One legitimate reason would be to homologate to French standards, pre-1990. Other than that, not so much, and even the French have given up on flogging that shit. Amber fog lights? Maybe (lively internet discussions available). Amber high beams? Nope. And this car looks like it may also have some kind of tinted…

[d]rives and pulls very healthy.

4th gear: The problem effects affects 104,000 of the company’s diesel vehicles sold since 2014...

Yep. I bought a brand new 2001 Golf GL (the 2dr) TDI 5sp and just sold it to a friend this past Aug. with 445,000 miles on it, and I’ve never been so happy with a car in my life. It never broke on me. Any work I did I did was preventive (suspension rebuild, injectors and new injection pump at 350K miles). Everything…

You mean comments, plural. You hate vw, we get it. The horse is dead.

Agree completely. I bought a 1999 Jetta brand-new and drove it for 15 years, only giving up on it when the transmission would no longer allow go in reverse and replacing it cost more than the car was worth. I now drive a Passat (non-TDI). VW has definitely had some problems but I’ve bought 2 and have been very happy…

My ‘09 Rabbit (called the Golf in the civilized world) has ~115K on it and it still does everything it’s ever done as well as it’s ever done it. I’ve had to do rear hubs and control arm bushings, everything else has been typical wear items or upgrades. It’s the first car I ever bought new, and still the best car I’ve…

Here is my 2000 TDI.

Top 15 Cars that people who don’t care about cars buy... and a Golf

Top 15 cars that haven’t been washed/vacuumed in 15 years.

“have you considered having some work done? ...oh, you have? and this is the result? okay... cool.”

1st Gear: Subaru Will Better Itself Personally, OK?

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I’m watching this video thinking, damn this guy has the worst Australian bogan accent, but I could still understand him. Then he started interviewing the Patrol-Bus’ owner and I realized it was another language. My father was Dutch, I wonder if I have some kind of genetic language memory.

you should say hopped up econobox one more time to get your opinion across...

“Subaru is awaiting what the market developments are, and sets the concept for that,” says David. “CO2 emissions are becoming increasingly important and the current 2.5-liter four-cylinder turbo boxer engine simply can not continue to be used in the future. We do not say goodbye to the WRX STI, the car belongs to…

Flying cars will be a nightmare. People can’t drive well on land. How can they manage in the air? Will it be fully autonomous? The vast majority of the world population doesn’t have experience being a pilot. Weird.

85% approval rating among Republicans, they would suck a fart out of his ass and tell you how good it tastes.

He said, and I quote from the article, “Try building your cars in the United States instead of shipping them over.” Not “Try building more of your cars...”, But “Try building your cars...”.

I drove an '83 Rabbit DL (that's the designation for diesel, for you logic impaired) for about two years in the late 90's. My dad gave it to me at the beginning of my senior year of college after my '88 Mazda B2200 with 485,000 miles finally keeled over (also a hand-me-down, but from my uncle). It had been his…