Good luck covering a Kate Bush song. It can’t be done and no one should try.

sincerity is the greatest form of flattery

I watched this presentation, and I was left with far more questions than answers.

Well put. I feel whelmed.

Wait, I got this.

I must be really out of touch. I thought this pricing seemed reasonable, after having my sense of “reasonable” bruised pretty badly over the last 12 months. A semi-luxury sports tourer, with a hatchback and a manual, with the possibility of getting it new for under $40K? Doesn’t seem so bad.

I certainly did.

Weird. Someone does a fairly complex retrofit of a manual, and I’m in. Then I see that easily-swapped, disease-ridden wheel and I’m reaching for the rip cord.

For those who think a manual makes any car better, Mrs. Gloop had a US-market Passat with a 5-speed manual. The shifter felt like it was connected to the floor mats, not the transmission. It was loose, notchy, and limp (and not in a good way).

Love the cloth, love the manual. It’s on the high side for a hard-ridden unicorn, but I’d polish its horn. (Wait… what?)

Do the springs get especially dirty? :D

Has the market really come to this? I’m glad this car exists, and I’d stop to look at it on the street. But $9,500?

If my dog could drive, I could afford a nicer truck than this one. You’re a lucky man.

If this isn’t a grouping adjective, it should be: A coincidence of conspiracy theorists.

Absolutely not. Someone else’s project, with tricky unfinished business, tasteless mods, and it’s in a location where you can never really use that extra power.

How to create a traffic jam in the DC area:

Technically a NP, especially in the current market. But a ND for me at nearly any price. My brother owned one of these, and to the surprise of no VW customer, at around this age/mileage things started happening that had the dealer suggesting they pull the dashboard for service.

That lead picture gave me PTSD. I took my driver’s test on a 1975 Dodge Coronet with this system. It also had a fuel delivery or vacuum problem that the dealer was never able to resolve, that caused the car to cut fuel in the same circumstances that triggered the telltale.

Missed headline opportunity: “Arizona Man Gives New Mercedes Thumbs-Down”

The Challenger is a terrible idea on which I’d spend $50K five times over before I’d buy that murder house. God in heaven.