VW’s new MIB3 infotainment system is laggy in general, I imagine it has to be even worse with the additional charging/power use software imbedded. MIB2 was faster and I don’t think it had any less features, just smaller screens. 

I think things are different in Michigan now, but back in 1996 one could attend driver’s education for free at school for two or three weeks in June. The cut off was July birthdays I think, so I had to wait until the year I was turning 16 (August), so I only had my permit for about a month.

Urban Chestnut Brewing Company in St. Louis makes some solid hop waters.

Huge improvement over the 1st gen, but like others have said...all I see is Mazda. 

People that can’t stand outside their vehicle for five minutes while fueling annoy the crap out of me. Other than the dangers of static electricity, there’s also the chance that the auto shut-off mechanism may fail when the tank is full. All either because you’re too lazy to stand outside or you just can’t stand the…

No, but I have come REALLY close. Back in college I had a 1990 Ford Escort Wagon complete with a broken fuel gauge AND a non functioning speedometer/odometer, so I had to base refueling on how much time I had driven between fill-ups. When the gauges were functional I knew about how many hours I could drive on a tank…

I have found that Carvana is a good place to go if you’re looking to sell/trade your car. They are giving me almost $2k more for my car than any local dealership would give me on trade. State of Missouri gives 180 days from the sale of a vehicle to apply the amount toward sales tax of a future vehicle, so win-win.   …

Someone should put it in a Honda Fit. Then you really can say, The Fit is Go!

Yes! I have a friend with a Tacoma and I feel the same way when I’m sitting in it. No thigh support and the head room is garbage. It’s a great truck...if your 5'8".

Toyota Tacoma: for midsize truck buyers that like to feel like they are sitting on the floor.

Reminds me of the period of time in the ‘90s when Cadillac called the Seville the Seville STS or Seville SLS, making it the Seville Seville Touring Sedan or Seville Seville Luxury Sedan. 

True. It took until what ended up being it’s final year in NA (2019) for Volkswagen to offer a manual in the SEL trim of the Golf Alltrack. 

Having a manual transmission in my car definitely helps. Otherwise, I think it all comes down to not leaving shit out in plain view. I parked on the street in a not-so-great neighborhood (Dutchtown) St. Louis for over three years and never experienced a break-in.

I remember seeing the percent unbuckled back in November on a MoDOT message board on I-44 and thinking it was higher than usual.

Volkswagen is calling the ID.4 electric for the millions, not the millionaires...yet they don’t understand that many of the “millions” don’t even qualify for the full $7500 tax credit. 

My mom taught me on her ‘91 Ford Escort (which eventually became mine). I use “taught” loosely, because she basically just explained how it all worked and left me to figure it out on my own. In 1998 I took over ownership of the car I was driving in downtown Grand Rapids, MI with a high-school friend/co-worker. It was…

Reverse: In St. Louis metro, WOF and Jeopardy! weirdly aren’t aired back-to-back. Jeopardy is at 4:30pm and WOF is at 6:30pm. I wish they were flipped as I’d rather watch Jeopardy but I’m still working at 4:30 and no DVR.

Mine is from winter of maybe ‘99 or ‘00. I was a student at NMU in Marquette, Michigan at the time. I was driving from SW Lower Peninsula back to school. It was raining when I left and slowly switching over to a snow/freezing rain mix as I went north in my 1991 Ford Escort.

I think it had a lot do do with GM’s bankruptcy and shrinking down to four brands. The Suzuki Kizashi sedan was originally supposed to be based on GM’s Epsilon platform (Chevy Malibu) but Suzuki had to start over from scratch with an in-house design when GM cut ties. The recession itself also did a number on Suzuki’s…

I need to decide if I want to keep my car or move on to something new. If I keep it I want to start doing some mods, maybe a lift and off-road friendly tires and look harder for GTI seats for a swap. Only thing I really dislike about my Alltrack is the seats are uncomfortable on long road trips and getting in and out…