I love Erwin Wurm. He is one of the most quirky, funny artists in existence. His cars not only look weird, they are also extremely lovingly done when seen up close.

Had a two-door Golf when our kid was little. I really liked the way you could squat on the forward-folded backrest of the front seat to buckle her in, instead of awkwardly leaning over and across her, as you would with a 4-door. The only downside was that gears 2 and 4 where hardly usable during snowboard season.

Still waiting for my favourite car movies, although they are pretty obvious choices.

Came her for “beast with two backs” joke. Was disappointed.

Happened to my wife when our daughter was about the same age. Key was still in the car, wife exited, closed door, walked around the car to passenger side to pick up kid - by which time the central locking had accidentally kicked in. Kid was also strapped into her seat, out of which she could not get by herself.

I sometimes start in 2nd (manual) when it’s really slippery.

The only problem with the Twingo are the really, really crappy seats. They become, quite literally, a PITA after about half an hour.

Given its length of 16'+, the A6 Avant as a wagon is somewhat akin to the Alfa 156 wagon. The latter had the looks, but if you looked closer you noticed about as much trunk space as in a standard (non-wagon) Golf.

I do miss our Carina. It was a sedan, but it was brown-ish, Diesel and manual. It was indestructible (I remember that winter when the hood latch was rusted shut and we didn’t check oil for five months) and roadholding was extremely good.

Definitely would watch that.

I watched this recently and was surprised, after the cult/hype, how crappy it was.

Didn’t Peter Parker have one like those in the Spider-Man movies (the decent ones)?

Came her for this, was not disappointed (wrote the Austrian).

Your dad gives away a Mercedes? As my granny was in the habit of saying: “When you are given, accept. When you are taken from, cry out.”

As far as I remember, it was a limited edition to commemorate something or other, and it only came in that metallic blue whose name I keep forgetting.

I am not an engineer, but I understand that, all things being equal, more cylinders are better. The important thing seems to be the margin for increasing displacement. A 2-liter 4-cylinder engine that is at its upper limit will perform worse than a 2-liter 8-cylinder engine, provided everything is so small that the…

Before I read through 171 comments: Am I the only one who sees a connection between the interior décor and the low mileage?

Oh yeah! My dad bought a secondhand Golf TDI in the late 90s. With those Antera 3-spokes.

I dimly remember that engine from the pages of some magazine or other. The cars all looked kinda crappy, if you ask me, especially compared to some W16 concepts:

+1 for the interior. I recently sat in a 5008, and it was miles above any comparable car in terms of spatial feeling, quality of the buttons, overall loveliness of design.