Man, you need to relax. We’re talking cars on the internet. No need to get worked up.

Can’t wait for the whiners to stop crying about manual transmissions.

I honestly don’t get all the hate. It looks boring to me, and that’s about it.

Not sure how old the OP is but as someone in their mid-40's I have very little nostalgia for GM products of this era. The interiors were just fucking terrible. As in they must have contracted with Rubbermaid to produce all of the cheap shitty switches and interior panels. My Grandmother owned a 1996 Buick Lesabre.…

> least amount of tech & creature comforts

The Lexus grill has gotten better over time I think.

He’s still alive, you moron.

They have religious or medical reasons not to return their carts.

This is why you properly return your shopping carts, people!

I emailed CarMax, told them I was interested in a car, they brought it to me pulled behind a Mercedes Sprinter with a full office inside. I test drove it, agreed to buy, signed the paperwork inside the van (they never even set foot inside my house) and they drove away while I had a gently used 1 year old car in my…

“WTF??? People would rather just pay “what Ford says the car costs” instead of investing a few hours shopping around/negotiating to save thousands of dollars? Who are these people?”

imagine a world whether other people’s choices in transportation don’t affect the environment all kids will have to live with and the safety of everyone else on the road.

I don’t think it will need to be replaced 100x. As you state later “This is a toy, not a commuter.” So I don’t see something like this used very often, so it probably won’t need to be replaced that often, either.

I have nothing to contribute here, but I will chip in to express my undying vitriol towards trucks as a primary means of transportation.

There’s a reason who those generalizations stick around - VWs are not reliable.

Current new cars will be a nightmare to repair when stuff starts to go wrong.

It’s not illegal. It’s not illegal for hot hatches any more than it’s illegal for utility vans or SUV’s.

BTW... interior volume for the GTI is 116.3 cubic feet.
Interior volume for the GLI is 108.8. 

It’s neither dangerous or stupid.  You have side mirrors, use them. Good lord.

That’s a pretty extreme position to take. Plenty of people buy out of warranty BMWs...I had an E30 for over a decade and now have had an E46 for almost 5 years. Yes as they get more complicated they’re more difficult to DIY, and there will always be a premium on how much work it’s going to need to keep it running over…

Yep, you got me, this is a totally biased anti-tesla review in which I say “For the vast majority of American commuters, there isn’t a better daily back-and-forth commuter car”