I'll refute the "good-for-local" argument somewhat, from my perspective, by telling a story that every town of a certain size has.

Can the cargo area bottom be stripped for more headroom for, say, a large dog?

Leasing an electric car is a smart option. The battery tech is getting better and cheaper too fast to make owning it the best bet in all situations.

They were built for mixed duty. I use mine to haul the family to dinner on Friday night, and to haul the trailer to the dump on Saturday morning. Then I clean her up nice for a night on the town and have the valet park it like it's priceless, because it is to me.

You have to know what to do and when. I swapped the craptastic automatic 01M transaxle from my 1.9L Jetta Wagon TDI w/ the 02M 6-speed, commonly found stateside on the R32. This one came from Europe, where it came off a diesel Golf, so it has really high gears. It's definitely worth more now. Probably not as much…

Are you saying you don't get the author's joke? Or my lackadaisical continuance of it?

I remember playing the first Call of Duty with such clarity. I remember the first time I heard the empty-clip *spang!* of the 1903 Springfield. I remember having a small amount of fear about walking around blind corners or anywhere near a machine gun nest because a couple of rounds in me and I'm dead. I cared about…

It is! It's a great show, isn't it? I live quite close.

Thanks; it still needs a ton of work, of course. Had a kid, so time to wrench has dropped pretty low, but I hope to get her involved in it with me someday. :)

It is :)

Hey, another local! Next time you go, if you see a yellow (for now) Jeep Pickup, come say hi!

Agree 100%! If you see a Yellow (for now) Jeep Pickup, come say hi!

Yeah, so rare! I can't believe how fortunate I was at my local Cars and Coffee to spot what must be every GT-R in the world.

Misunderstood? The Central Security Service and US Cyber Command.

A friend of mine, Mr. Smith for simplicity, got an Infiniti. A day or two later, I get a phone call:

Close, but CP. $4500 and I'd do it. 1.9L ALH out of a mk4 and I'd be excited and all over it. But with this motor at this price.. CP.

I'm jealous of all you people in and around Leavenworth. Beautiful area.

Volkswagen going after a lager market with cheaper, larger cars makes good sense. It does. Many people here may not like it, but there's no reason why a Volkswagen can't fit two people in a back seat (vertically or horizontally).

The greatest thing about this GTI is that I can crash it repeatedly into walls, or flip it upside down and crush it. If I did this with a real GTI it would.. well, it would look just like this one does but with less spoiler.

That was a fun read; thanks for sharing.