Yes to all of it. Also, it’s my car and my bike and my work and my choices.

I am convinced that our problem with crappy drivers in the US is largely because our road signs have too many words on them.

None. There is no food allowed in my car, no drinks other than water. No anything. And if the kids look even vaguely ill, we take *insert not my car* here. There are little trash bags for incidental trash. So when people have horrible cars and blame their kids, I roll my eyes, because my kids know how to survive…

Yeah!!! So glad I got to see the send off. When most of the vehicles were mostly running. Sort of. Awesome job by Tom in putting this mess together.

This. All of this.

My Golf III wagon. Check that. My Golf III GT TDi Special wagon. With a blown HG. And raked suspension at the legal limit. It was my dream car. It was a beater. It was worth every euro I paid for it, and the 600€ I got when I finally had to sell it was just icing on the cake. It was nothing and it was everything. I…

I need to discuss this with my 18YO. No, of course, I will not be playing it. Not at all.

Re: Tesla vs UAW - they bought NUMMI and all of the issues that come with operating in CA. WTF did they expect? The whole “we’re not a car company” thing has a lot of limits, like when you actually make cars and need to employ people who know how to make cars. They might feel that joining a union for people who make…

I give you points for “comprehensively terrible”. I fully agree.

I got pulled over for a headlamp out. Actually both headlamps out, I had never turned them on. It was after a work dinner, where I’d had a (few) glass(es) of wine, which of course never really looks that good. The officer asked me if I knew my headlamps were out.

Used Solstice. Orphan marque, sunny ‘vert, Detroit born, US-built, wtf else could you want? Get a press truck if you need one, but remember, no Christmas trees!

Stick option? Because that is one fine-ass wagon!

My grill is made of hex mesh that I got from a real metal shop. It’s at least two steps up from gutter guard. lol

I once caused a recall of all of the Puebla ‘95, ‘96, and ‘97 Golfs and Jettas in the US. Ours lost its hood and when we investigated, the latch had pulled out of the core support. I argued with VWoA for a while and got NHTSA to look at it. Eventually, VWoA paid our deductible and a year later, we got the recall…

I got your back, Alanis. I also have a 3/4" torque wrench to the head for guys who think this is cool. It’s a fucking safety hazard, on top of it all. Wait until there is a fire or wreck and these ladies are in the middle of it all. Great idea, Monster.

I really do not understand how I survived two babies with merely a Golf and a Passat wagon. You’d think I’d need at least one Excursion....

You need to look at the current bike accessories catalogue. Really. Just go to the local bike dealer and see it in person. The website doesn’t do it justice. Then pinch yourself and say “this is 2017".

We totally have Twingo fever at our house. If I wasn’t so intent on getting a GolfIII wagon while I was overseas, I would have had a succession of 500€ Twingos. Just because Twingo.

If I see this abomination on the road, I will honk furiously and wave like a small child.

You def need handguards of some sort underneath.