There are also tons of people with scooters that do go on the highway. Jackasses, all of them.

Eh, I cut the 8V A3 some slack. It’s essentially a 2012 car, the first VWAG product equipped with MQB; it isn’t a touch screen at all because those were not yet universally prolific and, at the time, Apple CarPlay was not even a thing. At least the MMI controller is nice to use and you have the option to tuck the…

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See, the round vents are one of the highlights to me. And even with your side-by-side reference to the glasses and hat, it still doesn’t really come across like that to me.

It’s a deal-breaker for me. Maybe the website is just more limited and, if you custom order, you can get the round-bag wheel. Actually going to ask my dealer about this, because right now is a really good time to trade my current car in.

I cannot say I agree. The Golf R looks busy and slightly claustrophobic, with the squared off them coming across as cheap. The S3 looks open and airy, and only the central screen comes across as cheap. The gauge cluster on the Audi is also far nicer in use.

I agree, though I’m biased since I have one.

For MY18-20, a round-bag steering wheel is all there was; the difference for heated was that the whole wheel was round instead of flat-bottomed.

It better have the round airbag version of the steering wheel on the S3 (and RS3). That trapezoidal PoS is a stylistic travesty and being restricted to using it on US models is single-handedly responsible for removing the S4/5 from my list of next cars to consider.

As an owner of the outgoing model, I think it’s pretty damn fun even without one.

The beef is in two parts:

Yes, there are, and yes it is an indictment against the education system. But the very fact that there even is such a concept as an amortization schedule is also an indictment against the banking system and the ridiculous scheme called a “mortgage” that they cooked up.

If they had made the bonnet useful for storage, I would share that sentiment.

No, it’s greed. You can’t justify stuff like this just because of “the market.”

but representing the full cost of the mortgage w/o taking into account that you are likely (although certainly not guaranteed) to make a leveraged profit yourself is not exactly fair.

But they don’t advertise the math or even the concept of doing the conversion so you can see the actual cost. At best it’s misleading.

That’s not how it works.

I dunno, if that’s the justification for not reviewing the car fully then it’s a pretty patronizing one.

Historically, A-Spec has been filling the void left by the missing Type S as best as it can by adding handling upgrades and some software tuning, as well as requiring the highest performing engine option. In the case of the MDX, A-Spec is still effectively both a handling and appearance package since it cannot be…

Can confirm; my lease came up in April and I bought it out because nowhere else can I get a car as nice as a 2018 S3 for $24k. The only smarter play would be to flip it for the $32k I’ve been offered and then outright buy something cheap that tickles my fancy (I’ve side-eyed a used Fiat 500 Abarth a couple times).