The depth of damage that the auto tariffs will cause is really not measurable. The blowback onto the rest of the consumer goods industry is going to be a nightmare. The top chemical suppliers to the auto industry are also the top suppliers to the global adhesives and coatings industries. Automotive brings technology…

CotD. Cheeseburger Harley. OMG.

Every time I get my goddamn Twingo fever under control.... they come out with new Twingo crack. 

Excuse me? A perfectly good old B5.5? WTF is wrong with people. That’s a fine car. 135K is broken in and ready for serious mods. Duh.

Woohoo, planning a trip to the EU this summer, gonna load upon Mr Mimes to trade! Looking forward to the new features a lot, actually.

COTD

For God‘s sake, how do we make this happen? He needs to do it Dale-style, though.

5th Gear: People Aren’t Going To Car Museums Anymore

1st Gear: Winterkorn? Meh. If they wanted to send a real message, they would have gone for better meat: Piech. Going after poor old Winterkorn is like admitting that they don’t have a case.

Oh lordy. Let me guess: dirt roads. Michiganders have this bizarre desire to be off the tax rolls and thereby off the grid. Detroit Water and Sewerage is probably within range, but that would cost momey. :eyeroll:

I’m kind of proud of him. Not a lot of motorsports people are so personable.

1st Gear: Why is anyone surprised about this? No one who has a job in auto manufacturing is surprised by this.

Neutral: What Would It Take To Get You To Ride A Harley-Davidson?

One of the reasons MI is kind of cool.

I have almost 200K on a B5 passat. Had 330K kms on a Golf III TDI and sold it for money to a new owner. They can last, but damn, are they needy. Ok, I still love them.

I sense an untapped well of LeMons ideas.

Is this where I post my decorated crowns? I have a rabbit logo, a BMW roundel, and the GT logo from the OG Opel GT. Also a motorcycle. Next one will be the quadifoglio.

Teslas Model 3s are the MkIV Volkswagens of the 2010s. Amazing, but now the unwashed masses have them, and we all know how that goes.

I used to take a dark towel with me to put under the high chair. My kids rarely managed to get anything anywhere but their faces, so it was not an issue, but if it was, I just rolled/folded up the towel and took the mess with me. It was a small help.

My Passat drones in 5th, but mostly because I cut the exhaust up.