My 2012 TDI wagon = buy back + walk away. Never again VW, never again.

I still watch Top Gear, but only on the DVR. That way I can now fast forward through ANYTHING with Chris Evans. The rest is good!

They can fix mine by dropping the GTI motor in there. That’d be fine by me!

Heel on the brake, toe on the throttle. I do it all the time. My pedals are hinged on the floor, which was odd to get used to at first. It now feels more natural and pedals hinged from the top feel odd.

THIS, exactly this. Evans sucks. He’s trying to be the “Old Fat Man” at every turn and fails. Just get rid of him and put Chris Harris in there. The show has GREAT presenters, other than Evans. Just get rid of Evans, get rid of the “head host” format, and go with the rest of the staff, who are all really great!

I’ve learned my lesson. I bout this new in 2012 and VERY much regret it. I actually love the car! Good power, great mileage, wagon, practical, etc. Now though?... VW couldn’t pay me to drive their cars again. As soon as this one is bought back (hopefully) I’ll move on to that awesome looking, non-smog cheating, Daewoo…

Setting aside the fact that I loathe the ginormous Audi grills (have since day one), the S5 simply looks heavy (as well as actually BEING heavy). Everything is too large. There’s just so much sheet metal (or alu, or whatever) all over the place. It’s like fitting a huge muffin top in a size small Target-brand tank top.

I was sitting in section C for this race. It was such a farce. We left due to fights in the stands. F#@$ Michelin, never buying their product again (and haven’t). Also, took me seven years to watch F1 again, I’m still not all that enthused about it any longer and regularly skip watching races. I’ll never go to an F1…

Brand new VW GTI with DSG. I had one for a week as a rental (the local VW stealership LOST MY KEYS!). I was initially excited as I’ve owned GTIs in the past. Sure, it was fast(er), but the thing was just plain annoying! SO many little electronic parts/lights/bits to go wrong; it made me question their value at all!…

There’s no way I’m paying $10+ to watch a video game. Forget it.

How about a 2,500 lbs car with 250 hp? Not super fast, but def. enough to get in trouble with. Super fun on tight and twisty roads.

That was more interesting, if not slightly less technically sophisticated, as Formula 1.

All the drawbacks of a motorcycle with none of the benefits.

Sean, well written. Agreed.

My in-laws asked me to sell their ‘70s Dodge cab-over camper for them. It was old, needed some interior work (nothing broken, just old!), but ran great as the motor had been rebuilt recently. It was really cool, actually. I put it up for sale for $1700, which was a little over what my in-laws wanted and was a really…

I own a 2012 TDI Sportwagon. Love the car! If an ECU re-flash reduces mileage and performance (the two MAIN reasons I bought the car), where does fraud come in? I would think VW is responsible for “pulling a fast one” on me (pun fully intended). How about a buy-back program? Add to that: resale value of my car just…

I was on one of the first planes out of SFO two weeks after 9/11. I asked the airline attendant why she was not scared. She told me it’s because we now all realize we’re a team up here. “If someone tries to break in to the cockpit or give me any $%#@ I know I have 200 people backing me up now. It wasn’t like that…

This is by far my favorite Roger Moore bond film. Octopussy was pretty good as well, but not like this.

I’m an avid cyclist and have been for 30+ years. I ride road and mountain and spent 20 years racing at a high level. I’m also a car enthusiast, regularly participating in DEs and AX. The guy on the bike is an idiot and gives real cyclists a bad name. I understand “Critical Mass” and the need to make drivers aware of…

I’ve been an F1 fan since the 1970s and have attended many races. I’ve now totally lost interest in this season. I’m not even recording races any more. I think I’ll wait until 2017 to even watch the “sport” again. Everything here is a total farce.