I am not actually sure the new Mk. 8 Golf R will come with a stick.

Wait for the 2-series, my dude. The back seats are not unusable.

The 6MT G70 in the US didn’t get the diamond-stitched seats (or a good interior at all really), which I absolutely wanted, and didn’t get the V6, which I also wanted but was willing to overlook for the seats.

Not anymore. DCT was added to the N for 2021.

You assume that the guy they are trying to sell it to has made up his mind.

Not necessarily.

I’m not claiming that all the sportiness comes from the manual per se, but that it comes from how much skill and effort is necessary to get the performance you seek. Driving at the ragged edge of performance is pretty sporting even with an automatic...but it’s even moreso if you succeed at it with the overhead of…

Not necessarily.

It doesn’t.

Being able to go around a corner isn’t what makes the GT350 sportier. Requiring more driver involvement, and thus being harder to get the most out of, is what makes it sportier.

My statement is a practical one.

1990 ZR-1s were selling for $100,000 in late 1989 through 1990.

Exactly. There is an ass-ton of fuck-you money around here, this car barely warrants a second glance.

It’s probably already been promised to a VIP buyer and the price here is to make it unobtainable until that buyer can pick it up.

Koons is mega-huge and has some high-rolling regular customers that know the owning family and get special treatment. You might be right about the “I don’t want to sell it” price, but I doubt it’s because the owner wants to keep it in the showroom. More likely they already have a VIP buyer lined up and this price is…

McLean, VA, is like a miniaturized version of LA except filled with self-important government workers and subcontractors instead of creative elites. There is no shortage of vehicles that would outshine this.

The GT500 is a faster car. The GT350 is a sportier car.

Do you regularly take pictures of the window sticker with all the options? I find that to be one of the most helpful things that most listings don’t do. I’ve been browsing used and new MY20 Volvo S60 inventory looking for cars with the Sports Chassis and the B&W sound system, and there are a few possible contenders…

They do, actually, but it’s usually just as a front to lend some air of credibility for dealerships that primarily peddle used inventory to bad credit buyers. At least, that’s definitely the case in northern VA.

The vast majority of people will not tolerate waiting months to get a car.