275/35/18 tires in the rear...

nah

Can you guys cool it for a couple days on all of the political articles?

Man, I’ve planted way too many flags there in the past...

The KIA one where the guy imagines he’s playing basketball and drifts across the lane, it scares me that I share the road with idiots like that, seriously, who likes the Cav’s......

Ads, especially car ads, in general are fucked up.

They’re in a Ford dealership. Clearly they’re concerned that 423 horsepower is insufficient to properly take out a crowd of people.

Maybe they’re looking for something more grounded to the ground?

No RS should have three pedals.

That is the great thing about anecdotal evidence is you can make the facts fit your argument. Everyone knows someone who had a bad experience with something.

VWs have the best interior design (and quality) of any automobile in their price class on the market. Full stop.

This is true. I’m a Volvo guy, on my second already and the interiors are very nice places to be, one of the reasons why I buy these cars. When I sat in a GTI it always was my impression that it looks like a Jetta inside, but the feel is absolutely different. Super solid. Soft touch materials. I don’t get the hate…

Yes there are. I know several people who have late year model VW who have nothing but problems. Water pump failures, intake manifold issues, engine failures (not short term). They consistently rank near the bottom in overall reliability. Too bad because they make some nice cars.

Can you wake up from the past decade? There are no significant worries today.

Have you sat in both? Because the Ford looks flashy on the outside and is a wicked performer, but the VW is a much nice place to sit.